Crandallite, Phosphosiderite
Item number: MIN0432
Price: EUR 665.00
Nodule of intensely pink phosphosiderite with crandallite. Botryoidal, kidney-like and spherulitic aggregates of cryptocrystalline phosphosiderite forms the nodule. “Veins” of yellow earthy crandallite are embedded in deep furrows around subspherical aggregates. Intense yellow crandallite occasionally fades due to dehydration. With its bulbous microcrystalline structure the phosphosiderite from Atacama reminiscent of the Destinezite from the type locality Argenteau in Belgium or those classic materials from Hloubětín, part of Prag in Czech Republic. This is top quality museum specimen!
Size | 145x100x135 mm |
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Weight | 1948 g |
Locality | Paton Hill, Paton Brook, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Reg., Chile |