Crandallite, Phosphosiderite
Item number: MIN0433
Price: EUR 239.00
Nodule of intensely pink phosphosiderite with crandallite. Botryoidal, kidney-like and spherulitic aggregates of cryptocrystalline phosphosiderite forms the nodule. “Veins” of yellow to yellowish-brown, earthy crandallite are embedded in deep furrows around subspherical aggregates. The backside of this specimen is completely covered with crandallite. 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 | 145x75x35 mm |
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Weight | 478 g |
Locality | Paton Hill, Paton Brook, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Reg., Chile |