Phosphosiderite, Crandallite

Item number: MIN0436

Price: EUR 159.00 

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Nodule of intensely pink phosphosiderite with crandallite. Botryoidal, kidney-like and spherulitic aggregates of cryptocrystalline phosphosiderite forms the nodule. “Veins” of yellowish-white, earthy crandallite are embedded in deep furrows around subspherical aggregates. The backside of this specimen is partly coated 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.

Size 105x70x70 mm
Weight 404 g
Locality Paton Hill, Paton Brook, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Reg., Chile

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