Phosphosiderite, Crandallite
Item number: MIN0444
Price: EUR 123.00
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 or form fine coatings on their surface. 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.
Format | 18 (the sample fits or fills up the box of 85x63x25 mm. Sample might be little higher.) |
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Size | 78x67x52 mm |
Weight | 235 g |
Locality | Paton Hill, Paton Brook, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Reg., Chile |