Phosphosiderite, Crandallite
Item number: MIN0446
Price: EUR 54.00
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 | 24 (the sample fits or fills up the box of 65x65x25 mm. Sample might be higher than 25 mm) |
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Size | 74x60x57 mm |
Weight | 139 g |
Locality | Paton Hill, Paton Brook, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Reg., Chile |