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- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Gap Nickel mine, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, United States
- Formula
- Ni3(CO3)(OH)4 · 4H2O ?
- Size
- SmCabinet 8.5x4x5cm
Sorry about the blurry photos. This specimen comes from an old nickel-bearing copper mine discovered in 1732. The outer crust is said to be Zaratite, I suspect it is Retgersite. Hampson collected the specimen in 1944.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Lord Brassey mine, Heazlewood dist., Tasmania, Australia
- Formula
- Ni3(CO3)(OH)4 4H2O
- Size
- Miniature 5x2x1.5cm
- Tagged
- carbonate , nickel
Zaratite is actually a questionable species and might be a mixture with Helleryite. There are unidentified light green platy crystals on this specimen.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- La Empleada Pegmatite, Coronel Pringles, San Luis, Argentina Coronel Pringles, San Luis, Argentina
- Formula
- (Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)3(PO4)2
- Size
- Miniature 4x2.5x2cm
- Tagged
- phosphate
- Special Info
- Type & Only Locality
Thin colorless to yellowish exsolved lamellae occuring in Lithiophillite. Extremely rare and found in only one pegmatite thus far.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- La Empleada Pegmatite, Coronel Pringles, San Luis, Argentina Coronel Pringles, San Luis, Argentina
- Formula
- (Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)3(PO4)2
- Size
- Thumbnail 2x2x1.5cm
- Tagged
- phosphate , pegmatite mineral
- Special Info
- Type & Only Locality
Microscopic (<0.1mm) thin exsolution lamellae in Lithiophilite. A relatively new phosphate mineral of the Sarcopside group. Type and only locality.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Ploskaya Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
- Formula
- BiOF
- Size
- Thumbnail 2x1.5x2cm
- Special Info
- XRD Confirmed
- Special Info
- EDS Confirmed
Black flat spots of Zavaritskite less than 1mm on Quartz. An uncommon bismuth mineral.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Formula
- NaPbCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O
- Size
- Thumbnail 3x2x0.7cm
- Tagged
- arsenate , copper
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Zdenekite, a rare sodium-lead-copper arsenate is found in only three worldwide localities. This is the type locality, probably the best. This is a very rich specimen loaded with tiny clusters of bright blue platy crystals.
