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Magnetite with Fluorapatite and Tremolite
$800.00 €673 £580.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
ID:
CC21091
A delightful combination of well crystallised black lustrous Magnetite and buff to gooseberry-green Fluorapatite crystals embedded in a massive to fibrous creamy matrix of Tremolite. This great miniature, from Malmberget in Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden, is rich in stepped octahedral black Magnetite crystals of up to 1 cm across and rarely a little larger, amongst which are prismatic Fluorapatite crystals. The largest of these is 9 mm tall by 8 mm diameter, hexagonal in cross-section and with an opaque to semi-translucent prism. The smaller Fluorapatites are transparent and of an acidic oily gooseberry green, a colour which sounds ghastly but looks beautiful! A superb miniature.