$7,500.00 €7,115 £6,010.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
Substantial well-developed crystals of Childrenite-Eosphorite from the famous Paprok Pegmatite area in Afghanistan. Childrenite and Eosphorite are rare constituents of very few of the Phosphate-bearing pegmatites in this area. In must be pointed out that Childrenite forms a continuous series with Eosphorite; Eosphorite being the manganese analogue of Childrenite, the aluminium end member. There has been debate as to if this specimen is Childrenite or Eosphorite and it is likely a mid-member in the solid solution series, hence the dual naming here. The specimen displays chestnut brown crystals measuring to an impressive 1.7 cm on a superb glassy crystal of Microcline feldspar. Scattered amongst the Childrenite-Eosphorite crystals are microcrystals of white Apatite. There are also areas on the Microcline of an undefined crystallized micro-botryoidal colourless mineral. A superb cabinet specimen.