Berzeliite (Type Locality), Hausmannite & Calcite (Stockholm Mus. & Kidwell Coll.)

Item Description

Patches of rare yellow Berzeliite are richly scattered on all sides of the hefty sculptural small cabinet combination ore matrix. Berzeliite is an extremely rare Na-Ca-Mg-arsenate and the historic and famous Langban Mine is the Type Locality. The matrix consists of Hausmannite and Calcite. Langban, a metamorphosed manganese-iron deposit with extremely complex skarns and pegmatites is one of the world's great mineral localities with 313 valid species and is the Type Locality for 76 minerals (MINDAT). Bright orange-red Calcite SW UV fluorescence. From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974. Al purchased this piece from the Stockholm Museum in 1961.