Brazilianite on Albite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)

Telirio Mine, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature, 4.3 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Start Time: 02/21/2019 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/28/2019 6:45:42 pm (CST)
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Item Description

This is a fine quality and showy miniature specimen featuring a beautiful, lustrous, gemmy, prismatic, yellow green color crystal of Brazilianite on somewhat blocky lustrous crystals of white Albite. The main Brazilianite measures 1.5 cm, and is in good shape, despite a small nick on the back of the termination. From the collection of Rolando Gioia (a contributor to new definitive book on Brazilian minerals: "Minerais e Pedras Preciosas do Brasil").

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