Hureaulite with Rockbridgeite (rare)

Item Description

Hureaulite is a rare and beautiful manganese phosphate that was named in 1825 after the type locality, a village in France by the name of Hureaux. Arguably the best and most well-known samples are those from the Joca£o pegmatite in Brazil with their glowing electric orange-pink color crystals in larger sized crystals (most other Hureaulites are micro crystals from various localities around the world). This piece is a superb, classic display specimen of Hureaulite featuring dozens of notably sharp, lustrous, translucent, vibrant orange-pink colored monoclinic crystals on both sides of the piece. The largest crystal measures 6 mm long. Associated aggregate of dark greenish black Rockbridgeite can be seen on the piece as well. A very worthwhile specimen of this hard to find material, from arguably the best location for Hureaulite in terms of the size and color of the crystals.