Hydroxylherderite w/ Fluorapatite (RARE locale) Matioli Coll.

Ohlo de Gato Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature, 4.4 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Start Time: 06/15/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/25/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A showy and rare combination specimen from a very obscure Minas Gerais locale, Ohlo de Gato. This is a showy two-sided, vertical, cluster of moderately lustrous, flattened, prismatic, terracotta colored hydroxylherderite crystals. One side is accented with a dense cluster of small quartz points with scattered about tiny, powder-blue, hexagonal fluorapatite crystals. More fluorapatites are noted on the crest. RARE combination material from this obscure locale from the Matioli Collection. Comes with a copy of his label. Value??

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