Ilvaite on Siderite ps. After Aragonite

Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
Miniature, 5.0 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Start Time: 07/26/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/01/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A very fine and rare combination pseudomorph specimen from the Nikolaevskiy Mine at Dal'negorsk, Russia. Mirror-bright, jet-black ilvaite crystals richly cover all sides of the diverging cluster of green to brown siderite pseudomorphing very elongated aragonite needles. From finds in the 1990s. Ex. Ryan Bowling Collection.

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