Mellite (rare)

Item Description

An attractive and unusual specimen of the rare organic mineral species, Mellite from the classic locality, the Csordakúti Mine in Hungary. The piece features a rich coverage of multiple semi-stacked crystals of notably lustrous, rather sharp, well-formed, pseudo-octahedral (pyramidal tetragonal) crystals of a chocolate-brown color, sitting on minor matrix. Overall, the piece is in excellent shape, and this particular style is quite rare to find for this already rare species A really cool specimen of this unique and distinctive material.
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.