Pyrosmalite-(Fe) on Magnetite ex. Stockholm Museum

Haborshytte ore field, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Small Cabinet, 6.2 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 01/07/2016 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/14/2016 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Pyrosmalite-(Fe) is a rare iron silicate. Mineral specimens of any species are RARE from this obscure ore field. Sharp, translucent, yellow, hexagonal prisms, to 3 mm, are clustered and isolated on the sparkly, granular magnetite matrix. Whiel not a world class example by any means, this is very rare reference or study material from the Stockholm Museum and Matioli Collections.

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