Quartz, Microcline, Hematite & Limonite after Siderite

Papachacra, Belen Dept., Catamarca, Argentina
Small Cabinet, 8.4 x 7.4 x 3.5 cm
Start Time: 06/05/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/12/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A showy and uncommon combination from the small find in Argentina in 2003-2005. The mounded plate consists of: glassy smoky quartz crystals; sharp bone-white microcline crystals; an uncommon, nifty 1.9 cm cluster of metallic, bladed hematite "iron roses"; and a few, rare, pseudomorphs of rust-brown limonite after siderite crystals. Excellent and rare combination material from this find.

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