Rockbridgeite & Fluorapatite on Magnetite (rare Utah)

Item Description

An unusually rare, rich and showy combination from this old Utah iron ore district, founded in the late 1880s and produced until at least the 1950s. Magnetite was a primary ore mineral. The solid granular magnetic magnetite matrix is highlighted by the sharp, lustrous, metallic 2.2 cm, magnetite octahedron and smaller octos. Scattered rare sprays of contrasting orange Rockbridgeite, a phosphate, and not Metastrengite, plus the rich sprinkling of tiny glassy, terminated hexagonal apatite crystals, to about 4-5 mm are super and rare accessories. Ex John Morrow Collection. A MUST for the Utah or species collector.