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Senegalite (exceptionally rare)
- Mount Kourou Diakouma (Kouroudiako), Saraya, Faleme River basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal (Type Locality)
- Miniature, 3.7 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
- Start Time: 10/13/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/20/2016 6:52:35 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A gorgeous specimen consisting of sparkling crystals of the rare hydrated hydroxy aluminum phosphate, Senegalite with their electric yellow-green color which have grown within thin layers of stark sky blue Turquoise in Limonite matrix. The color and quality are great. This is quite a rare species, found in only two places in the world, and this piece is from the type locality!
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