Siderite (ex Charlie Key Collection)

Item Description

A beautiful specimen of Siderite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, featuring sharp, well-formed, brownish-green colored, compressed rhombic and trigonal crystals measuring up to 2.1 cm free of matrix. The piece is very showy, three-dimensional and is nearly crystallized all the way around creating a near "floater" specimen. Great material, and these Siderites are iconic are sought after from MSH. It is now difficult to obtain specimens from this locality as collecting has been limited / reduced in recent years, so if you collect minerals from this world famous prolific locality, don't miss out on this attractive thumbnail. From the collection of renowned mineral dealer, Charlie Key.