Thulite (manganese-bearing Zoisite) (new discovery)

Item Description

This attractive Thulite (manganian Zoisite) specimen is from a new discovery in January 2019 from a tunnel construction at Snillfjord. Thulite has been reported from more localities in Norway than any other country, and even the type locality is located in Norway. Thulite used to be considered a valid species, but is now defined as a manganese-bearing variety of Zoisite. The material is considered maganian not manganoan because the manganese content in Thulite is trivalent instead of being divalent. This piece is a RICH (solid) sample of glowing salmon pink colored Thulite with very minor Quartz matrix. The Thulite is crystalline, not fully crystallized, but the color is what really matters here. You just don't see this electric shade of pink in the mineral world! A great piece to add to a rarities collection or a suite of Norwegian minerals.