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Tinaksite & Charoite (rare - Type Locality for both)
- Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Siberia, Russia
- Small Cabinet, 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.3 cm
- Start Time: 06/20/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 06/27/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Tinaksite and charosite are very rare complex silicates and the Murunskii Massif is the Type Locality for these colorful species. An impressive, 7.8 cm tapered column of parallel-growth, lustrous and translucent, honey-brown, tinaksite crystals is aesthetically set in very colorful, rich lilac, foliated plate of waxy charoite. A fine, showy and rich combination specimen of these rarities from the Fersman Museum in Moscow. The label is from the Soviet era.