Variscite with Foggite (rare locality specimen)

Item Description

A cool and colorful locality specimen labeled as coming from the Gascoyne River at Milgun Station, in Western Australia. A rich chrome-green colored vein of translucent Variscite runs through the host rock matrix, and is accented by light brownish colored Foggite (a hydrated calcium aluminum phosphate mineral). Varisicite is rarely this dark of a green hue, and I almost mistook it for Chrysoprase. If you collect phosphates or minerals of Australia, this is a great oddball locality specimen that you're not likely to find anywhere else on the market, as it was likely mined 50+ years ago.
From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert ("Al") Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974.