Wendwilsonite

Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
Toenail, 3.0 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Start Time: 07/21/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/28/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Wendwilsonite is a rare hydrated calcium magnesium cobalt arsenate that was named after the current and long time editor/publisher of the "Mineralogical Record", Wendell Wilson. It was discovered in 1987 and Bou Azzer is the type locality for this beautiful species. This piece features a lustrous, translucent, fuschia purple color monoclinic crystal group with smaller crystals of Wendwilsonite on matrix. Specimens of this material are certainly uncommon on the market.

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