Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Kerimasite & Kimzeyite

Views:
Watches:
BCK780652

Kerimasite & Kimzeyite

Type Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Kimzey Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

You are bidding on small sample with a very nice, 3mm crystal of kerimasite/kemzeyite in calcite matrix. Large crystal for the species. Collected by Henry Delinde and from his collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kerimasite

Formula: 
Ca3Zr2(SiO4)(Fe3+O4)2
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kerimasi volcano, Arusha Region, Tanzania

Kimzeyite

Formula: 
Ca3(Zr,Ti)2((Si,Al,Fe3+)O4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Kimzey Calcite Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps