Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Herderite With Microcline

Views:
Watches:
KRM830007

Herderite With Microcline

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Shengus, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 7.8 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Superb rare well textbook  doubly terminated gemmy lustrous Herderite crystal perched upon microcline , Undmaged , perfect,  Herderite crystal measure 1cm , very very hard to find these days in such size , beauty and quality , really nice specimen from the locality 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Herderite

Formula: 
CaBePO4(F,OH)
Strunz: 
8.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps