Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Lizardite On Brucite

Views:
Watches:
RAF507272

Lizardite On Brucite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
44.00gr
Description

A really great colour combination of pale blue greenish sprays of brucite with a peach colour lizardite layer.  Very nice piece!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lizardite

Formula: 
Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Eastern Cliff, Kennack Cove (Kennack Sands), Kennack, Grade-Ruan, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK

Brucite

Formula: 
Mg(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FE.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Castle Point, Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA