Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Wairakite

Views:
Watches:
SYA585093

Wairakite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Toi Mine, Toicho, Shizuko Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

White crystalline veins of wairakite and crystals in volcanic rock matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wairakite

Formula: 
Ca(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lake Taupo, Wairakei geothermal area, Wairakei, Taupo, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps