Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Iowaite

Views:
Watches:
SYA747379

Iowaite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Kaznakhtinskii Massif, Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 1.2 cm
Description

A very rich sample of massive dark purple iowaite, variety chromian iowaite with tiny light brown inclusions of serpentine and minor light purple stichtite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iowaite

Formula: 
Mg6Fe3+2(OH)16Cl2·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.05
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Unnamed drill core, Sioux Co., Iowa, USA

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps