Brucite (2015 find)

Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Small Cabinet, 6.1 x 5.2 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 03/18/2017 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/23/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Glassy, shimmering, translucent, intergrown, bladed yellow-green brucite botryoids cover the curved matrix on this showy and colorful example from a small 2015 find in the Kharan District of Pakistan. Brucite, Mg-hydroxide, is found in found in metamorphic rocks and metasediments, in marbles and magnesian skarns. It is very uncommon from Pakistan.

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