Brucite (2015 find)

Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Small Cabinet, 8.3 x 7.3 x 2.7 cm
Start Time: 03/23/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/30/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

The sculptural brecciated matrix plate is aesthetically and richly covered with shimmering, intergrown, glassy, translucent, striking yellow-green brucite botryoids 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. A very fine and rich example of the species and find.

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