Brucite (2015 find)

Item Description

Shimmering, intergrown, glassy, translucent, striking yellow-green botryoids are attractively attached to the brecciated 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. A fine example of the species and find and nicely accented with platy quartz or albite. The piece has multiple fine display views.