Unusual Ilvaite w/ Quartz cast after Fluorite (Ken Roberts Coll.)

Item Description

A fascinating, highly unusual and aesthetic ilvaite pseudomorph combination from this now famous remote Chinese deposit. The world's finest ilvaite specimens come from here. A classic, pristine 5.0 cm, sharply terminated, lustrous jet-black orthorhombic prism is dramatically accented with a fantastic cast. Tiny, densely clustered, sparkly frosted quartz points have casted a very sharp dissolved away fluorite cuboctahedron (epimorph). A rare, perhaps unique combination ilvaite pseudo from this noted locale from the Ken Roberts Pseudomorph Collection. A MUST for the pseudomorph or locality collector!