Raspite with Stolzite
Raspite with Stolzite from Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Collection Robert Lavinsky
Description An extraordinarily rich specimen of the extremely rare tungstate Raspite, with brilliantly lustrous, gemmy, bright crystals to 3 mm perched on a solid matrix. The larger orange platy crystals are Stolzite. This vug is largely protected by the 3-dimensional curve of the piece. It is a lot of concentrated Raspite in one place. Some crystals, it appears, are twinned. Ex. Al Ordway.
Locality Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Dimensions 5 x 3 x 3 cm.
Specimen Grade D
Photograph www.iRocks.com Photo

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