UNIQUE MATERIAL, CALCITE coated SIDERITE with TOURMALINE inclusions - Height: 7 cm - Width: 15.5 cm- 894 g - (1)

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Portugal, Panasqueira No. 1 Mine, São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, a meteorite specimen with a siderite base coated by calcite and with tourmaline inclusions, weighing 894 g and measuring 15.5 × 7 × 6.8 cm.

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This piece is an odd one for sure, it is an aesthetic, This piece is an odd one for sure, it is an aesthetic, damage-free, and self-standing cream-colored siderite with a gemy lenticular calcite coating that has a very attractive waxy luster, also being included in the back by thousands of tourmaline micocrystals that act similarly to the boulangerite in Herja calcies, producing a very dramatic white to black transition. There are also some minor chalcopyrite field cracks on the piece's base and a small and very lustrous ferberite crystal on the back.
It is the first time I see this kind of coating over panasqueira siderites, and I hope it isn’t the last time I do; it really adds a lot of character to them.

This piece is an odd one for sure, it is an aesthetic, This piece is an odd one for sure, it is an aesthetic, damage-free, and self-standing cream-colored siderite with a gemy lenticular calcite coating that has a very attractive waxy luster, also being included in the back by thousands of tourmaline micocrystals that act similarly to the boulangerite in Herja calcies, producing a very dramatic white to black transition. There are also some minor chalcopyrite field cracks on the piece's base and a small and very lustrous ferberite crystal on the back.
It is the first time I see this kind of coating over panasqueira siderites, and I hope it isn’t the last time I do; it really adds a lot of character to them.

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Number of items
1
Main Mineral
UNIQUE MATERIAL, CALCITE coated SIDERITE
Mineral Form
with TOURMALINE inclusions
Supplement
lable
Weight
894 g
Origin (Region/ City)
Panasqueira No. 1 Mine, São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco
Country of Origin
Portugal
Height
7 cm
Width
15.5 cm
Depth
6.8 cm
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