YELLOW BRUCITE on matrix - Height: 9 cm - Width: 7.7 cm- 54 g - (1)

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Yellow brucite on matrix from Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan; 54 g; 9 cm high, 7.7 cm wide, 2.5 cm deep, with intergrown radial and botryoidal yellow gemmy brucite aggregates on a small grey micaceous matrix.

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This piece comes from the now classic find made in Pakistan a few years ago, which, as I like to say, was short but sweet, producing the best brucite specimens ever seen so far and putting this otherwise rare mineral (as far as aesthetic specimens go) on the map. Admittedly there were some previous examples of wonderful blue and white display quality brucites from other localities around the world, but nothing of this quality, color intensity and gemminess for sure. In this case, this specimen features an incredibly aesthetic composition made up of a complexly crystallized thin brucite layer of both intergrown radial and botryoidal aggregates of intensely colored yellow gemmy brucite, which when appreciated from up close appears forming flat hexagonal crystals with excellent pearlescent luster. The aggregates arrange themselves forming an elegant and delicate structure that is set over the tiniest piece of grey micaceous matrix.

This piece comes from the now classic find made in Pakistan a few years ago, which, as I like to say, was short but sweet, producing the best brucite specimens ever seen so far and putting this otherwise rare mineral (as far as aesthetic specimens go) on the map. Admittedly there were some previous examples of wonderful blue and white display quality brucites from other localities around the world, but nothing of this quality, color intensity and gemminess for sure. In this case, this specimen features an incredibly aesthetic composition made up of a complexly crystallized thin brucite layer of both intergrown radial and botryoidal aggregates of intensely colored yellow gemmy brucite, which when appreciated from up close appears forming flat hexagonal crystals with excellent pearlescent luster. The aggregates arrange themselves forming an elegant and delicate structure that is set over the tiniest piece of grey micaceous matrix.

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Number of objects
1
Main mineral
YELLOW BRUCITE
Mineral form
on matrix
Supplement
no
Weight
54 g
Origin (region/city)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Country of origin
Pakistan
Height
9 cm
Width
7.7 cm
Depth
2.5 cm
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Objects sold
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