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Anapaite from Kerch Iron-Ore Basin, eastern Crimea, Ukraine (annexed by Russia)

 
Anapaite from Kerch Iron-Ore Basin, eastern Crimea, Ukraine (annexed by Russia)

Anapaite from Kerch Iron-Ore Basin, eastern Crimea, Ukraine (annexed by Russia)

Anapaite from Kerch Iron-Ore Basin, eastern Crimea, Ukraine (annexed by Russia)

Anapaite from Kerch Iron-Ore Basin, eastern Crimea, Ukraine (annexed by Russia)

Anapaite from Kerch Iron-Ore Basin, eastern Crimea, Ukraine (annexed by Russia)

DESCRIPTION:No. 74781
Mineral:Anapaite
Locality:Kerch Iron-Ore Basin, eastern Crimea, Ukraine (annexed by Russia)
Description:Lustrous transparent green anapaite crystals on an unidentified black mineral, probably vivianite, in a cavity formed by a fossilized clam in limonite-stained brown matrix. Decomposition of the clam provided the phosphates to form the anapaite crystals Ex. Lawrence H. Conklin (1933-2016)
Overall Size:3.5x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-4 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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