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Vivianite

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Vivianite

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Description
Locality: 
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 7.3 × 8.2 cm
Description

Fantastic matrix specimen from the Crimea in the Ukraine. Highly lustrous crystals of vivianite which are esthetically spread over brown mother rock. At the hundrets of elongated and highly lustrous faces you can nicely see the electric blue and intense green of the vivianite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vivianite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Kind (Wheal Kine), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK