Wendwilsonite with Nickelaustinite (ex Matioli Collection)

Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
Toenail, 3.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Start Time: 07/09/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/16/2015 6:48:43 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Wendwilsonite is a rare hydrated calcium magnesium cobalt arsenate that was named after the current and long time editor/publisher of the "Mineralogical Record", Wendell Wilson. It was discovered in 1987 and Bou Azzer is the type locality for this beautiful species. This piece features a few sharp, lustrous, translucent, fuschia purple color monoclinic crystals with Nickelaustinite on matrix. Specimens of this material are certainly uncommon on the market. Ex Paolo Matioli Collection.

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