Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Madeiraite

Views:
Watches:
PAV903672

Madeiraite

New Mineral type

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Terra do Baptista, Porto da Cruz, Machico, Madeira Islands, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.13cm
Description

Beautiful group of golden yellow madeiraite!

Large crystals for the species (1.33 mm). Almost all the crystals found are under 1 mm. 

Ex coll. Pedro Alves

Collected: 
2020
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Madeiraite

Formula: 
Na2Ca2Fe2Zr2(Si2O7)2O2F2
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Type Locality: 
Serrado Gabbro Outcrop, Porto da Cruz, Machico, Madeira Island, Madeira, Portugal Or Terra do Baptista Gabbro Outcrop, Porto da Cruz, Machico, Madeira Island, Madeira, Portugal...