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RUT316 - Ludlockite - $ 600 SOLD Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail, 1 x .9 x .4 cm ex. Ed Ruggiero
Superb hair-like rust-colored crystals very attractively clustered on matrix. Ludlockite is extremely rare, making this quite the killer thumb, and visually impressive beyond its stature. Purchased from the Zweibels in 1976
RWHIT-10 - Ludlockite - $ 5000 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature, 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm ex. Robert Whitmore
Ludlockite, found here at its TYPE LOCALITY , is a weird iron-lead arsenite that was found around 1970 the very lower depths of Tsumeb, in its deepest oxidation zone filled with all kinds of bizarre mineralogy. The color of ludlockite is interesting, but when combined with the metallic lustre to its fibrous crystals, the overall effect of a ludlockite specimen is unique and visually stunning. It looks like hair dipped in bronze and gelatin. This is a very rich, sturdy cluster of intergrown acicular crystals, perched on a minimal amount of ore matrix. A rare, display-sized, beautiful miniature specimen for this species normally available to collectors today only as micros or small pockets rather than with such large freestanding clusters such as this. All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||||||
