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MRZ114 - Picromerite (Schonite) on Halite - $ 300 SOLD Potash Mine, Rossleben, Querfurt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany miniature, 5.7 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm ex. Martin Zinn
A sharply crystallized example of this rare sulfate species, formerly known as Schonite, from a classic locality long abandoned. Minor halite is associated underneath and around the backside. It is, overall, a very attractive miniature. It carries an old label from the Bergakadmemie Freiberg. Sharp and complete all around, very 3-dimensional.
MRZ115 - Picromerite on Halite - $ 200 SOLD Heringen, Werra Valley, North Hesse, Hesse, Germany miniature, 5.5 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm ex. Martin Zinn
Another sharply crystallized example of this rare sulfate species, formerly known as Schonite, from a classic locality also in Germany. This one has sharp freestandign crystals to almost 2 cm that look most like albite, than any mineral you normally see associated with halite. They are perched beautifully and 3-dimensionally on matrix of crystallized halite. All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||
