JWHITE-29
Raspite
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Miniature, 5.1 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm
Ex. John S. White
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Gemmy, transparent, sharp orange-yellow crystals of raspite to 4 mm on matrix. Superb reference specimen of this very rare species, from the best and type locality for the species - the old BHP mine, or Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, at Broken Hill. Turn of the century to early-1900s material.