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1.3" Kämmererite Crystals on Matrix - Kop Krom Mine, Turkey
This is a dazzling cluster of magenta-colored kämmererite (chromium-bearing clinochlore) crystals on a rock matrix, collected from the Kop Krom Mine in Turkey. The matrix is almost entirely encrusted in a druze of kämmererite and has been mounted to an acrylic display base with mineral tack.
About Kämmererite
Kämmererite (synonymous with chromium-bearing clinochlore) is a lustrous mineral that is typically rose-red to magenta in color. It's a variety of clinochlore that owes its color to chromium impurities. It was named in 1841 by Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld in honor of German geologist and pharmacist August Alexander Kämmerer.
General chemical formula - Mg5(Al,Cr)2Si3O10(OH)8
Kämmererite (synonymous with chromium-bearing clinochlore) is a lustrous mineral that is typically rose-red to magenta in color. It's a variety of clinochlore that owes its color to chromium impurities. It was named in 1841 by Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld in honor of German geologist and pharmacist August Alexander Kämmerer.
General chemical formula - Mg5(Al,Cr)2Si3O10(OH)8
$45
SPECIES
Kämmererite (Chromium-Bearing Clinochlore)
LOCATION
Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Turkey
SIZE
1.3 x .85"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#337115
