Rosell Minerales

This specimen is really interesting not only for the quality of the crystal but the locality it comes from. Few specimens are represented in collections. This sample shows a brilliant metallic luster and sharp faces and edges. Located in a gully, this locality consists of outcropping hydrothermally-altered and weathered Wooltana volcanics containing veins and pockets of zeolites, calcite and crystallised ilmenite.

Size: 5.3 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm.
Main crystal: 27 x 20 x 8 mm.

Very rich scholzite specimen, an unusual phosphate of Ca and Zn, with elongated prismatic crystals, transparence and brilliance. It comes from a classic Australian locality for the species as is the Martins Well area, about 40 miles SE as such indicates this old label. A zinc and phosphorus-rich deposit in dispirited breccia. It is as mined for a few years for mineral specimens (mostly scholzite).

Size: 6.4 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm.
Main crystal: 10 x 1 mm.

Excol. Hubin (Neupré, Belgique)
Analyzed specimen with report