Childrenite, Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

55,00

Lot of two specimens of childrenite, in lamellar, translucent crystals of a beautiful orange-pink hue.
It is a mineral analogous to eosphorite and usually forms in complex granitic pegmatites as a secondary mineral resulting from low-temperature hydrothermal alteration.
Specimen from Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
From the René Hubin collection, Neupré, Belgium.

  • Description

    Description

    Lot of two specimens of childrenite, in lamellar, translucent crystals of a beautiful orange-pink hue.
    An eosphorite-like mineral, it usually forms in complex granitic pegmatites as a secondary mineral resulting from low-temperature hydrothermal alteration.
    Specimen from Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
    From the René Hubin collection, Neupré, Belgium.

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  • Additional information

    Additional information

    Weight 0,007 kg
    Dimensions 4,0 × 1,2 × 0,8 cm

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