A NOTE FROM NICK
New Stock !! Striking XL specimen featuring a soft, velvety pale blue Plancheite matrix completely draped in sparkling second generation Calcite crystals. A prominent large, sharp, single Calcite crystal dominates the top, while a few smaller, gemmy Calcite crystals can be seen here and there. High contrast, excellent condition, dramatic display piece. And it's Fluorescent! Stunning!
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Plancheite - Congo’s Electric Robin’s Egg Blue Copper Silk
Plancheite is a rare hydrous Copper Silicate found almost exclusively in the oxidized zones of Katanga Copper deposits, DRC, but we have had some beautiful specimens from Kaokoveld in Namibia. It forms nice bright robin’s egg pale white-blue, to sky blue fibrous aggregates with characteristic silky to velvet luster, occurring as botryoidal crusts, some with needle sprays, dense felted mats, or shimmering coatings over matrix. Typical associations and inclusions include crystalline Quartz, Calcite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Shattuckite, Dioptase, and Heterogenite.
PRODUCT MINERALS
Copper Silicate
PRODUCT FEATURES
Rare, Blue, Clear
PRODUCT COLOUR
Robins Egg, Sky Blue
MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
4.5 to 5
PRODUCT DATA
Locality = Mashamba West Mine, Congo
Grade = Very Good to A Grade
Size = 222 x 236 x 100 mm
SKU = 177-056-251203BM
PLEASE NOTE: The product title specifies the exact number of individual pieces included in your purchase (eg. x12, x1, x35 etc). “We have 1 in stock” means we have 1(one) complete batch (as per quantity stated in the product title) or 1 (one) unique product available as appropriate. Prices are grade dependent and all items are sold as shown in the product images.
All prices exclude SA VAT. International export clients will not be charged VAT by us, but you may be charged import VAT by customs in your country.
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