MARSHITE

Rubtsovskiy Mine, Altaiskiy Krai, West Siberia, Russia, Asia

Reserved


6 x 5 x 4.5 cm (Small Cabinet)


Marshite is a very rare Copper Iodide (CuI) with a distinctive (but not disagreeable) disinfectant like smell (close up). The crystals start out colourless or yellow, and turn pinkish to brownish red with sunlight. This specimen is so fresh and properly stored that it remains colourless. The crystals from this locale are amongst the best seen in the world. This specimen is a dense example richly invested with crystals all over - some displaying parallel growth and others forming individual crystals, with what looks like reticulated form, to 7mm across.

Kristalle and Crystal Classics