Detailed information
Dimensions
42 x 37 x 22
mm
Weight
18 g
Locality
Oberschlema, Schlema Schlema-Hartenstein District Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Condition
No recorded repairs
An interesting combination of Rammelsbergite with Erythrite and Stephanite from Medenec in the Kru'n' Hory Mountains of Bohemia, Czech Republic. The Rammelsbergite, a nickel arsenide, forms a roughly 4 x 2 cm dendritic porous mass of crystals, each averaging 1 mm, all of mid to light grey tin white with a micro-hackly texture. The Rammelsbergite stands on a matrix of glassy Calcite forming a mound of tiny crystals at the front and a thin plate across the back. A few individual spherules of crystallised bubble gum pink Erythrite are dusted over the specimen and along the interface between the Calcite and Rammelsbergite sit several small clusters of well-developed Stephanite crystals. This small miniature is mounted vertically on a clear, colourless acrylic base.