{"product_id":"childrenite-on-quartz","title":"CHILDRENITE   on QUARTZ","description":"Childrenite is not, as some might think, named after a group of kids at school, but after the British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist John George Children (1777-1852) who discovered it in material from a mine and railway tunnel in Devon. An iron aluminium phosphate mineral, it formed cinnamon-brown glassy sharp, wedge-shaped individual crystals on chloritic matrix. Fast forward two centuries and exceptional Childrenite crystals were discovered in a completely different geological setting in Brazil - in phosphate-rich pegmatites. Not only are they geologically different, but crystallographically too, with much more elongated bladed crystals, but still with a rich cinnamon-brown colour. In terms of the richness of crystallized specimens, this cabinet-sized display piece from Ilha claim at Taquaral in Minas Gerais state is stunning, with a large convex surface in Quartz almost totally carpeted in sprays of 4 to 5 mm long, perfectly-formed bladed Childrenite crystals. This is a world-class display-worthy specimen of what remains a very rare species.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549605646511,"sku":"CC30015","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC30015.png?v=1770631015","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.com\/products\/childrenite-on-quartz","provider":"Crystal Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}