Detailed information
Species
Eulytine
Dimensions
22 x 38 x 18
mm
Weight
16 g
Locality
Junge Kalbe Mine Neustädtel, Schneeberg District Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Condition
No recorded repairs
Schneeberg is the Type Locality for the rare bismuth silicate mineral, Eulytine. Although Schneeberg is more of a district than a specific mine, Junge Kalbe mine from where this specimen comes, is one of the sites where good Eulytine crystals have been found. This miniature specimen consists of iron-stained Quartz veinstone upon which is a layer of weathered rusty orange spiky Calcite crystals around the edge of which are dark brown to amber coloured resinous globular, to crystallized Eulytine crystals to 2 mm in diameter. Some of the broken spheres show a radiating internal form. This specimen has passed through several collections but originated in the Bergakademie Freiberg from where it passed (with a label) in 1972 to a collector in Clausthal, then to the famous collection of Dr. Hans-Jurgen Wilke in 1979. Each movement is documented on Dr. Wilke's detailed note card. A really interesting rare species specimen, both in terms of history and crystal form.