35524: Kornerupine-Prismatine - $8 Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany Type locality for prismatine Small cabinet - 8.1 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm 190 grams Specimen status: Reserved Send an email with specimen number to order Green grey needles and lathes,
abundant in matrix. The species identification is a bit
confusing...what appears to be the original typewritten
collection label gives the species as prismatine, but this
is amended with a handwritten "kornerupine". A Topaz-Mineral
Exploration (Thomas Bee) label states "kornerupine"
but to this someone has attached a handwritten note
"prismatine not kornerupine." Mindat lists prismatine (but
not kornerupine) for this locality; indeed this is the
type locality for prismatine. This specimen strongly
resembles the prismatine photos
hosted at Mindat. much more than the Mindat
kornerupine photos. In addition, Mindat indicates
that these minerals form a series, so this might not be an
example of either (pure) end member species, but instead
some intermediate mixture of the two. Given the
uncertainty, I'll label this specimen as
kornerupine-prismatine.
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