25551: Siderite and Muscovite - $20 Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Small cabinet - 6.4 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm 142 grams Specimen status: Reserved Send an email with specimen number to order A large, complete and (for the
species) rather lustrous siderite crystal, decorated on
the base with a little muscovite (probably the matrix to
which this specimen was formerly attached). Pakistan
siderites are frequently found already beginning to suffer
goethite replacement, but this specimen is free of any
brown, rusty encrustation. No major condition issues with
this hunk of iron carbonate.
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