Clintonite (var. Valuevite) with Perovskite

specimen number:
1052073

location:
Nikolae-Maximilianovskaya Kop', Nazyamskie Mtns, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

description:

Attractive lustrous green micaceous crystallized clintonite with little attached matrix and hosting crystals of pyrochlore to 0.8 cm in size. This is the old variety for the species known as valuevite. A fine old classic Russian combination piece. The specimen comes with an antique label as shown at the end of the video and dates to the early 20th century.

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