Erythrite

specimen number:
2063860

location:
Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

description:
Attractive acicular purplish red crystallized erythrite covering most of the top of matrix. Some contacting present as seen. Nice reference quality example for the species and locality. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark.

Located in the Cloncurry Shire of Queensland, Australia, the Mount Cobalt Mine near Selwyn operated as an underground cobalt and metal deposit within a rugged Proterozoic metamorphic terrain. Mining activity peaked during the early twentieth century to extract cobalt resources. Today, the historic site is world renowned among mineral collectors for producing some of the finest secondary cobalt arsenate specimens known, particularly striking, vibrant magenta to crimson crystal tufts, radiating sprays, and earthy crusts of erythrite that formed through the oxidation of primary cobalt ores.

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