AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Ukraine > Vivianite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 42010 |
Mineral: | Vivianite |
Locality: | Kerch Iron-Ore Basin, eastern Crimea, Ukraine |
Description: | Fan-shaped formations of dark vivianite crystals up to 15 mm long on shallow pocket lined with botryoidal black manganese-oxides. The vivianite crystals are translucent and show blue color under strong illumination. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #417; acquired in 1990 |
Overall Size: | 5x5x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 2-15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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