Botryogen

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
 
  
  
Red-coloured crystals embedded in matrix of minutely crystallized parabutlerite with other associated species (copiapite, butlerite).
Origin: Mina Santa Elena, Alcaparrosa, San Juan, Argentina
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm (top/2nd row), 5.5 x 4.3 x 1.5 cm (3rd row), 7 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm (4th row), 6.5 x 5.6 x 4.5 cm (5th/6th row), 8.2 x 5.1 x 5 cm (7th/8th row), 7.2 x 5.9 x 3.7 cm (9th/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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