BERAUNITE
Specimen bea-1

Dims: 1.9 x 1.6 x 1.3" (4.8 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm)

Wt: 1.7 oz. (48 g)

Shady Community, Polk County, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Several round Beraunite nodules rest on the iron-rich base rock of this hand specimen. These nodules do not exceed 0.1" (3 mm) in diameter but are in excellent condition, showing almost no damage. They show no identifiable crystal form other than their nodular habit, and are a pale green color and have a dull, matte luster.

Dims: 2.1 x 1.7 x 0.6" (5.2 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm)

Wt: 1.2 oz. (35 g)

Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Many tiny, damaged Bereaunite nodules rest on the brown base of this hand specimen. These nodules do not exceed 1 or 2 mm in diameter, and all are broken to reveal the compact, radial nature of the crystals. Their color is nearly black, showing a hint of blue, and all have a dull pearly to waxy luster. These nodules rest on a compact, fibrous or bladed layer of rusty-brown crystals that I cannot identify- given possible associations, I would guess cacoxenite or, less likely, strunzite.