CHILDRENITE
Specimen chi-1

Dims: 1.0 x 0.7 x 0.7" (2.6 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm)

Wt: 12 g w/ specimen box

Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

A cluster of intersecting Childrenite blades makes up this thumbnail specimen. These blades reach lengths of nearly 0.6" (1.5 cm) and are in good condition, showing surprisingly light breakage for their size and thinness. These crystals have good orthorhombic form and show a diamond-shaped cross-section. Their color is a dull pale brown and their luster is dull and pearly, and all are dimly transparent at best. The cluster is not attached to any base rock, and is hot-glued into a plastic thumbnail box.

Dims: 2.2 x 1.4 x 1.0" (5.7 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm)

Wt: 1.8 oz. (52 g)

Crinnis, Cliff, England

A few thin crusts cover most of the surface of the gray base rock of this hand specimen. A few of these crusts are made up of thousands of tiny crystals that do not exceed 1 mm in length or diameter. These crystals have the standard brown color and vitreous luster of Childrenite, and though they are too small to study without magnification, they appear to have good orthorhombic prismatic form and are even dimly transparent! The gray host rock on which they lay is definitely metamorphic in nature and appears to be some form of finely-grained schist, or possibly a slate.