BERTRANDITE
Specimen brr-2
$ 50.00Dims:1.4x0.7x0.7" (3.6x1.8x1.8 cm)
Wt: 0.2oz. (7g)
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
This thumbnail specimen consists of hundreds of tiny intergrown crystals of bertrandite, with no matrix at all. Close examination with a loupe reveals that many of these crystals are hexagonal in shape, leading me to believe that these are in fact pseudomorphs after beryl. Scattered sparsely over the specimen are tiny crystals of pyrite and/or chalcopyrite. There is only the most minor damage to this specimen.