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.70" Rare Natural Eitelite Crystal - Wyoming
This is a gorgeous and incredibly rare, .70" long eitelite crystal specimen with beautiful honey coloration, collected from the Westvaco Mine in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Comes with an acrylic display case and mineral tack.
Comes with an acrylic display case and mineral tack.
About Eitelite
Eitelite is a very rare carbonate mineral found in very few locales including dolomitic shale and bituminous marlstone (Utah, USA), and from an alkaline igneous pluton (Khibiny massif, Russia). Interestingly it was named after the scientist (Wilhelm Hermann Julius Eitel (1891–1979)) who first made it in the lab, rather than a natural crystal.
General Chemical Formula - Na2Mg(CO3)2
Eitelite is a very rare carbonate mineral found in very few locales including dolomitic shale and bituminous marlstone (Utah, USA), and from an alkaline igneous pluton (Khibiny massif, Russia). Interestingly it was named after the scientist (Wilhelm Hermann Julius Eitel (1891–1979)) who first made it in the lab, rather than a natural crystal.
General Chemical Formula - Na2Mg(CO3)2
SPECIES
Eitelite
LOCATION
Westvaco Mine, Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming
SIZE
.70" long
CATEGORY
ITEM
#317451
