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973 CTSOPALISED PINEAPPLE GLAUBERITE QUALITY COLLECTOR PC /// INV-P4
- SKU
- INV-P4
- Dimensions (mm)
- 79.000 x 62.000 x 53.000mm
- Weight (cts)
- 973.000
- Type
- Specimen
- Colours
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GLAUBERITE
THIS IS A RARE OPAL PINEAPPLE ONLY FOUND IN WHITE CLIFFS NSW AUSTRALIA.
THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN BETWEEN 300-500 SUCH SPECIMENS FOUND THERE. THEY ARE FORMED AS A RESULT OF PRECIOUS OPAL REPLACING GLAUBERITE [A SULFATE MINERAL] -SUCH SPECIMENS ARE KNOWN AS PSEUDOMOROPHS. AS THEY STILL EXHIBIT THE EXTERNAL CRYSTAL FORM THEY HAVE REPLACED. THE GLAUBERITE CRYSTAL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE FORMED UNDER GLACIAL CONDITION WHICH LATER DISSOLVED LEAVING THE VOID TO BE FILLED WITH OPAL THE PSUDOMORPHS ARE FORMED IN THE PINEAPPLE BAND NEAR THE OPAL FEEDER WITH LESSER -SHAPED PIECES FURTHER AWAY ,THIS SPECIMEN NEED TO BE EXPOSED WORKED ON FOR COLOUR
- SKU
- INV-P4
- Dimensions (mm)
- 79.000 x 62.000 x 53.000 mm
- Weight (cts)
- 973.000
- Type
- Specimen
- Colours
-
GLAUBERITE
THIS IS A RARE OPAL PINEAPPLE ONLY FOUND IN WHITE CLIFFS NSW AUSTRALIA.
THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN BETWEEN 300-500 SUCH SPECIMENS FOUND THERE. THEY ARE FORMED AS A RESULT OF PRECIOUS OPAL REPLACING GLAUBERITE [A SULFATE MINERAL] -SUCH SPECIMENS ARE KNOWN AS PSEUDOMOROPHS. AS THEY STILL EXHIBIT THE EXTERNAL CRYSTAL FORM THEY HAVE REPLACED. THE GLAUBERITE CRYSTAL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE FORMED UNDER GLACIAL CONDITION WHICH LATER DISSOLVED LEAVING THE VOID TO BE FILLED WITH OPAL THE PSUDOMORPHS ARE FORMED IN THE PINEAPPLE BAND NEAR THE OPAL FEEDER WITH LESSER -SHAPED PIECES FURTHER AWAY ,THIS SPECIMEN NEED TO BE EXPOSED WORKED ON FOR COLOUR
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Rest of the world
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Rest of the world
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Australia
Express Shipping is discounted to $18.00 on orders with 2 or more items
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PositiveFast shipping. Happy with opal. Thanks!
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Positive
Beautiful opal
