Description

Detailed Description

A handsome wide group of sharp, lustrous, singly-terminated ilvaite crystals. The termination faces are broad and particularly bright, with fine striations. In excellent condition – no damage. A top-quality ilvaite, this is a great specimen.

About These Ilvaites

Although the finds at Huanggang have clearly produced ilvaite specimens of a calibre and in numbers previously unknown for the mineral, many Huanggang ilvaites are quite chipped or more severely damaged – these ones are excellent. Over the course of the ilvaite finds, some characteristics of the crystals have varied quite substantially. In particular, some are much sharper than others, and some are much brighter than others.