Alstonite
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 03.02.2025 | Filed under:

Alstonite

Specimen # 200637
Mineral: Alstonite
Location: Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Size: 2.5 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm

Description

This specimen is part of a vug covered in sharp glassy twinned alstonite crystals. These crystals are small but brilliant and look wonderful under a bit of magnification. From the thumbnail suite of the Pete Richards Collection, #1980, he obtained it from the Canadian Museum of Nature.

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Please Note: the colour representation in the still photographs has been carefully calibrated and adjusted to show an accurate rendition of this specimen in daylight (shade). The colours in the video are not similarly adjusted.