Description

Detailed Description

A plate of gorgeous deep green ludlamite crystals, with great lustre and sharpness. The most prominent crystal on this piece is just wonderful – very 3-D, brilliant lustre. In excellent condition. This classy specimen is a super ludlamite!

About These Ludlamites

The first specimens of vivianite and ludlamite from Cabeça do Cahorro were exhibited at the Denver show in September 2014. Although some people were taken with the large vivianites, I was most inspired by the possibility of great ludlamites, even though the first specimens were small and not particularly attractive. As the years passed, the quality eventually got increasingly better, and these specimens from 2023 are superb quality for the species – they have great colour, they are sharp and glassy, and so lustrous the ludlamite crystals look wet!

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.