Barbertonite
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- CT285
Sepentinite matrix richly covered and composed of purple Barbertonite. Barbertonite is a magnesium chromium carbonate mineral polymorphous with the mineral stichtite and, along with stichtite, is an alteration product of chromite in serpentinite. From the type locality for the species.