Karpatite
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Los Picachos, near Picacho Peak, San Benito Co., California, USA
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- K602
Silica rich matrix hosting drusy Quartz and numerous areas of bright yellow Karpatite. Karpatite is an uncommon organic mineral, which is also fluorescent. Small red flecks of Cinnabar are also present. The Karpatite is present both beneath the drusy Quartz and exposed on many areas of the specimen.