Scorodite
sold- Locality
- Kiura mine, Saiki City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
- Minerals
- Scorodite
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 3.7 x 3 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- LL111
Shallow vug lined with beautiful, sparkling Scorodite crystals. Old specimen from a long closed locality. From MINDAT: Tin mining began in the 16th or 17th century. Pyrometasomatic ore produced by Miocene granitic intrusion into Paleozoic sedimentary rock. Famous for its large scorodite crystals, impossible to obtain now.