1403 Strengite, Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co, Alabama, USA
Lilac bladed crystals. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 21 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Lilac bladed crystals. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 21 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from Larry Queen for $5.00 at the Queensland Mineralogical Societies Seminar.
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex L. Queen.
Labelled as churchite-(Nd) which is a discredited species. Churchite-(Nd) should be called a neodymium-rich churchite-(Y).
Stunning tanzanite-blue strengite from Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, USA.
Fragile tufted kidwellite from Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, USA. Collected in or before 1983.