added on 10/23/2024

Cafarsite

These matrix Cafarsites are fine examples of rare alpine minerals from the Piedmont region of Italy, near the Swiss border. Cafarsite is a complex arsenate, rarely seen in the world, and these reddish-brown, lustrous octahedrons (tips modified by the cube) are interspersed with gemmy Quartz crystals on weathered granitic matrix. The largest crystal measures right at 1.0 cm on edge. The Type Locality for Cafarsite is also on Mt. Cervandone, just across the Swiss border (though one would think it is the same deposit, that yields the crystals). Overall, an excellent specimen!

Locality

Italy, Piedmont

Species

Cafarsite

SizeSmall Cabinet

Comments

Known provenance

Date

Owner

Price

Note

2024/08

Unknown

Not disclosed

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Unknown

The Arkenstone

Not disclosed

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2024/08UnknownNot disclosed—

UnknownThe ArkenstoneNot disclosed—

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