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Vivianite from Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
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The Kerch Peninsula, part of the Crimea Peninsula in the Ukraine, is particularly famous for its excellent specimens of the iron phosphate Vivianite. This beautiful large miniature/small cabinet specimen has two main crystalline structures of Vivianite crystals covering a rusty brown limonitic matrix. Its top surface is encrusted with botryoidal bluish-black Vivianite forming hillocky mounds. Over these sit the two crystallised groups, one measuring 4 x 3 cm with upward pointing crystals forming a three-dimensional spray and adjacent to this, a spray forming an inverted cone. Although intensely dark blue-green and hence appearing black, the crystalline structure of the inverted cone flashes electric sapphire blue. A showy and most pleasing Vivianite from the Kerch Peninsula.
Product details
SpeciesVivianite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.5 x 7.2 x 5.4 cm
Added on10/24/2024
LocalityUkraine, Crimea, Kerch Peninsula
Current owner
Unknown Owner
- Acquired
- Jul 2026
- Price paid
- $1,200.00
Previous owners
| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
|---|---|---|
| — | Crystal Classics | Not disclosed |
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Mineral guide
Learn about Vivianite
color-changing, pleochroic crystals from Bolivia, prized for prisms and velvety luster on matrix; rare, collectible, with light-sensitive care.Regional guide
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