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Ludlamite

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Tufts of lustrous, dark green, diamond-shaped crystals on micro-crystallized pyrite.

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Species
LudlamiteAbout Ludlamite →
Added on11/10/2024
Locality
Bolivia, Oruro (Department), Huanuni mineRegional guide →

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Mineral guide
Learn about Ludlamite
vivid emerald-green crystals with glassy luster; prized for color, rarity, and localities like Huanggang, Huanuni, Huanzala for collecting value.
Ludlamite
Regional guide
Ludlamite from Huanuni Mine, Bolivia
Huanuni is one of the great modern names for ludlamite. The finest specimens show what collectors hope the species can be: transparent to translucent, bottle-green crystal groups with a wet vitreous luster, fanning outward in layered sprays, bowties, butterflies, and wheat-sheaf clusters. On the best pieces the green phosphate sits in sharp contrast against brassy pyrite, brown limonite, tan siderite, dark sphalerite, or deep blue-green vivianite, giving Huanuni material a far more dramatic matrix presence than most ludlamite from pegmatite environments.