Vesuvianite | Golden Brown Idocrase | 15.1 gr | Sierra de Cruces, Mexico | SO24 Okenite Some better-preserved specimens have features

Some better-preserved specimens have features similar to modern squid

The specimen is made up of a radiating mass of inter grown aragonite crystals

Here we have for you a nice looking individual fragment of a Sahara Desert NWA unclassified meteorite weighing 41

Some crystals form with white striations

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Vesuvianite | Golden Brown Idocrase | 15.1 gr | Sierra de Cruces, Mexico | SO24 Okenite Some better-preserved specimens have featuresThis is a beautiful specimen of golden brown Vesuvianite crystals on a white carbonate matrix from Mexico. A great addition to any collection! It was first discovered on Mount Vesuvius in Italy in the 18th century, hence its name. Vesuvianite typically occurs as a green, brown, yellow, or blue green crystal, and is often found in metamorphic and igneous rocks. The alternate name, Idocrase, is from the Greek eidos form, and krasis mixture, because