Svanbergite
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Champion Mine, Mono Co., California, USA
- Minerals
- Svanbergite
- Dimensions
- 2.3 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- ST574
Very rich Svanbergite specimen composed of nothing but interlocking crystals of Svanbergite. This is an excellent example with nothing but good Svanbergite crystals on all sides. Svanbergite is an uncommon Strontium Aluminum Phosphate Sulfate Hydroxide mineral. The Champion Mine is a former andalusite mine located in the White Mountains of eastern California and first operated in 1922. Besides Svanbergite, it is famous for it's Rutile crystals and Woodhousite specimens, for which it is the Type locality.