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PHLOGOPITE.
Palaborwa Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Named from "Phlogopos", Greek for "fire like" because it often displays a reddish tinge.
Phlogopite is a member of the Mica group of minerals, a sheet silicate that forms flat, platy crystals typical of micas. Crystals have a characteristic golden-orange to red colour.
(Cairncross, Rocks and Minerals of Southern Africa)
A nice specimen with crystals laying in different planes to each other, approx, 85mm wide x 75mm high.
NOTE:
1. All items won must be paid for within 7 days after closing of the auction.
2. To save on shipping charges, items may be combined for all items won within 7 days up to a maximum of 1kg.
3. If the specimen is not as listed or as per the picture, and provided we are notified within 7 days of you having received your specimen, it may be returned to us at your own cost for a refund. If upon inspection of the returned SPECIMEN it is found to be is in its original undamaged and un-worked on form, a refund excluding Shipping or Bank Charges will be activated
On auction for the discerning buyer.
Where quality, not quantity counts.
The photo is of the actual specimen on offer. Colour of the specimen may vary to the photo due to lighting.
Specimen is from our personal collection.
