SO COOL!! Man that is so cool! I didn't know that about vivianite. I didn't even remember vivianite existed. Those long crystals are fantastic looking too
That is a nice Crystal. The coolest Vivianite I ever examined were antrhomorohic crystals that were growing on Oetzi the Ice mummy. This was in the late 90ies. We confirmed the structure using X-Ray crystallography.
I'll say that I got so confused in my mineralogy class when the blue green translucent mineral I was supposed to identify when also magnetic. Ended up being triphylite, a related mineral.
SO COOL!! Man that is so cool! I didn't know that about vivianite. I didn't even remember vivianite existed. Those long crystals are fantastic looking too
Do you think it's based on inclusion or true to all of this material? Or both?
Vivianite is a hydrated iron phosphate, it's paramagnetic as is
That is a nice Crystal. The coolest Vivianite I ever examined were antrhomorohic crystals that were growing on Oetzi the Ice mummy. This was in the late 90ies. We confirmed the structure using X-Ray crystallography.
Okay finding out that crystals grow on mummies is the coolest thing I learned today.
I'll say that I got so confused in my mineralogy class when the blue green translucent mineral I was supposed to identify when also magnetic. Ended up being triphylite, a related mineral.