Jul 27, 2024
SCORODITE | THEY/THEM
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SCORODITE | THEY/THEM
A straight laced historian, though easily flustured by Dani. Most of the time, you'd find them scuttling around the island, recording any sort of notes they can get their hands on.
Danburite belongs to @ocreatus
Scorodite on Quartz, Horni Slavkov, Czech Republic, photo by Bohuslav Bures
Scorodite Hemerdon Mine, Sparkwell, Devon, England, Europe
Scorodite A common iron arsenate mineral (ie it is poisonous so treat specimens with care), it is named from the Greek word for garlic, since it emits a scent when heated that brings this bulb to mind. It forms in hydrothermal veins precipitating from hot fluids. Locations include Namibia (including the Tsumeb mine from which this piece hails, see http://on.fb.me/1c2CjkD for a more detailed insight into this Mecca of mineral collectors), Germany, the UK and many others. Colours vary from a variety of greens or blues to brown. This lovely piece measures 8x5x3cm and displays a rare and vibrant blue hue. The matrix is made of the complex polymetallic mineral beudantite. Loz Image credit: Rob Lavinsky/iRocks.com http://www.mindat.org/min-3595.html http://bit.ly/1f9jeyt http://bit.ly/1KiNDTG
Scorodite Hemerdon Bal Open Working, Plympton, Devon, United Kingdom
Cinnabar and Scorodite showing Moonstone (created by @artifiziell) the wonders of nature, with the help of Larimar and Orange Spodumene.
*For the background, I got inspired by the backgrounds of the episodes "Gemcation" and "The Question"
One of the new Obsidian's components: Scorodite
Scorodite cluster
Namibia
The color of scorodite is variable but it is most known and revered for its bright green or blue colors that really establish scorodite as a wonderful display mineral. This is an attractive and colorful mineral that forms in the upper oxidation zones of arsenic-rich ore bodies.
Scientific Facts,
Color: colorless, white, green, blue, yellow and brown
Luster: vitreous to sub-adamantine or greasy
Transparency: transparent to translucent
Crystal System: orthorhombic
Crystal Habits: include pseudo-octahedral crystals that are actually orthorhombic dipyramids. Also tabular crystals and fibrous and crusty coatings.
Cleavage: very poor in a few directions
Fracture: conchoidal
Hardness: 3.5 - 4
Specific Gravity: approximately 3.1 - 3.3
Streak: white
Other Characteristics: Soluble in hydrochloric acid.