[Rockhounds] Iowalite

[Axel Emmermann]

Half suckered, John 😉

Check out: https://www.dakotamatrix.com/mineralpedia/6871/iowaite
or better: https://www.mindat.org/min-2038.html

Belongs to the hydrotalcite group. Normally brown or green BUT when contaminated with chromium: deep purple (smokes when on water and may speak to your inner timeless child).

Axel

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Van: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> Namens John Scully
Verzonden: zaterdag 10 april 2021 3:32
Aan: Rockhounds <rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com>
Onderwerp: [Rockhounds] Iowalite

Ok, all you savants.  Here in a much diminished Tucson.  Got a few pieces of a deeply purple mineral a Russian dealer called "iowalite" from the Altai mtns.  I can't find anything about it on Google.  Any ideas other than that I am a sucker?
John Scully
🙂🙂
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