Deep green, half black translucent vivianite blades

Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Ukraine

Deep green, half black translucent vivianite blades
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Article codeVII.C.1340.004
Cluster of well formed deep green, half black translucent vivianite blades (up to 16mm long), from a classic location Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Ukraine.
Dimensions: 80x80x30 mm. Weight 0,170 kilogramme.
The Kerch iron-ore deposits are well known through beautiful vivianite specimens as well as many other minerals.
The iron-ore deposits are sediments in an ancient sea; because of that many minerals occur in the form of pseudomorphs after fragments of fossilized animals and plants.