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Improving Mindat.orgLikasite?

10th Dec 2005 17:12 UTCBrent Thorne

I was looking through the photos that were posted today and I noticed a photo of likasite,http://www.mindat.org/picshow.php?id=44165. I have seen this material offered for sale on ebay and by a mineral dealer from Africa. It does not fit the description for likasite from that locality. I am not sure if anyone has done a EDS or XRD of the material, but I suspect that it is chrysacolla after another mineral. Any thoughts on the photo?



Brent

10th Dec 2005 18:49 UTCPeter Haas

It's just a chrysocolla pseudomorph after marcasite. Thomas did post a warning about this material some weeks ago. See: ...mindat.org/msg-6-4520-4520.html

10th Dec 2005 18:50 UTCPeter Haas

Sorry - it should read "malachite" instead of "marcasite" in my previous post.
 
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