Magnesiochromite, Saponite
Wakamatsu mine, Nichinan, Hino District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
From the largest magnesiochromite deposit in Japan, this specimen has many hundreds of shiny black magnesiochromite masses of up to 2.0 mm size richly scattered through a light colored massive saponite matrix.
From the personal collection of Sharon Cisneros.
© Eugene & Sharon Cisneros