Abhurite
Wreck site, Hidra, Flekkefjord, Agder, Norway
Platy crystals of abhurite on a pewter plate from shipwreck off Hidra island, Norway. The pewter plates has reacted to the sea water, and a basic tin chloride ,abhurite, has been filling the space between the plates.
The crystals were described by Griffin et al., 1977, 8 years before the mineral was described from a shipwreck at Sharm Abhur, The ...
© Knut Edvard Larsen/ Naural History Museum, Oslo.