Description

This is a beautiful sharp, lustrous brazilianite crystal, with albite and muscovite crystals attached. the top termination is pristine, glassy and gemmy, and the bottom termination is sharp, with a contact. In excellent condition, this is a fine thumbnail-sized Telirio brazlilianite from the collection of Pete Richards (#5479).

Exceptional display specimens of brazilianite have been found only in Brazil, and most of those have been produced in from the pegmatites intruded into the mica schists in the region of the Lavra do Corrego Frio, the type locality for brazilianite. The Lavra do Telirio is one of these deposits. It has now been closed down, as environmental regulators deemed it too close to the river to be operated. It is currently expected that there will be no further mining at the Telirio.

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Please Note: the colour representation in the still photographs has been carefully calibrated and adjusted to show an accurate rendition of this specimen in daylight (shade). The colours in the video are not similarly adjusted.