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Mottramite with Chervetite - Sold


Mottramite is a copper lead vanadate mineral. Roscoe (1876) named this mineral after Mottram St. Andrew, Cheshire, where an ore pile supplied the original material. Chervetite is a much rarer mineral, specifically lead pyrovanadate. Bariand et al. (1963) named the mineral after Jean Chervet (1904-1962), French mineralogist.

This specimen is a piece of sandstone with a fracture surface covered in fine yellow-orange francevillite, mostly covered by blocky mottramite crystals to 1 mm, and scattered chervetite prisms to 2 mm. The unusual feature of this specimen is the crystallization of the mottramite, a mineral characterized by its globular textures. Interesting and unusual specimen!

This specimen was part of the personal collection of Ralph Merrill, proprietor of the prolific mail order business Minerals Unlimited. Merrill's collection card and label ship with the specimen.