Home > American Minerals III – May 26 > MS1577 Ludlamite
Ludlamite - Sold
- Blackbird mine
- Cobalt
- Lemhi County
- Idaho
- U.S.A.
- 4.6 by 3.0 by 2.9 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Ludlamite is an iron phosphate mineral, originally found in Cornwall. Field (1885) named the mineral after Henry Ludlam (1824-1880), an English mineral collector.
This is an attractive coverage of ludlamite with crystals to 4 mm. There is a bruise on the center face face of the specimen, which considerably lowers its asking price. The matrix consists of siderite and iron oxides. This piece probably would trim into a fine thumbnail. Formerly in the Harold Slavik (1946-2011) collection.
