Mineral: Milarite
Locality: Fiescher Glacier area, Fiesch, Goms, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Dimensions: 2.5 x 2 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 2.0 cm

Description: Mass: 15 g MIM number:1893 Doubly terminated very well formed crystal, covered with chlorite, presenting a perfectly beveled top, perched on a 2.7 cm quartz. The milarite-quartz group seems to be a floater. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Ex collection Joachim Henrich (Germany)

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