Mineral: Hambergite
Locality: Tamponilapa, Sahatany Valley (Mt. Ibity), Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Dimensions: 10,5 x 1,5 x 21,5 cm

Description: Main crystal size: 21,5 cm Floating single crystal, very well formed on practically all its faces and colorless with cloudy inclusions and incrustations of calcite microcrystals on the surface; beautiful lateral twinned crystal in the shape of a rain gutter; an internal fracture runs all along the top and resembles breakage, but is in fact the result of natural recrystallization. MIM number 1309 Photographer: FMI / James Elliott Publication: "Rocks & Minerals: Vol. 98, No.6 Nov/Dec 2023"

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