Brookite Amazonite “Minerals of Colorado” – 1997

“Minerals of Colorado” – 1997 mentions Ferrimolybdite as occurring from Climax but also states that Ferrimolybdite was formerly referred to as Molybdite and implies that Molybdite is not a valid mineral(

I believe that this could be a twinned crystal only because I can see what I would call a clear reentrant angle in the middle of the crystal

despite a few “bruises” here and there

The piece was rather difficult to photograph

but what makes them so rare and special is the fact that you have a native metal replacing a mineral that contains that metal

Brookite Amazonite “Minerals of Colorado” – 1997Beautiful, sharp, fine quality, lustrous, gemmy, rich orange red colored Brookite crystals measuring up to 1. 1 cm are aesthetically set atop contrasting host rock matrix. As you can see, the Brookites feature the same classic black "phantoms" that are so desirable in specimens from the European Alps. No damage to the Brookites and it's not very often that one finds such superb eye catching examples of the species in near full size cabinet display