04/13/2025
Magnesio-hastingsite
Origin: Apostrophe Island, Spatulate Ridge, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
German Antarctica expedition GANOVEX I 1982/83
Dimensions: 2.3 × 1 × 0.8 cm
60+🚢
Lustrous black/green “horneblende.” Comes with older labels including handwritten one.
A crystal cleavage of lustrous black-green magnesio-hastingsite rarely availibity from this locality.
According to the seller this piece was recently analysed by Joy Desor and confirmed as magnesio-hastingsite.
Collected during the third German Antarctica expedition GANOVEX III 1982/83.
Ex collection Dipl.Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover - mineralogist of this expedition.
Type locality is the Canadian National Railway tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.