Glendonite - Mineral Quality:Staff Pick if you use a shortwave

if you use a shortwave lamp

Ammonites can range from 1mm to about 2 feet

Era: PaleozoicGeological Age: 200 - 500mya

Diameter of Belt Loop: 3cm

Origin: Australia

Glendonite - Mineral Quality:Staff Pick if you use a shortwaveMined from: Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Kola Peninsula, Russia Description: Glendonite, (which is a dehydrated version of Ikaite) is an unusual and distinctive form of calcite. Glendonite belongs to a class of pseudomorphs which is a mineral that has taken the characteristic crystal shape of another mineral by a processes called recrystallization. Glendonites are pseudomorphs after the mineral ikaite. Ikaite is typically found in near freezing