Acquire rare childrenite mineral specimens from the alpine pegmatites of Shengus and the Gilgit District. Featuring lustrous caramel-brown and amber orthorhombic crystal clusters perched on native albite matrix.

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Rare Childrenite Bunch – Dara-i-Pech, Kunar, Afghanistan

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Original price was: $714.00.Current price is: $500.00.
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Secondary Phosphate: Childrenite on Pegmatite Matrix

Childrenite is a rare hydrated iron aluminum phosphate mineral found strictly as a late-stage secondary crystallisation inside complex granitic pegmatites. The miarolitic pockets of Shengus, Pakistan, produce some of the finest crystallized examples of this species known to mineralogy.

Collector Highlights:

  • Crystal Habits: Slender orthorhombic bipyramidal crystals and bladed sprays displaying amber-yellow to dark clove-brown colors.
  • Luster & Form: High vitreous to resinous luster with clean, undamaged terminations.
  • Mineral Associations: Regularly associated with secondary pegmatite species like eosphorite, tourmaline, and albite.

Verified authentic and completely free of artificial stabilisers.