Auction Win: Brucite (bright color)
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Locality: Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: Miniature - 4.4 × 2.9 × 2 cm
“Lemonhead” Brucite is a magnesium hydroxide mineral, Mg(OH)2, known for its white to light green colors. It was first described in 1824 by François Sulpice Beudant, and its name honors mineralogist Archibald Bruce. It is a source of magnesium.
Brucite is a hydroxide mineral with the formula Mg(OH)2. It was first described by Archibald Bruce and named in 1824 by François Sulpice Beudant in his honor.
Killa Saifullah District in northwestern Balochistan, Pakistan lies about 135 km north of Quetta and includes the mineral-rich area around Muslim Bagh. The district is known to collectors for its ophiolitic geology and mining of chromite and magnesite, with specimens such as brucite and dolomite documented from the wider Killa Saifullah area. It also appears in mineral locality records for the Saplai Tor Ghar chromite mine, underscoring its importance as a source of classic Balochistan specimens.
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