Iridescent Goethite | 59mm | Tharsis, Spain Charoite rounded orbs in deep burgundy

rounded orbs in deep burgundy and iron-black

Traditionally associated with spiritual awareness and inner strength

4cm | Argentina

giving the surface a strongly ribbed

Iridescent Goethite | 59mm | Tharsis, Spain Charoite rounded orbs in deep burgundyFrom the celebrated Tharsis mining district of Andalusia, Spain one of the few localities in the world known to produce goethite with this quality of iridescence. The surface is entirely botryoidal, built up from tightly packed rounded orbs in deep charcoal and iron black. Across this, a vivid iridescent film shifts between crimson, magenta, teal green, and violet depending on the angle and light source the effect is almost oil slick in its intensity,