Rhodochrosite Pseudomorphs after Fossil Shells with Selenite-
Fundort, Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast’, Ukraine.
4 cm across
This specimen hosts two, prominent fossil shells that have been completely replaced by pink Rhodochrosite. The scalloped specimen has an opening, allowing one to see somewhat lustrous botryoids of Rhodochrosite within and a radiating spray of sparkly, gem crystals of Selenite. This is a defunct locale now for collectible minerals, with the phosphate-rich pod in which these replacements was found having been mined through.
