{"product_id":"millerite-6","title":"MILLERITE","description":"A quite gorgeous miniature of beautifully crystallised Millerite from the Friedrich mine at Mittelhof, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; a mine begun in 1803 and worked intermittently until 1953 for nickel, iron and copper.  The Millerite, a nickel sulphide, forms superb divergent sprays of bright golden acicular crystals, very-fine, but considerably thicker than the hair-like crystals more often seen. The delicate crystals form narrow, slim plumes averaging 1.5 cm tall in parallel growth and covering an area of some 3 x 2 cm on a mixed Calcite and sulphide matrix.  The Calcite forms many pentagonal-dodecahedral, equant crystals of about 2 mm diameter and in micro-druses, stained apple green by nickel, so forming an aesthetic contrast to the Millerite.  A delightful miniature from the Josef Clemente (1899-1987) Collection of southern Germany; it’s really fabulous!\n","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57781139603791,"sku":"CC21248","price":444.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/3748\/2063\/files\/CC21248_2717fe00-8b2b-400c-8f0f-adb58950f436.jpg?v=1783979058","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.co.uk\/products\/millerite-6","provider":"Crystal Classics UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}