Vivianite Spray on Ironstone Geode
- Species
- Vivianite
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 1.5–2
- Chemistry
- Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O
- Dimensions
- 32 × 20 × 10 cm (12.6 × 7.9 × 3.9 in)
- Weight
- 4.6 kg (10.1 lb)
- Grade
- Collector Grade
- Treatment
- 100% Natural · Untreated
A narrow rust-brown rim frames the dark, grape-textured cavity wall. The blade spray runs steel-blue through blue-green to silver-blue, with a few broader "paddle" crystals set among the laths. Crystal terminations catch the light as flat, mirror-like cleavage faces.
If its smaller sibling holds a still fan of vivianite, this one holds motion. Across a triangular geode section lined with near-black botryoidal ironstone, a full spray of vivianite blades shoots laterally from the left wall — a jet of blue caught mid-flow and held there for good.
Why collectors want this
Directional energy is rare in mineral specimens — most sit; this one moves. The horizontal thrust of the entire crystal spray gives the piece a frozen-kinetic quality that reads instantly, even from across a room.
Living with it
Same care rules as all vivianite: no direct sunlight (the mineral darkens with light exposure), and no contact with the blades — matrix and stand only. Position with the spray running left-to-right at eye level to preserve the sense of motion.
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