[Rockhounds] 'Stitchite'

[Horst Windisch]

Hi Kreigh  et al,

A few hours ago, I returned from our 42nd GEMBOREE (am the only person who 
has attended all 42) organised this year by the Natal Mineral and Gem 
Society (on behalf of the Federation of Southern African Gem and 
Mineralogical Socities), so only latching on to this subject at a a later 
stage.

The mineral is definitely stichtite and the green mineral is serpentine. We 
have collected this material on various occassions at Kaapse Hoop (near 
Nelspruit in the Mpumalanga Province (known as Eastern Transvaal before 
1994). There are two other localities in the world whewre this mineral is 
found - Tasmania has already been mentioned, the other locality is somewhere 
in Canada. (At this point in time cannot check on the exaxt locality as 
everything has been packed away at three different localities, as two weeks 
ago we have moved to a Retirement Centre, after living for 47 years in our 
house in Groenkloof, Pretoria) Prof. Bruce Cairncross wrote an article on 
stichtite, which was published in the South African Lapidary Magazine, and a 
copy of this issue is somewhere amongst the 480 baxes that I packed my 
minerals, books,  magazines and correwspondence in.

We collect this mineral in a road cutting between Barberton and Kaapse Hoop, 
Which is about 250 km East of Pretoria.

Regards,

Horst


----- Original Message

iFrom: "Kreigh Tomaszewski" <Kreigh at tomaszewski.net>
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" 
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Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 5:37 AM
Subject: [Rockhounds] 'Stitchite'


>I came across some purple and green 'Stitchite' at one of the dealers
> at our local show that was being sold by the gram. A Google search
> after I got home shows it has all kinds of metaphysical properties.
> Does anyone have any idea what this stuff really is and where it might
> be coming from?
>
> Kreigh
>
>
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