[Rockhounds] 'Stitchite'

[str4hler]

Hi Horst &list,

There are some more localities for stichtite. I picked up some pieces
at Bou-Azzer/Morocco last april.

Cheers! Frank

On 4/13/09, Horst Windisch <horstwindisch at absamail.co.za> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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> 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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