#miserite

Rare Miserite on matrix - Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Tien Shan Mountains, Districts of the Republican Subordination, Tajikistan

Agrellite, miserite, wollastonite (footwall portion of pegmatite) - Bridge Street pegmatite, Wausau pluton, Wausau complex, Marathon Co., Wisconsin.  This is the only pegmatite in the Wausau complex that penetrated from the syenite into the surrounding country rock.  Three ultraviolet wavelengths, three different responses.  Shown under long wave, mid wave, and short wave ultraviolet, then white light.   

MISERITE Colour: rose pink (fibrous qualities) Found in: Canada, Russia, Tajikistan and the US. Miserite is said to be a stone which releases tension, and makes one feel more at ease and more able to throw ones self into festivities and events. REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY: American Mineralogist (1950): 35: 911-921. Canadian Mineralogist (1976): 14: 515-528. Mineralogical Record (1990): 21: 32. Photograph: taken from Mindat, copyright © Rruff Project More photographs can be found here:http://www.mindat.org/photoscroll.php?frm_id=pscroll&cform_is_valid=1&searchbox=Miserite This is not an advertisement/endorsement of any seller or dealer above any other. Other companies selling this item are available. Text copyright: © madcatwoman 2014, www.madcatwoman.co.uk For detailed healing properties and photographs of many of the more common gemstones and minerals, please visit the Madcatwoman Enterprise Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madcatwoman-Enterprises/139677792795144?ref=hl&sk=photos_albums