Childrenite Value, Price, and Jewelry Information
Cut childrenite is a great rarity, and all gems are small. Cut eosphorite is more abundantly available, though both materials are very scarce.
By Joel E. Arem, Ph.D., FGA, updated on
Series to Eosphorite if Mn exceeds Fe.
OPTICS: a = 1.63-1.645; β = 1.65-1.68; γ = 1.66-1.685. Biaxial (-), 2V= 40-45°.
OCCURRENCE: In granite pegmatites and hydrothermal vein deposits.
Cornwall, England; Greifenstein Germany; Custer, South Dakota.
Minas Gerais, Brazil: gemmy crystals. These are found to be Fe: Mn = 1:1 and could be called childro-eosphorite.
COMMENTS: Cut childrenite is a great rarity, and all gems are small. Cut eosphorite is more abundantly available, though both materials are very scarce.
NAME: J. G. Children, English mineralogist.
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