Brucita
Brucita is a mineral with formula Mg(OH)₂, in the Hidróxidos group. This specimen comes from Killa Saifullah, Killa Saifullah District, Baluchistan, Pakistan and joined the Terrium collection in 2025.
Description
Botryoidal aggregates on matrix, with some quite well defined (more than usual for the species) crystal faces and edges.
About Brucita
Magnesium hydroxide. Some of the most beautiful specimens of brucite come from Pakistan; its intense yellow color is unique and has never been seen in any other world locality.
About the locality
Killa Saifullah (Balochistan): A region featuring an ophiolitic complex and sedimentary rocks rich in gemstones and commercial minerals (such as chromite, magnesite, chrysocolla, malachite, and garnet). From a mineral collecting perspective, local brucite is the area's most prominent species.
Technical data
- Catalogue No.
- 0652
- Composition
- Mg(OH)₂
- Name
- Brucita
- Group
- Hidróxidos
- Category
- Cresta Montis
- Matrix
- ofítica
- District / Municipality
- Killa Saifullah
- Province
- Killa Saifullah District
- Region
- Baluchistan
- Country
- Pakistan
- Size (cm)
- 4.6 × 3.8 × 1.8
- Acquired
- 2025
- Etymology
- Named after American mineralogist Archibald Bruce
- Quality
- Buena
- Value trend
- Estable
Related specimens
- Anatasa — Pakistan
- Goethita (Botrioidal iridiscente) — España
- Titanita — Pakistan