Allanite

     
Allanite and smoky quartz in pegmatite matrix
Origin: Capitan, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Sample size: 9 x 6 x 5 cm, allanite crystals to 1.2 cm, smoky quartz to 1.5 cm
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
Origin: Oso Township, Frontenas Co., Ontario, Canada
Erling Collection
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 3 cm (top), 4 x 3 x 3 cm (2nd row), 4.5 x 4 x 1 cm (2nd row), 5 x 4 cm x 5 mm (bottom)
 
       
Large platy black crystals to 1.5 cm in skarn matrix associated with grossular, diopside and calcite. XRD confirmed
Origin: Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, United States
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 8 x 4 x 4 cm
 
  
Origin: Jensen quarry, Riverside Co., California, United States
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 5 x 5 x 3 cm
 
  
Black prismatic crystals to 6 mm associated with magnetite crystals to 4 mm.
Origin: Monchi mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Spain
Ex.Kidwell collection
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 
Origin: Mina Tiro Estrella, Capitan Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Pacoima Canyon, Los Angeles Co., California, U.S.A.
Owner: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Sample size: crystal about 6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Anthony Kampf, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: "Cranberry Pond Railroad Cut", East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm
 
Allanite with feldspar
Origin: Homestake District, Butte, Montana
Sample size: 3.8 x 2.25 x 1 cm
 
  
Allanite with minor parisite
Origin: Trimouns, Luzenac, France
Sample size: 7 x 5 x 5 cm
 
  
Allanite on dolomite
Origin: Trimmouns Mine, Luzenac, France
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Madonna Pegmatite, south Platte District, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
prismatic lustrous crystals of allanite to 3 mm in length scattered about a crystallized quartz matrix.
Origin: Lincoln Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.9 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
 
  
Matrix of salmon colored massive calcite, this studded by many platy black crystallized sections of allanite to 3.5 cm in size.
Origin: Bancroft, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
Ex. Louis Zara and Larry Conklin collections
Sample size: 9 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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