Anglesite

  

Anglesite on a matrix of granular galena

  

 

  

This specimen hosts a partial crystal of anglesite with linarite inclusions. There are also scattered crystals of duftite.

Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Ex. Gebhard collection

Sample size: 4 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm (top/2nd row), 8.7 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm (3rd row), 3.7 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm (4th/bottom row)

 

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Colourless to tan gypsum forms the matrix for several, light, yellowish-tan, lustrous, translucent, crystals, of anglesite, some doubly terminated. The largest crystal is 2.0 cm in length.

Origin: Erupcion Mine, Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico

Ex. Richard Hauck collection

Sample size: 7.9 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm

 

     

Ex. Edward E. David collection

  

Ex. Wendell Wilson collection

Origin: Touissit Mine, Ouijda, Morocco

Sample size: 7.2 x 5.5 x 2.9 cm (top), 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm (bottom)

 

  

Origin: Helena Mine, Schwarzenbach, Mezica (Miess), Slovenia (former Yugoslavia)

Sample size: 4.4 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm

 

  

  

Origin: Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco

Ex. Gary Hansen collection

Sample size: 10.5 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm

 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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