Antlerite

 

  

Origin: Chuquicamata, Chile

Sample size: 7 x 4 x 2 cm (top), crystals to 1 mm (bottom)

 

  

Antlerite on quartz

Origin: Mex-Tex mine, Socorro, New Mexico, United States

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 2 cm

  

Origin: Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona, United States

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 4 cm

 

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Origin: Santa Catalina Mine, Sierra Gorda District, Chile

Ex. Keith Hayes collection

Sample size: 12 x 10.9 x 4.2 cm

 

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An euhedral crystal of 0.7 mm only, and a neat cluster behind.

 

A pristine twinned antlerite crystal of less than 0.2mm (material analysed by single-crystal XRD). I suspect the silky red balls at the base are ultrafine hematite concretions.

Origin: Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mt Isa, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia

Sample size crystal of 0.7 mm (top), 1.5mm crystals (2nd row), crystal of less than 0.2mm (3rd row), fov ~ 0.5mm (bottom)

Sample owner: Vic Cloete

 

 

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