Arsenic

  
Origin: Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Ostrov, Krusné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Sample size: 9 x 7.2 x 4.1 cm

 

 
Origin: Schlema, Saxony, Germany
Sample size: 8.1 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Alberni Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Sample size: 9 x 5.9 x 4.3 cm
  
Origin: Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Ferrier collection
Sample size: 6 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
 
  
Crude brown crystals on a matrix of broken crystalline stibnite
Origin: Kusa Mine, Bau, Kuching, Sarawak Province, Borneo, Malaysia
Ex. Scott Williams collection
Sample size: 4 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
According to the Ed Ruggiero card, the piece was mined pre-1800 and came from the Rosemore Family Collection of Camborne, Cornwall, England. Ed bought this piece from English dealer, Richard Barstow, in 1976.
Origin: St. Andreasberg, Harz Mts., Lower Saxony, Germany
Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection
Sample size: 5.3 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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