Arsenolite

 
Origin: White Caps mine, Manhattan, Nye Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
   

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 
Colourless crystals of arsenolite
Origin: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 1.2 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Origin: White Caps mine, Manhattan, Nevada, USA
Sample size: 8 x 6 x 3 cm, crystals to 1 mm
 
Origin: White Caps mine, Nye Co., Nevada, United States
Sample size: Octahedral crystals to 1mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

0.7 mm octahedral crystals with white cores
Origin: Penberthy Croft mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

Colourless translucent crystals on realgar
Origin: Grube Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland
Sample size: 2.5 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

Powdery white material on arsenopyrite
Origin: Princess Mine, Moina, Tasmania, Australia
Sample size: 4 mm across
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Sorrell

Crocoite.com

 

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