Augite

Origin: Boreslav, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Picture height: 37 mm

Sample owner: W.R. Moorer

 

 

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Origin: Isle of Ischia, near Naples, Compania, Italy

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.5 x 5 x 8.5 cm

 

  

Origin: Mt. Monzoni, Fassa Valley, Italy

Sample size: 6.5 x 3.5 x 4 cm

 

Origin: Borslan, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Sample size: 20 x 13 x 8 mm

 

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Origin: Diamond Lake, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

  

Origin: Kailua Beach, Kona, Hawaii, United States

Sample size: 8 x 6 x 4 cm

 

  

Very dark green, opaque, blocky or stubby prismatic crystals to about 2 mm with lighter green, longer, slender prismatic crystals of epidote to about 3 mm.

Origin: Salzburg, Austria

Sample size: 6 x 6 x 3 cm

 

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Grey lava infested with 2-3 mm-sized green augite crystals

Origin: San Vito Quarry, Vesuvius, Napoli, Italy

Sample size: 3 x 5 cm

 

Nice sharp prismatic single augite crystals or aggregates weathered out of the lava

Origin: Daun, Eifel, Germany

Sample size: thumbnail-size

 

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Origin: Långban, Sweden, Europe

Ex. Frank Edwards collection

Sample size: 9 x 7 x 4 cm

 

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