Autunite

  
Origin: Apex mine, Lander Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, crystals to 1 mm
 
  
Origin: Apex mine, Lander Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 3 cm, crystals to 0.75 mm
 
  
Origin: Apex mine, Lander Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 3 cm, crystals to 1 mm
 
  
Origin: Apex mine, Lander Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 1 cm
 
     
Origin: Apex mine, Lander Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7 x 8 x 5 cm, crystals to 3 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Autunite under LW-UV light
Origin: Autun, France
Owner: Axel Emmermann
Sample size: crystals to 3 mm
 
The photograph on the left shows part of the specimen in which the central crystal displays a striking fluorescent growth-phantom in the shape of a butterfly. The photograph on the right shows a close-up (real photo, not a "zoom") of this remarkable crystal. Autunite fluoresces nearly always and is one of the strongest fluorescent minerals known.

Photo courtesy of: 

Axel Emmermann

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Origin: Daybreak Mine, Spokane Mountain, near Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.
Sample size: 15 x 10 x 3 cm (top/2nd row), 9.4 x 9.1 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Les Oudots Mine, Luzy, Saone wt Loire, France
Sample size: 4.9 x 3.7 x 0.7 cm
 
  
Origin: Dahl Pit, Daybreak Mine, Mount Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.3 x 2 x 1.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Autunite with some bubbly colourless hyalite opal
Origin: Spruce Pine, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Sample size: 11 x 5 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

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Origin: Day Break Mine, Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.3 x 2 cm (top), 5.2 x 2.3 cm
 
  
Origin: Margnac, Haute Vienne, France
Sample size: 7.5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

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