Bertrandite

 
Origin: Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: LCA mine, Gaston Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: A4 highway tunnel, Thiemendorf, Königshain, Oberlausitz, Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 1.7 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

     
Bertrandite with spessartine, ex. R.D. O'Donnell Collection
Origin: Carnauba Dos Dantes, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil
Sample size: 6 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Kara-Oba, Djambul, Kazakhstan
Sample size: 3.75 x 2 x 2 cm
 
  
Bertrandite twin
Origin: Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Bertrandite with pyrite
Origin: Kounrad, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Sample size: 9 x 8.5 x 6 cm
 
  
Bertrandite and quartz
Origin: Karaoba, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Sample size: 6.6 x 4.5 x 4 cm
 
Little gem nodules of heliodor beryl with some larger tan crystals of bertrandite and some other micro crystals on pegmatite matrix.
Origin: Rio Grande do Norte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Fred Pough collection
Sample size: 5.6 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm

 

  
Bertrandite on rhodochrosite
Origin: Kounrad, Karaganda , Kazakhstan
ex. Carnegie Mineralogical Museum
Sample size: 4.7 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Golconda mine, Governador Valaderas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 3 cm
 
  
Yellowish, pearly crystals to about 0.75 mm with good coverage on quartz. Possible rhodochrosite association amongst a variety of other micro - some sulfides.
Origin: Kara-Oba W deposit, Bet-Pak-Dal Desert, Kazakhstan
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 7 2.5 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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