Bixbyite

  
Bixbyite on rhyolite matrix
  
Bixbyite with topaz
  
 
  
Bixbyite with topaz, ex. Don Belsher collection
  
Bixbyite with topaz and pseudobrookite
  
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Origin: Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.4 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm (top), 5 x 1.3 x 3.2 cm (2nd/3rd row), 4.6 cm wide (4th row), 6 cm wide (5th row), 4.7 x 3.6 x 3 cm (6th row), 4.4 x 5.8 x 2.4 cm (bottom)
 
Origin: Baranca del Cobre, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 6 x 6 x 5 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Ex. Marty Zinn collection
  
  
Bixbyite with quartz
Origin: Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.8 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm (top/2nd row), 1.1 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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