Brandtite

Origin: Harstig mine, Pajsberg, Varmland, Sweden (type locality)
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Harstigen mine, Pajsberg, Värmland, Sweden (type locality)
Sample size: 7 x 4 x 4 cm with white, flaky crystals to 1 mm in vugs.
 
  
White cleavages to 5 mm on quartz
Origin: Falotta, Maugan Grube, Graubünden, Switzerland
Sample size: 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
 
  
 
  
Brandtite on calcite
Origin: Fuchs Company quarry, Hartkoppe, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.75 cm (top 3), 9 x 7 x 2 cm (middle 3), 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Sample size: 11 x 5.5 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Hartkoppe, Sailauf im Spessart, Germany
Sample size: 4.5 x 2.7 cm specimen of hausmannite with a heavy druse of 1-2 mm crystals of brandite
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Minerals Co

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