Breithauptite

 
  
Massive rosey bronze with calcite. Ex. Erling Collection
Origin: Cobalt district, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 4 cm (top), 7 x 4 x 2 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Sarrabus, Sardinia, Italy
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Lustrous, polished, vein slice of massive, metallic, breithauptite with metallic, orange-brown nickeline with minor quartz
Origin: Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 9.3 x 4.9 x 3.0 cm
 
Origin: St. Andreasberg, Saxony, Germany
Sample size: 5.6 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Pinkish breithauptite with one side slabbed flat to show the included native silver.
Origin: Cobalt, Coleman Township, Timiskaming Distrct, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 4.8 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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