Brochantite

  
Brochantite on quartz
Origin: Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.7 x 3.1 x 1.9 cm
 
  
Brochantite coating on galena with minor colourless cerussite
Origin: Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Ex. Gene Tribbey collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 3.2 x 3 cm
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Brochantite with conichalcite on calcite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection
Sample size: 3.1 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
 
  
Origin: 300 Level, Shattock Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Ken Hollman collection
Sample size: 8.7 x 7.8 x 6.3 cm
 
Origin: Campbell Shaft, Warren District, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Martin Zinn collection
Sample size: 5.0 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
 
  
Brochantite crystals in a matrix of plancheite
Origin: Musinoi Mine, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sample size: 9 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
 
  
Brochantite with linarite on quartz
Origin: Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection
Sample size: 5.5 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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