Brochantite

Green crystals of brochantite with light blue serpierite

Origin: Reiche Zeche Mine, Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Picture size: 1 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Origin: Jackpot mine, Wellington, Lyon Co., Nevada, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  

Brochantite with golden brown powellite (1 mm)

Origin: Delirio mine, Inca de Oro, Chile

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm, crystals 3 mm

 

  

Origin: Katanga, Congo

Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm, radial sprays to 6 mm

 

     

Origin: Douglas Hill mining district, Lyon Co., Nevada, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 2 cm, radial sprays to 5 mm

 

  

Origin: Paoli, Garvin Co., Oklahoma, United States

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 5 x 2 x 1 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  

Origin: Kabolea Mine, Katanga Province, Dem. Rep. of the Congo

Sample size: 8 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm

 

  

  

  

Bright green brochantite needles (up to 5 mm) almost covering aggregates of perfect microscopic electric blue linarite crystals.

Origin: Bingham, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Ex. Giorgio Spiga collection

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  

Origin: Bou Bekker, Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda, Morocco

Sample size: 4.3 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm

 

  

Origin: Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex. M. Dodge collection

Sample size: 2.3 x 2 x 0.8 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Nugget Fraction Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.4 cm wide

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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