Brucite

  
Origin: Wood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
ex. Linck Collection
Sample size: 7 x 5 x 4 cm
 
  
Origin: Wood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
ex. Richard Hauck, James Chenard Collections
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 3.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Woods Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 2.75 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
     
Origin: Palabora Mine, Transvaal, South Africa
Sample size: 1 by 1 cm single crystal of light blue to grayish-blue translucent, lamellar brucite (top), 0.7 by 0.9 cm single crystal (2nd row), 0.7 by 1.1 cm single crystal (3rd row), 1 by 1.1 cm single crystal (4th row), 1 by 1.4 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Minerals Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
 
  
Origin: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Sample size: 25 x 23 x 13 mm (top), 1.8 x 1.6 x 4.3 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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