Brucite

  
 
  
 
  
 
Origin: Palabora Mine, Transvaal, South Africa
Sample size: 2.4 x 2.3 cm (top), 2.2 x 1.9 cm (2nd row), 2.9 x 2 cm (3rd row), 1 cm across (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Origin: Palabora, Transvaal, South Africa
Sample size: 6 x 3.5 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Brucite with minor white selenite
Origin: Palabora Mine, Loolekop, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Sample size: 8 x 3.8 x 1.1 cm
 
  
Origin: Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.7 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Colourless prismatic and tabular crystals of brucite
Origin: Val di Serra quarry, Rovereto, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Picture size: 5 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Dark grains in marble matrix and as white veins in magnetite-vein crosscutting the marble
Origin: Mine near Cortijo de la Fuenfira, between Cascajares and Cerro Abanto, Sierra Bermeja, South of Ronda, Spain
Sample size: 5 x 7.5 cm
 
  
1 cm sized translucent thin bladed brucite crystals in matrix
Origin: Tallgruvan, Norberg, Västmannland, Sweden
Sample size: 9 x 12 cm
 
Origin: Asbest, Ural, Russia
Sample size: 2 x 3 cm
 
  
Aggregates of tabular often transparant brucite crystals on matrix
Origin: Winklarn, Oberviechtach, Bavaria, Germany
Sample size: 2.5 x 3.5 cm
 
Origin: Borek u Chotebore, Czech Republic
Sample size: 3.5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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