Bustamite

  

Origin: Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7 x 4.5 x 4 cm

 

  

Origin: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Sample size: 4 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm

 

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Origin: Enyuwche, Bulgaria

Sample size: thumbnail

 

Origin: Meldon Quarry, Devon, U.K.

Sample size: 1 x 5 cm

 

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This specimen is rich in fibrous crystals of brown to very light pinkish coloured bustamite. Bustamite from Långban was not particularly rare but it was frequently overlooked due to its much less than striking appearance.

Origin: Långban, Sweden
Harry von Eckermann Collection

Sample size: 6.8 x 5.5 x 4 cm

 

  

This specimen is comprised of light pink bustamite with abundant clinohedrite and minor hardystonite (right and bottom photo under SW UV light).

  

This specimen is comprised of light pink bustamite with abundant clinohedrite and andradite and minor hardystonite. Right and bottom photos under SW UV light.

Origin: Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.

Ex. Frank Edwards collection

Sample size: 8 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm (top/2nd row), 10 x 6 x 4.5 cm (3rd/bottom row)

 

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Long, bladed pinkish blades to 2.5 cm in matrix of "Schefferite" (aegirine).

Origin: Långban, Varmland, Sweden

Sample size: 5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm

 

  

Origin: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 7 x 3 x 3 cm

 

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