Calaverite

  
Calaverite and fluorite
Origin: Mollie Kathleen Mine, Cripple Creek District, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.6 x 1.6 x .8 cm
 
  
Calaverite on fluorite
Origin: Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Ex. Pete Bancroft collection
Sample size: 9.4 x 5.9 x 3.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
 
  
Micro crystals of calaverite to about 0.75 mm often with visible gold. Ex. Kidwell collection
Origin: Cresson mine, Teller Co., Colorado, United States
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, crystals to 0.75 mm (top), 4 x 3 x 4 cm (2nd row), about 15 mm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
MM-sized patches of calaverite in pyritic-quartz matrix
Origin: Ivanhoe Mine, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Sample size: 4 x 6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
A bright metallic mass of calaverite in matrix, possibly with coloradoite
Origin: Perseverance mine, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Sample size: 8.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm
 
  
Open vugs lined by micro dark purple crystalline fluorite. Scattered very sparsely about this matrix are micro crystals and masses of bright golden calaverite.
Origin: Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Ex. Gene Tribbey collection
Sample size: 6.8 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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