Caledonite

Main crystal 0.8 mm in quartz cavity

Origin: Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK

Owner: Steve Rust

 

Area 5 x 7 mm

Origin: Meadowfoot Smelter, Wanlockhead, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK

Owner: Steve Rust

 

1.5 mm crystal groups

Area 8 mm

Origin: Horners vein, Leadhills, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Owner: Steve Rust

 

  

0.4 mm crystal on cerussite (left), area 5 mm (right)

1 mm crystal spray on quartz

Origin: Eaglebrook (Nant-Y-Cagel) Mine, Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire), Wales, UK

Owner: Steve Rust

 

Divergent prismatic crystal groups of caledonite to 0.6 mm with minor linarite on quartz

Area 4 mm

  

area 3 mm (left), microphoto, balls to 0.6 mm (right)

Origin: Esgair Hir mine (Cambrian. Cardigan Consolidated. Welsh Potosi. Kylon Potosi), Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire), Wales, UK

Owner: Steve Rust

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

  

Origin: Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.7 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  

Crystals to 3 mm in vug within quartz.

Origin: Reward mine, Inyo Co., California, United States

Sample size: 6 x 2.5 x 2 cm

 

  

Origin: Rainbow (Rowley) mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona, United States

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 4 x 4 x 2 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  

 

  

Origin: Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex. Keith Hayes collection

Sample size: 2.1 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm

 

  

Caledonite with linarite

Origin: Blue Bell Mine, San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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