Cancrinite

 

Origin: Points of Rocks Mesa, Colfax Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 
Origin: Princess Quarry, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

 

Origin: Koaschwa, Chibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size: 2 x 4 cm
 
Yellow-brown grains in matrix
Origin: Kirov Mine, Chibiny, Kola, Russia
Sample size: 3 x 5 cm
 
Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: ca. 2 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

     
 
  
Origin: Kribi, Cameroon
Sample size: 0.9 x 1.4 cm (top left), 1.4 x 1.5 cm (top middle), 0.5 x 1.3 cm (top right), 1.1 x 1.8 cm (bottom left), 1.1 x 1.7 cm (bottom right)
 
  
Large yellow grains covering an area of 5 x 4 cm associated with plagioclase, biotite and nepheline.
Origin: Litchfield, Maine, U.S.A.
Ex. Tom Loomis collection
Sample size: 10 x 8 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Minerals Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Cancrinite pseudomorph after natrolite with rhodochrosite
Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 1.75 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine, U.S.A.
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 6.7 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Yellow massive vein
Origin: American Nepheline Co. Mine, Nephton, Peterborough Co., Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 10.3 x 7 x 3.9 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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