Cannizzarite

Black acicular crystals on matrix
Bright sub-mm black crystals on liparite matrix
Origin: Vulcano Isle, Lipari, Sicily, Italy (type locality)
Sample size: 1.5 x 3 cm (top), 1.5 x 2 cm (bottom)
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Cannizarite with bismuthinite
Origin: Vulcano, Lipari Islands, Sicily (type locality)
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Kudriavy Volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Pacific Coast of Russia
Sample size: 7.4 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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