Chalcanthite
Origin: Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Gallery, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge,
Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 4 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
Chalcanthite stalactite 10 cm high
Origin: Wheal Jane (Falmouth Consolidated; Wheal Whidden; Nangiles; Wheal
Tremayne), Kea, Truro, Cornwall, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
Ex. Eaton collection
Origin: Posey mine, San Juan Co., Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 3 cm with 5 mm "veins" through matrix (top), 7
x 5 x 2.5 cm (2nd row), 7 x 4.5 x 6 cm (bottom)
Origin: Majuba Hill mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, United States
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 2 cm
Chalcanthite overgrown and intermixed with
aragonite.
Note how thick the growth is, that this is not a crust but rather many
generations of layering one atop the other making for a thick specimen.
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
Sample size: 9.8 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm
Origin: Planet Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 1.2 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Origin: Washington Camp, Patagonia District, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 5.5 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
Origin: Mt. Bischoff, Tasmania, Australia
Sample size: unknown
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
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