Charlesite

Tiny white patches in matrix, green fluorescent in SW UV
Origin: Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.
Sample size: 1 x 2.5 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Charlesite with ettringite
Origin: N'Chwaning mines, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Sample size: overall height 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
A very interesting specimen of charlesite cores surrounded by sturmanite (they are a series, and portions of the crystal are of different species, thus), with calcite
Origin: N'Chwaning #2 Mine, Republic of South Africa
Ex. Martin Zinn collection
Sample size: 4.4 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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