Collinsite

 

Collinsite and jahnsite

Origin: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Whitish collinsite crystals up to 1 cm

Origin: Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada

Sample size: 3 x 2 x 2 cm

 

Strontian-collinsite

Origin: Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Iron Mine, Russia

Sample size: spherical aggregate 1.5 x 1 cm

 

  

Crystals to 0.5 mm in aggregate in vug within rockbridgeite matrix associated with segelerite - as yellow-green crystals to 0.5 mm.

Origin: Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm

 

 

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ex. Ian Nicklin Collection

  

 

  

Origin: Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada

Sample size: 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm (top), 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (2nd row), 2.6 x 2.0 x 1.4 cm (3rd/bottom row)

 

  

Collinsite on quartz

Origin: Big Fish River-Rapid Creek Area, Yukon Territory,Canada

Sample size: 9.7 x 8 x 2.5 cm

 

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Origin: Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada

Sample size: 4 x 5 cm

 

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Origin: Francois Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Sample size: 7 x 5.5 cm half nodule

 

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