Colquiriite

Colourless tabular crystals of colquiriite
Origin: Serra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Picuí, Paraíba, Northeast Region, Brazil
Picture size: 0.8 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Long, flat, colourless crystals to about 1 mm associated with purple strengite(?) on triplite and triphyllite.
Origin: Serra Branca mine, Paraiba, Brazil
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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