Coquimbite

Origin: Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Light pink coquimbite with light blue chalcanthite
Origin: Lichtenberg open cast, Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany
Picture size: 3.5 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
  
 
  
  
 
     
Light purple coquimbite with snow-white acicular halotrichite, brown romerite and yellow krausite
Origin: Dexter #7 mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael swell, Emery Co., Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm (top 4), 4 x 3 x 2 cm (middle 4), 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
  
Crude, light purplish or tan crystals to 6 mm
Origin: Dexter Group, San Rafael district, Emery Co., Utah, United States
Sample size: 5.5 x 3 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: San Rafael Swell, Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Dexter No.7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA
Sample size: 6 mm
Sample owner: Vic Cloete
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Vic Cloete 

 

  
 
  
Origin: Dexter No.7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, U.S.A.
Ex. Gene Tribbey collection
Sample size: 7.3 x 4.9 x 1.6 cm (top), 7.3 x 4.9 x 1.6 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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