Corderoite

Small dark brown dodecahedral crystal of corderoite
Origin: Hohe Buche, Königsberg, Wolfstein, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Picture size: 1 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Inter-layered bands of of pale corderoite with reddish massive bands of cinnabar and bands of limonite.
Origin: McDermitt Mine (Cordero Mine; Old Cordero Mine), Opalite District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: miniature
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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