Cuprostibite

  
Origin: Mt. Nakalak, Ilimaussaq Intrusive, Greenland
Sample size: 3.8 x 2 x 2.5 cm, matrix with at least two silvery "eyes" with red alteration halos to 4 mm
 
  
Large, massive crystal to 6 mm in matrix
Origin: Illimaussaq Complex, Greenland (type locality)
Sample size: 3 x 2.5 x 1 cm

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Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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