Datolite

  
Datolite and epidote
Origin: Lane quarry, Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Fort Lee, Bergen Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Datolite with copper inclusions
Origin: Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.0 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm
 
  
Origin: Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Sample size: 9.5 x 8 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Datolite with calcite
Origin: Dalnegorsk, Russia
Sample size: 11 x 11 x 5 cm
 
  
 
  
Pink datolite
Origin: Wessels Mine, Kalahari, South Africa
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (top), 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
 
Origin: 6.7 x 4.5 x 4.4 cm
Ex. M. Zinn collection
Sample size: 6.7 x 4.5 x 4.4 cm
 
  
Datolite with two quartz needles
Origin: Bor Quarry, Dalnegorsk, Russia
Ex. Marty Lewadny collection
Sample size: 5.0 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Sample size: 6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
  
Origin: Bor Pit, Dal'negorsk, Russia
Ex. Dave Douglass collection
Sample size: 11 x 10.5 x 5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

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