Datolite

  
Datolite nodule
Origin: Keweenaw County, Michigan, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.4 x 7.0 x 2.6 cm
 
  
Copper in datolite
Origin: Calumet, Michigan, U.S.A.
Sample size: 9.5 x 8.0 x 5.9 cm
 
  
 
  
  
Datolite on quartz
Origin: Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Sample size: 2.9 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm (top), 7.9 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
  
Large tabular datolite crystal covered with small danburite crystals
Origin: Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Sample size: 4 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm
 
  
Origin: Bor Pit (Boron Pit;Bor Quarry), Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Sample size: 8.5 x 3 x 4 cm
 
  
Origin: Prospect Park, Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.9 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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