Djurleite

  
Origin: Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 2.75 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Green Monster Mine, Dome Rock Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Sample size: 2.5 x 3 cm to 3 x 4 cm
 
Black metallic djurleite grains and crystalline intergrown with malachite and in some parts with chrysocolla or chalcopyrite in calcite matrix
Origin: Rammelsbach, Kusel, Pfalz, Germany
Sample size: thumbnail
 
  
Djurleite pseudomorph after fossilized wood fragment, with other copper sulfides
Origin: Scholle District, Torrance Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 3.5 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Djurleite with quartz and chalcopyrite
Origin: Leaonard Mine, 2800 foot level, "59" Raise, Butte, Silverbow County, Montana, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.6 x 1.5 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Djezkazgan, Djezkazgan Oblast, Kazakhstan
Ex. Keith Hayes coll.
Sample size: 2.0 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
 
  
This specimen of massive germanite is host to crystals of djurleite and chalcocite to 1.2 cm in length.
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Gebhard collection
Sample size: 7.1 x 6.9 x 2.7 cm
 

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John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Origin: Sligachan quarry, Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK
Sample size: 0.6 mm crystal group on prehnite
Owner: Christine Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

  
  
Djurleite with quartz
Origin: Djezkazgan, Central Kazakhstan
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 1.8 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
 

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John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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