Dresserite

  
Origin: Francon Quarry, Montreal Island, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 7.2 x 5 cm specimen with an exposed vug containing crystals of pale yellow weloganite and acicular masses of dresserite to 0.4 cm across
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Minerals Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

White spherules on matrix with welagonite crystals
Origin: Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 2.5 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Dresserite with strontianite
Origin: Francon Quarry, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada (type locality)
Sample size: 3.2 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm (top), 1.7 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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