Duftite

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

Origin: Croft Gothal mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK

Sample size: tiny duftite crystals to 0.5 mm extremely rare from this mine

Owner: Steve Rust

 

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Origin: Mt. Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Northern Territory, Australia

Sample size: green duftite crystals up to 1mm on a gossanous matix

 

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Specimen with deep, dark green, botryoidal or rough - rounded crystals to 1 mm with fine, lighter green malachite (?) crystal sprays

Origin: Centennial - Eureka mine, Juab Co., Utah, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

  

  

Light green earthy duftite with yellow acicular mimetite

Origin: Moon Anchor Mine, Co., Arizona, United States

Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm

 

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Duftite on calcite. The rhombic calcite crystals are brightly fluorescent orange under SW UV light.

Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Sample size: 10.1 x 9.6 x 5.2 cm

 

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Duftite with dioptase

Origin: Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia

Sample size: field of view 5 mm

Sample owner: Vic Cloete

 

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