Dundasite

 
 
Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Compact radial white masses in large vug of dundasite with allophane and possible cerussite
Origin: Sardinia, Italy
Sample size: 11 x 8 x 4 cm
 
  
Dundasite with crocoite
  
Dundasite with crocoite, ex. DeVito Collection
Origin: Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 cm x 3 mm (top), 3.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm (bottom)
 
  
  
Coverage of snow white sprays to 1 mm in limonitic matrix
Origin: Ruakaka 2 level, Tui mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
Ex. DeVito Collection, Ex. Jamriska collection, Ex. Ray Ansin collection
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Dundasite (var. cuprian) with azurite and unknown green mineral
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Greystones quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
Sample size: 0.5 mm radial crystals on cerussite
Owner: Steve Rust
 
Origin: Trevinnick mine, St Kew, Cornwall, England, UK
Sample size: area 5 mm
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

Origin: Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia
Sample size: sprays are 2 mm across
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
 
 
Dundasite with crocoite
Origin: Kapi mine, North Dundas, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia
Sample size: small crocoite crystals are only 0.3 mm long
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Sorrell

Crocoite.com

 

Origin: Tui Mine, New Zealand
Sample size: unknown
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Sorrell

Crocoite.com

 

  
Dundasite with azurite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 3.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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