Gagarinite-(Y)

Brownish to gray crystals of gagarinite-(Y)
Origin: Gjerdingen, Jevnaker, Oppland, Norway
Picture size: 3 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Pinkish or flesh colored, large grains to 1 cm plus in pegmatite matrix
Origin: Verkhnee Espe, Kazakhstan
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 2 cm
 
  
Faint pink glassy crystals, prismatic to about 0.75 mm associated with zircon
  
Light, faint pink prismatic euhedral crystal to about 1 mm.
Origin: Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan Co., Washington, United States
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 2 cm (top), 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Light rose crystals in matrix
Origin: Gjerdingen, Norway
Sample size: 3 x 5.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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