Gersdorffite

Origin: Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 9 x 7 x 3 cm
 
    
 
  
Silvery grains to 2 mm throughout matrix associated with molybdenite
Origin: Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz Co., California, United States
Sample size: 7.5 x 6 x 2 cm (top), 6 x 5 x 4 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Snow Bird mine, MIneral Co., Montana, United States
Sample size: 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm
 
  
Silvery grey crystalline matrix with slightly silvery-rose coloured nickeline. XRD and microprobe verified
Orgin: Zinckwald mine, Schladminger, Tauern, Steiermark, Austria (type locality)
Sample size: 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
 
  
   
  
 
  
  
Gersdorffite on quartz matrix
Origin: Ait Ahmane Mine, Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas Mtns., Morocco
Sample size: 2.4 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm (top/2nd row), 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm (3rd/4th/5th row), 4.1 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm (6th/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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