Goyazite

Origin: Harvard quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Peerless mine, Keystone, Pennington Co., South Dakota, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Goyazite with hematite coating
Origin: Palermo #1 mine, No. Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Goyazite on dolomite
Origin: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Brown pseudocubic crystals of goyazite with black cassiterite
Origin: Sadisdorf, Schmiedeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 3 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Small light yellowish crystal in matrix
Origin: Lengenbach, Binntal, Wallis, Switzerland
Sample size:
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Dozens of white, pseudocubic goyazite crystals to 1 mm on light lime green, glassy brazilianite crystals to 1 mm.
Origin: Linoplois, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. DeVito Collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm
 
  
Barium goyazite on quartz
Origin: Alto Bernardino, Paraiba, Brazil
Ex. DeVito Collection
Sample size: 6 x 3.5 x 2 cm
 
  
Origin: Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Ex. Polak collection
Sample size: 5.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Origin: Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Sample size: 3.5 x 2 x 1.3 cm (top), 6 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm (2nd row), 6.1 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm (3rd row), 5.7 x 6 x 2 cm (4th row), 5 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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