Grumiplucite

Gray crystals of grumiplucite on quartz
Origin: Levigliani, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Picture size: 1.2 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

 
Gray black long prismatic, sometimes curved, tiny crystals with native mercury and metacinnabar on quartz
Origin: Levigliani Miniera, Seravezza, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Sample size: micromount (top), 2 x 2 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Ex. Kidwell collection
  
Origin: Cavetta Tunnel, Levigliani mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, United States (type locality)
Sample size: chip 1 cm (top), 3 x 0.6 x 1 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
 
Very tiny micro sized black acicular crystals of grumiplucite are present upon blebs of native mercury.
Origin: Levigliani Mine, near Stazzema, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Sample size: 5.3 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm  (top), 16 x 13 x 12 mm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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