Hedenbergite

Origin: Harstig mine, Pajsberg, Varmland, Sweden
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Nordmark, Varmland, Sweden
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
  
Origin: Malmberget Mine, Lappland, Sweden
Sample size: 7 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
Hedenbergite on quartz
  
Hedenbergite on datolite
Origin: Dalnegorsk, Russia
Sample size: 9 x 7 x 4 cm (top), 5.5 x 4 x 3.4 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Keene, New York, United States
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
 
  
Origin: Eas a Bradain, Luib, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK
Sample size: tabular crystals to 1 mm, with oxidised clinochlore (top left), 2 mm prismatic crystal (top right), crystals to 0.7 mm (bottom left), 0.75 mm hedenbergite crystal with colourless-white fluorite (bottom right)
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

  
Matrix completely covered by black micro crystals of hedenbergite. Set on this bed of hedenbergite is a dark brownish translucent sphalerite crystal measuring 8 x 8 x 6 mm in size.
Origin: Iron Cap mine, Landsman Camp, Aravaipa district, Pinaleno Mts., Graham Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.5 x 7 x 3 cm
 
Origin: Hedenbergite - South Mountain, Idaho, U.S.A.
Sample size: 17 mm tall
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Hedenbergite with garnet
Origin: Dalnegorsk, Russia
Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection
Sample size: 9 x 7.7 x 4.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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