Hedyphane

Origin: Langban, Varmland, Sweden

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico

Sample size: 7 x 7 x 5 cm, crystals to 1 mm

 

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Origin: Långban, Varmland, Sweden

Sample size: 4. x 2.3 cm specimen of phlogopite with yellowish orange hedyphane (top), 4.4 x 2.2 cm (bottom)

 

  

This specimen is mostly massive hematite with an exposed vein that was filled with pale gray hedyphane and yellowish garnet and richterite. Hedyphane was widespread at the mine and found in many associations.

  

This specimen has several amorphous masses of violet coloured hedyphane. Hedyphane was widespread at the mine and found in many associations. Von Eckermann's label indicates that the specimen was obtained in 1938. The matrix of this specimen is hausmannite included calcite.

  

This specimen has heavy coverage of amorphous green coloured hedyphane on two faces of the specimen.

Origin: Långban, Sweden

Harry von Eckermann Collection

Sample size: 7 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm (top), 11 x 7 x 5 cm (2nd/3rd row), 6.5 x 6.5 x 4 cm (bottom)

 

  

  

This specimen of siliceoud breccia has exposed veins with tabular crystals of hedyphane and micro crystals of drusy willemite.

Origin: Puttapa Zinc Mine, Flinders Range, SA, Australia

Sample size: 7 x 6 x 3.6 cm

 

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Yellowbeige massive hedyphane with calcite and richterite

Origin: Harstigen, Persberg, Värmland, Sweden

Sample size: 2 x 3 cm (top), 2.5 x 4 cm (bottom)

 

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Origin: Puttapa, South Australia, Australia

Sample size: unknown

Sample owner: Steve Sorrell

 

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