Hemimorphite

  
Origin: Sterling Hill (500-ft. level), Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Sample size: 18.3 x 14.2 x 4.3 cm
 
  
Origin: Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Ex. Marty Zinn collection
Sample size: 8 x 3.6 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Limonitic matrix, the top covered by prismatic crystals of hemimorphite to 4 mm in length. The hemimorphite crystals are reddish-brown due to iron oxides.
  
Origin: Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sample size: 6.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm (top), 5.7 x 5 x 4.1 cm (bottom)
 
Origin: 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 12 mm tall
 
  
  
Origin: Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 13.5 x 8.5 x 6 cm
 
  
Origin: Malfidano mine, Buggerru-Guspini, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 10.5 x 7.7 x 4.2 cm
 
Origin: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 25 x 8 x 20 mm
 
Hemimorphite with calcite
Origin: Death Valley, California, U.S.A.
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: crystals to almost 15 mm in length
 
  
  
Origin: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 5.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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