Henmilite

     
 
  
 
     
     
 
     
 
  
 
  
 
  
Henmilite on olshanskyite
Origin: Fuka mine, Bicchu-Cho, Kwakami-Gun, Okayama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (type locality)
Sample size: top 2 x 2 x 1 cm, crystals to 1 mm (top), 1.2 x 1 cm x 8 mm, crystals to 2 mm (2nd row),
 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm , largest crystal to 6 mm (3rd/4th row), 1 cm x 8 x 7 mm, crystals to 3 mm (5th row), 3 x 3 x 1 cm (6th row), 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm (7th/8th row), 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Picture size: 2 mm
Picture size: 5 mm
Origin: Fuka Mine, Bitchu-Cho, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
An EXCEPTIONALLY large single crystal, partially covered with a turquoise-blue, microcrystalline, unidentified copper species
  
  
Origin: Fuka, Bicchu town, Kawakami county, Okayama prefecture, Japan
Sample size: 5 mm crystal (top), 4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm (bottom 6)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Henmilite on olshanskyite. Ex. Kevin Conroy collection
  
  
Henmilite on olshanskyite
Origin: Fuka Mine, Bitchu-Cho, Honshu Island, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Sample size: 1.8 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm (top), 3.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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