Hopeite

  
Origin: Broken Hill mine, Kabwe, Central, Zambia
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

  
 
  
Ex. Kidwell collection
Origin: Broken Hill mine, near Kabwe, Zambia
Sample size: about 2 cm, crystals to 2 mm (top), 6 x 3 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
 
  
 
  
  
Hopeite on smithsonite, ex Marty Lewadny collection
  
Hopeite on smithsonite, ex. Marty Lewadny collection
Origin: Broken Hill Mine, Central Province, Zambia
Sample size: 12 x 8 x 3 cm (top), 1.9 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (2nd row), 4.0 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm (3rd/4th row), 4.3 x 3.5 x 3 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
 
  
 
  
  
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Origin: Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central Province, Zambia
Sample size: 21 x 19 x 17 mm (top), 17 x 11 x 22 mm (2nd row), 7.9 x 4.2 x 4.3 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
  
Origin: Broken Hill, Kabwe, Central Zambia
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 0.8 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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