Hydroxylellestadite

Hydroxylellestadite and ye’elimite intimately intergrown as a brownish aggregate in massive anhydrite
Origin: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany
Picture size: 6 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

 
Honey yellow hexagonal dipyramids of Ellestadite in light blue carbonate matrix. Cross-sections of crystals approximately 3 mm wide. Some long sections of crystals up to 1 cm
Origin: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California, USA
Sample size: 6 x 7.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Minerals Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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