Ilvaite

Origin: South Mountain, Owyhee Co., Idaho, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Ilvaite with quartz

Origin: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Ilvaite on quartz

Origin: Caxey mine, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 2 cm, large crystal 1 cm

 

  

Ilvaite on quartz

Origin: South Mountains, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA

Sample size: 4 x 4 x 4 cm, crystal 1.4 cm

 

Origin: Sovietskij mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia

Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm

 

  

Origin: Laxey mine, Owyhee Co., Idaho, United States

Sample size: 5 x 6 x 4 cm

 

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Origin: Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 5 cm

 

Origin: Cyclades, Greece

Sample size: 1.5 x 0.9 x 1.1 cm

 

  

  

Origin: South Mountain District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, U.S.A.

Ex. Sinkankas and Hauck collections

Sample size: 4.1 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm

 

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Ilvaite on quartz. The ilvaite crystals have been repaired; this is typical for most all of the best specimens from this find

  

Ilvaite on quartz

Origin: First Soviet mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia (repaired)

Sample size: 6 x 5.5 x 11 cm (top), 4.5 cm in height (2nd/bottom row)

 

Origin: South Mountain, Idaho, U.S.A.

Sample size: 8 mm tall

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