mineral general info

Inesite

Origin: Hale Creek mine, Trinity Co., California, U.S.A.

Owner: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Sample size: 3 cm across

Photo courtesy of:

Anthony Kampf, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Origin: Tongloshan, Hubei, China

Sample size: 11 x 7 x 3 cm, crystals to 1.1 cm

Inesite overgrown with tiny calcite crystals

Origin: Kalahar Mn-field, N'Chwaning mine, South Africa

Sample size: 9 x 6 x 1 cm, aggregates to 5 mm

Origin: Hale Creek mine, Trinity Co., California, United States

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm

Light pink bladed crystals of inesite to 6 mm spread nicely across rare, chocalate brown hubeite matrix.

Origin: Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Huangshi area, Hubei, China (type locality hubeite)

Sample size: 11 x 7 x 2.5 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Tom Loomis

Origin: Daye Mine, Hubei Province, China

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

This specimen has very high quality inesite and since it is situated on magnetite it is most likely from the Norrbotten workings where Flink mentioned that the mine's best inesite came from. Inesite is found as clusters and sprays of reddish pink crystals to 0.8 cm in length. Covering a lot of the inesite is a thin layer of yellowish green garnet.

This specimen has large sprays of orange coloured inesite with crystals to 1.2 cm in length. Also present are fine crystals of garnet and calcite. Scattered about in a few areas are small bladed crystals of milky white barite. The reference book on Långban indicates that crystals of inesite over 5 mm in length are rare. This specimen, with crystals to 1.2 cm in length, is therefore significant for the species from Långban. The bulk of the matrix is comprised of massive garnet.

Origin: Långban, Sweden
Harry von Eckermann Collection

Sample size: 8 x 5 x 5 cm (top/2nd row), 11 x 8 x 5 cm (3rd/4th/bottom row)

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

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