Jarosite

Origin: Lovelock, Pershing Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Laurium, Greece
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Majuba Hill mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Paradise Peak, Nye Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm
 
  
Origin: Capo, Calamita, Elba, Italy
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 1 cm
 
  
Origin: Soureza, Attika, Greece
Sample size: 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Colorado #1 mine, Tintic dist., Juab Co., Utah, United States
Sample size: 6 x 3 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Post Pit, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

Origin: Kamareza Mines (Christiana; Hilarion; Jean Baptiste; Serpieri), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece
Sample size: area 1 cm
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

  
Origin: Sierra Pena Blanca Uranium Mine, Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico
ex. FJ Barlow Collection (illustrated in book , page 349)
Sample size: 5.6 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Light brown aggregates of jarosite crystals with barite, dolomite, calcite and chalcopyrite on matrix
Origin: Ronneburg, Thüringen, Germany
Sample size: thumbnail
 
Clusters of tiny yellow-brown crystals on matrix
Origin: Mina Dolores, Mazarron, Murcia, Spain
Sample size: micromount

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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