Johannite

 
Origin: Happy Jack mine, White Cyn., San Juan Co, Utah, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Malwine Shaft, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 4 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Origin: Kirk Mine, Gilpin County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 1.8 x 1.1 cm (left), 1.8 x 1.4 cm (right)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Apple-green crystals of johannite with zippeite on matrix
Origin: Happy Jack Mine, White Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Sample size: micromount
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Light green crystal aggregated of johannite to 1 mm with orange-yellow zippeite
  
Ex. KIdwell collection
Origin: Happy Jack mine, San Juan Co., Utah, United States
Sample size: 6 x 3 x 3 cm (top), 7 x 5 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
  
Bright green earthy to crystalline johannite intermixed with yellow andersonite.
  
Ex. DeVito collection
Origin: Blue Lizard, Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, United States
Sample size: 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm (top), 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
  
Bright, almost neon green, sugary crystals aggregates to 1 mm associated with zippeite(?) and unknown, thin acicular clear crystals.
Origin: Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Erzgebirge, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Sample size: 1x1cm x 4mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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