Kettnerite

Origin: Shaft 250, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 4 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 
Yellowish-white aggregate of kettnerite with greenish bismutoferrite
Origin: Waldschacht Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 4 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Tiny, 0.2 mm, white platy rosettes throughout matrix, very rich, associated with acicular mixite sprays.
Origin: Northern Spy mine, Tintic District, Utah, United States
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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