Kobellite

Origin: Smolnicka, Huta, Slovakia
Sample size: thumbnail, very small metallic needles
 
  
Silvery grey, metallic mass in a 1 cm seam within Schist.
Origin: Raleigh Schist, Carbtree Creek quarry, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 5 x 2 x 3.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Lead-grey fibrous to radiating crystals with chalcopyrite in carbonate matrix
Origin: Smolnicka Huta, Slovak Republic
Sample size: 2.5 x 4 cm
 
  
Steel gray massive and aggregates of fanning crystals (up to 2.5 cm) in association with arsenopyrite crystals
Origin: Boliden Mine, 220m Level, Northern Sweden
Sample size: 6 x 7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry (Superior Stone Quarry; Crabtree Quarry; Nello Teer Quarry), Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.5 x 4 x 4.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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