Gray
kashinite with darker gray laurite. Polished section (from microprobe
analysis) in reflected light.
Origin: Nizhne-Tagil'skoye (Mednorudyanskoye) Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil,
Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia
Picture size: 0.2 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
Gray laurite with two smaller grains of
hollingworthite (left and right from the laurite, very slightly lighter
gray). Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light.
Gray grain of
hollingworthite (in the center of the picture) with very slightly darker
gray laurite (at the right margin). Polished section (from microprobe
analysis).
Origin: Konder Mine, Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Aldan shield, Saha (Sakha)
Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Picture size: 0.15 mm(top), 0.1 mm (bottom)
Owner: Thomas Witzke
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