Leadhillite

 
 
Leadhillite with caledonite
Origin: Leadhills, Lanark, Scotland
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Beer Cellar Mine, Granby, Newton County, Missouri
ex. Dr. W.F. Ferrier Collection
Sample size: 2.2 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
 
  
Origin: Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.75 cm
 
  
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 5 x 5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
 
  
 
  
Leadhillite with pyromorphite
Origin: Beer Cellar mine, Granby, Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.5 cm in width, crystals to 6 mm (top), 5.5 cm in width (middle), 4 x 5 x 2 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Grey, crude, thick tabular, pseudohexagonal micro crystals to 0.5 mm across face with excellent coverage and associated with caledonite.
  
Dark grey ill-formed to nicely formed pseudohexagonal crystals to 1-2 mm associated with caledonite.
Origin: Blue Bell mine, San Bernardino Co., California, United States
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 7.5 x 5 x 2 cm (top), 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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