Lepidocrocite

Origin: Iron Monarch quarry, Iron Knob, South Australia
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Penberthy Croft mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Sample size: rounded crystals to 0.6 mm (left), rounded crystals of lepidocrocite to 0.5 mm (right)
Owner: Steve Rust
 

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Steve Rust

 

Reddish to black often spherical aggregates on dolomite matrix
Origin: Schacht 366, Alberoda, Erzgebirge, Germany
Sample size: thumbnail
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection
Sample size: 5.5 x 5.1 x 5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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