Lorandite

Origin: Allchar, near Majdan, Macedonia
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Allchar, Roszdan, FYR Macedonia
Picture size: 1.5 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Lorandite (argentian) perched on matrix with realgar and calcite. Bright silvery microcrystals of raguinite are abundant.
  
 
  
Lorandite on calcite
Origin: Mercur Mine, Tooele County, Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 6 cm (top/2nd row), 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm (3rd/4th row), 1.8 x 1.8 x 0.4 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
 
  
 
  
Origin: Lanmuchang Thallium Mine, Xingren county, Guizhou Prov., China
Sample size: 2.2 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm specimen of carbonaceous shale with abundant coverage of partial red lorandite crystals and a few white tufts of acicular picropharmacolite (top), 4 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm (2nd row), 2.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Small red crystals in orpiment
Origin: Allchar, Macedonia
Sample size: micromount
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

Lorandite with orpiment
Origin: Allchar (Alsar), Roszdan, FYR Macedonia
Ex. Scott Williams collection
Sample size: 4.7 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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