Lorenzenite

 
Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Lorenzenite on analcime
Origin: Points of Rocks Mesa, Colfax Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 3 x 1.5 x 1 cm with 3 mm, light brown acicular, radial sprays
 
  
  
Black-brown, terminated dipyramidal lorenzenite crystal approximately 1cm with a hexagonal outline. There are also several smaller crystals embedded in the matrix.
Origin: Kovdor Massif, Kola Penninsula, Russia
Ex. Polak collection
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 1.5cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size: 2 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
 
  
Origin: Keivy, Kola Peninsula
ex. Ernie Schlichter Collection
Sample size: 6.5 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
 
  
Origin: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Sample size: 28 x 26 x 26 mm (top), 4 x 2.8 x 3.8 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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