Ludwigite

  
Black crystals and spherical sprays on calcareous rock
Origin: Ocna de Fier (Moravicza), Banat, Romenia (type locality)
Sample size: 8 x 12 cm
 
Grey to black fanning aggregates making up most of the matrix
Origin: Mine near Cortijo de la Fuenfira, between Cascajares and Cerro Abanto, Sierra Bermeja, South of Ronda, Spain
Sample size: 3 x 8 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Long prismatic brown crystals to 1.5 cm
  
  
Large, stained grey prismatic crystals to 4 cm in a cluster dissolved out of calcite.
Origin: Simms Prospect, Spring Canyon, Lemhi Co., Idaho, United States
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 1.5 cm (top), 9 x 8 x 6 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 
  
Origin: Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, United States
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sampel size: 4 x 4 x 1.5 cm
 

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Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Tenth Legion Skarn, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia
Sample size: unknown
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
 

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Steve Sorrell

Crocoite.com

 

  
Origin: Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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