Macquartite

  
Thin orange prismatic needles embedded in quartz
  
Minute yellow, acicular crystals to less than 0.5 mm in matrix. Ex. Kidwell collection
Origin: Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 1 cm (top), 1 cm piece (bottom)
 
  
 
  
Yellow bladed to acicular micro crystals to 0.75 mm in quartz. Portion of Type Material. Ex. Globo de Plomo (Sid Williams)specimen
Origin: Mammoth - St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, United States (type locality)
Sample size: 1 cm (top), 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm (bottom)
 

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Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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