Mandarinoite

Greenish to brown crystals of mandarinoite
Origin: El Dragón mine, Quijarro province, Potosí, Bolivia
Picture size: 1.6 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Vuggy matrix with apple green, translucent, tabular micro crystals to about 0.75mm throughout matrix
Origin: Sommer Camp, Pit of the Delamar mine, Silver City, Owyhee, Idaho, United States
O'Donnoll Collection
Sample size: thumbnail
 
  
 
  
Minor crystals of slightly green prismatic mandarinoite to 0.75 mm.
Origin: De Lamar Silver mine, De Lamar, Owyhee Co., Idaho, United States
Ex, DeVito Collection
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 2 cm (top),
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: El Dragon Mine, Potosi, Bolivia
Sample size: micromount
 
Powdery black on phosphosiderite matrix; mandarinoite at this locality is black instead of green; analysed by Scot Williams
Origin: Kotzebue, Alaska, U.S.A.
Sample size: 1 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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