Mansfieldite

Origin: Cap Garonne Mine, Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Picture size: 7 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

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Cobaltian mansfieldite with erythrite. Light pink, small botryoidal masses of cobaltian mansfieldite. Erythrite is the bright pink fibrous, radial structures.

  

  

Gray-white, pinkish-gray, and white botryoidal bubbles of mansfieldite to 0.2 mm scattered throughout a matrix of bright pink, flat acicular erythrite crystals in divergent sprays to 2 mm. Ex. DeVito collection

Origin: Mt. Cobalt, Queensland, Australia

Sample size: 4.5 x 4 x 2 cm (top), 2 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm (2nd/bottom row)

 

  

Light blue fine crust

Origin: Cap Garonne mine, Var, France

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 2 cm

 

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Origin: Hobart Butte, Lane Co., Oregon, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.5 x 3 cm

 

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Origin: Perserverancia Mine, Guanaco, Chile

Ex. Keith Hayes collection

Sample size: 7.0 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm

 

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This mansfieldite is cobalt-bearing, hence the pink colour.

Origin: Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn, Cloncurry District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia

Sample size: field of view 4 mm

Sample owner: Steve Sorrell

 

 

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