Marshite

 
 
 
Origin: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
  
  
Clear marshite on green antlerite
Origin: Chuquicamata, Antofogasta, Chile
ex. Linck Collection
Sample size: 6.5 x 4 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
The main matrix seems to be cuprite and smithsonite. Covering these minerals are marshite (orange, blocky and waxy crystals at the center) and hundreds of beautiful malachite crystals.
Origin: Broken Hill mine, New South Wales, Australia
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Aggregates of colourless to flesh-red tetrahedral crystals in association with cuprite
Origin: Monte Cuba, Inca de Oro, Atacama, Chile
Sample size: 2.1 x 2.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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