Meneghinite

Origin: Bottino mine, Seravezza, Tuscany, Italy
Owner: Milton Speckels
Microscopic image, 8.4 x
 

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Milton Speckels

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Bottino, Italy, ex. R.D. O'Donnell Collection
Sample size: 8 x 2 x 2 mm
 
     
Origin: Bottino Mine, Lucca Prov., Tuscany, Italy (type locality)
Sample size: 1.1 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Meneghinite on quartz
Origin: Mineral King mine, Toby Creek, British Columbia, United States
Erling Collection
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 2 cm
 
  
Large crystal grain to 2 cm exposed in matrix. When tilting the specimen back and forth you can see the effects of polysynthetic twinning which produces a banded effect.
Origin: Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz Co., California, United States
Sample size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 5 cm
 
  
Silvery, massive matrix, brilliant metallic with hair-like boulangerite.
Origin: Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, United States
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Brandholz - Goldkronach District, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Ex. Ralph Merrill
Sample size: 6.1 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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