Metarossite

  
Origin: Slick Rock, San Miguel Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 2 cm, white to light gray flattened rosettes to 1 mm
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Origin: Arrowhead Claim, Slick Rock district, San Miguel Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 3 cm, rich coverage of bright yellow lath-like crystals to about 0.75 mm (top), 3 x 2 x 2 cm with lath-like crystals to 0.5 mm (2nd row), 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm with lath-like crystals to 0.5 mm (3rd row), 6.5 x 5 x 3 cm with lath-like crystals to 0.5 mm (4th row), 3.3 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm (5th row), 9.5 x 6 x 3 cm (6th row), 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm (7th row), 6.5 x 5 x 3 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Burro Mine, Slick Rock District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA
Picture size: 5 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
 
  
 
  
Origin: O'Neill's Claim, Dolores River, Bull Pen Canyon, San Miguel Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.6 x 6.1 cm (top), 3.5 x 4.0 cm (middle), 3.9 x 4.2 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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