Metatorbernite

  
 
  
Origin: Shinkolobwe mine, Katanga, Congo
Sample size: top 4 x 3 x 2 cm, bottom 4 x 2 x 2 cm, crystals to 8 mm
 
  
Origin: Mounana, Gabon
Sample size: 9 x 6 x 4 cm, crystals to 1.5 mm
 
  
Origin: Bald Mountain area, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA
Sample size: about 4 cm (microprobe confirmed)
 
  
Origin: Bald Mountain area, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA
Sample size: about 4 cm (microprobe confirmed)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Waldschacht Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 7 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Origin: Old Gunnislake Mine, Cornwall, England
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Musonoi Mine, Shaba, Congo (Zaire)
Ex. M. Dodge collection
Sample size: 3.1 x 2.2 x 2 cm
 
  
Books of light green crystals to one centimeter across, isolated on an ironstone matrix.
Origin: Mount Painter No. 2 workings, Mt Painter, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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