Mitridatite

Mitridatite and jahnsite
Mitridatite on whitlockite
Origin: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
A richly coloured massive specimen with golden mitridatite and purple purpurite all over it.
Origin: Pack Rat Mine, Jacumba, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.1 x 6.7 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Very well-defined, deep red rosettes of mitridatite to 0.5 mm with rich coverage across a thin film of brown apatite all on quartz matrix. Also associated are minor brown, striated crystals of jahnsite.
Origin: Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States
Ex. Barlow collection, ex. Grenier collection
Sample size: 9.5 x 7 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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