Mopungite

Origin: Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Cetine Mine), Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Picture size: 7 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Vugs in matrix lined with sparkling white mopungite crystals
Origin: Le Cetine Mine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Sample size: micromount
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Micro white, acicular crystals less than 0.5 mm with white crusts of mopungite (rich) with stibnite
Origin: La Cetine mine, Toscana, Italy
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 5.5 x 4 x 2.5cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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