Mountkeithite

Origin: Mount Keith nickel deposit, Western Australia, Australia
Picture size: 2 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Rose pink soft, platy aggregates as grains to 1mm as an alterations in nickel rich serpentinized matrix associated with excellent micro crystals of magnetite.
Origin: Mt. Keith, Western Australia, Australia (type locality)
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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