Olivenite

Olive-green prismatic olivenite with  blue-green radial aggregates of mixite

Origin: Cap Garonne, Southern France

Picture height: 5 x 7 mm

Sample owner: W.R. van den Berg

 

 

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Origin: Cap Garonne mine, Var, France

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm, crystals to 2 mm

 

    

Origin: Majuba Hill mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Sample size: 3 x 2 x 2 cm, 2-3 mm prismatic crystals

 

  

Olivenite on barite

Origin: Veta Negra mine, Tierra Amarilla, Chile

Sample size: 4 x 4 x 3 cm, crystals to 2.5 mm

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

Origin: Majuba Hill mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Sample size: 8 x 5 x 4 cm, dark green crystals to 3 mm (top), about 2.5 cm (2nd row), about 4 x 5 x 4 cm, crystals to 5 mm in length (3rd row), 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm (bottom)

 

  

 

  

1 mm crystals, light green, fibrous on the terminations with dark green at the center.

Origin: Burrus mine, Washoe Co., Nevada, United States

Sample size: 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm (top/2nd row), 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm (3rd/bottom row)

 

  

Fine acicular green crystals in bow-tie habit to 1 mm. Ex. DeVito collection

  

Olive green prismatic crystals to 0.5 mm in radial sprays.

  

 Long olive green prismatic crystals to about 8 mm associated with conichalcite.

Origin: Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah, United States

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3 cm (top), 6 x 3 x 2 cm (2nd row), 6 x 5 x 3 cm (bottom)

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