Pahasapaite

Light pink pahasapaite

Origin: Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA (type locality)

Picture size: 3.5 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

Photo courtesy of:

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

Light pink pahasapite crystals spread evenly across matrix, quite rich specimen associated with tiptopite sprays to 1 mm, olive green roscherite rosettes to 0.5 mm and cotton ball-like white micro crystals to 0.3 mm on beryl matrix.

Origin: Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States (type and only locality)

Sample size: 7 x 4 x 4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

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