Palygorskite
Variety attapulgite
Sample size: 3 x 7 cm
Origin: Pics Crossing, Burner, Queensland, Australia
Sample size: micromount
Creamy to green mixture of palygorskite +
talc
pseudomorph after
olivine
Origin: Stubachtal, Salzburg, Austria
Sample size: 4 x 9.5 cm
Origin: Mt Ida, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.5x8 cm
Origin: Milltown Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK
Sample size: area 10 mm x 15 mm
Owner: Steve Rust
"Mountain Leather" - with
barite
crystals to 5 mm.
Origin: Metaline Falls, Washington, United States
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 1 cm
Matrix partly covered with flaky colourless palygorskite and tiny amber
coloured
barite crystals
Origin: Pend Oreille Mine, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington,
U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 cm
