Parisite

Origin: Narssârssuk (Narsarsuk), Igaliko, Greenland

Picture size: 7 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

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Parisite with acicular aegirine

Origin: 3M quarry, Little Rock Pulaski Co., Arkansas, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

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Photo-Atlas of Minerals

     

Origin: Snowbird Mine, Alberton, Mineral County, Montana, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm

 

  

Origin: Muzo Mine, Columbia

Sample size: 5.5 x 5 x 3.2 cm

 

  

Origin: Muzo, Boyaca Dept., Colombia

Sample size: 3 x 2 x 1.3 cm

 

  

Origin: El Indio Pit, Muzo Mine, Quipama, Columbia
Ex John Barlow collection (ill. book, p163)

Sample size: 3 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm

 

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Reddish brown Parisite-(Ce) crystals to 5 mm on feldspar matrix

  

Ex. Eaton collection

  

Ex. Kidwell collection

Origin: Snowbird mine, Mineral Co., Montana, United States

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

 

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This specimen consists of a doubly terminated crystal of parisite-Ce with micro crystals of zircon and scattered aegerine.

Origin: Chilwa Alkaline Area, Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi, Africa

Sample size: 4.6 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm

 

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