Peretaite

 
  
 
Peretaite and klebelsbergite
Origin: Pereta mine, Scansano, Tuscany, Italy
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Pereta Mine, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Picture size: 1.7 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Very nice colourless, tabular microcrystals. The klebelsbergite occur as colourless, bladded crystals with probably red kermisite.
  
Origin: Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto Prov., Tuscany, Italy (type localtiy)
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 7.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm (top), 7.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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