Perhamite

 
Origin: Emmons quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Majuba Hill, Pershing Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Turquoise nodule rimmed by a mixture consisting of perhamite and crandalite; sawn and polished
Origin: Zhilandy Mine, Maikain, Northern Kazakhstan
Sample size: 2 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Pearly white fine micro crystals on barite crystals.
Origin: Silver Coin mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States
Sample size: 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

A plate of feldspar featuring perhamite in spherical crystals aggregates upon the feldspar. The whole matrix is coated by a micro-layer of sparkly apatite druse.
Origin: Emmons Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.0 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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