Perite

  

Origin: Magallanes, Antofagasta, Chile

Sample size: 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm

 

  

Origin: Sierra Garin, Copiapo, Chile

Sample size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm

 

  

Yellow patches in vugs with brochantite

Origin: Reward mine, Inyo Eye Co., California, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm

 

  

Origin: Viente Cinco vein, Magallanes, Region II, Chile

Sample size: 6 x 3 x 3 cm

 

  

Light yellow crystals on colourless quartz. The embolite is a light green colour with occurs as prismatic crystals on the perite. The hemimorphite is colourless, transparent, and as radial blades. The purple colour of the hemimorphite is due to iron. On the tips of the hemimorphite blades, the fluorite occurs as colourless cubes.

  

 

  

Minute platy aggregates of yellow crystals in 1 mm to 8 mm long areas. The matrix is limonitic and very "spongy" and contains numerous crystals micro crystals of hemimorphite, clear fluorite and light green euhedral crystals of chlorargyrite

Origin: Blue Bell Mine, San Bernadino Co., California, United States

Ex. DeVito collection

Sample size: 7.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm (top), 6 x 3 x 3 cm (2nd row), 6 x 3 x 3 cm (bottom)

 

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