Phosphosiderite

 

Phosphosiderite on barbosalite

Phosphosiderite on barbosalite

 

Origin: Bull Moose mine, Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Phosphosiderite on hureaulite

Origin: Sapucaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Bavaria, Germany

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Kronzberg, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany

Sample size: 5.3 x 4 x 2.6 cm
 

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Bluish triphylite matrix altered to phosphosiderite

Origin: Gentil mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm

 

  

Earthy purple secondary phosphate lining cavity of scorzalite(?).

Origin: Stewart mine, San Diego Co., California, United States

Ex. DeVito collection

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm

 

  

Several pockets of raspberry reddish purple, 1-2 mm crystals in barbosalite/pyrite matrix.

Origin: Bull Moose mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, United States

Sample size: 8 x 6 x 3 cm

 

  

Purplish red micro prismatic crystals, rich in matrix. Associated with micro, less than 0.2 mm, yellowish natrojarosite crystals.

Origin: near Boa Vista creek, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm

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