Picropharmacolite

Picropharmacolite on realgar

Origin: Getchell mine, Golconda, Humboldt Co., Nevada, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Wechsel Schacht, Richelsdorf, Hesse, Germany

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Picture size: 2.8 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

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2 mm white radial crystal aggregates covering face of orpiment/realgar.

Origin: Getchell mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States

Sample size: 7 x 6 x 4 cm (top), 8 x 4 x 4 cm (bottom)

 

  

 

  

Picropharmacolite with realgar and calcite

Origin: Hunan Realgar mine, Shimen, Hunan Province, China

Sample size: 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm (top), 7 x 6 x 3 cm (bottom)

 

  

Snow white sprays of acicular picropharmacolite to 2 mm.

Origin: Veta Negra mine, Pampa Larga district, Copiapo Province, Chile

Sample size: 7 x 4 x 4 cm

 

  

Snow white compact, acicualr radial balls of picropharmacolite to 2 mm.

Origin: Salsigne mine, Aude, France

Ex. Polak collection

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 5 cm

 

  

Picropharmacolite with pink sainfeldite

Origin: Wilhelm Mine, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany

Ex. Polak collection

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

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