Serpierite

 
Origin: Serpieri mine, Laurium, Greece
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Jomac mine, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Sample size: about 5 cm
 
Serpierite with antlerite, carbonate-cyanotrichite and gypsum
Origin: Jomac mine, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Sample size: thumbnail, about 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Pepa mine, 2nd level, Laurion, Greece
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Seruri adit, Agios Constantinos, Laurion, Greece (type locality)
Sample size: 10 x 8 x 4 cm
 
  
Excellent specimen with textbook examples of two uncommon copper minerals. The serpierite occurs as long acicular crystals to 2 mm, while the ramsbeckite occur as glassy blue, blocky crystals covering matrix.
Origin: War Eagle mine, Inyo Co., California, United States
Sample size: 5 x 5 x 4 cm
 
  
Origin: Serpiere, Laurion, Greece (type locality)
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Serpieri Mine, Kamareza Mines (Christiana; Hilarion; Jean Baptiste; Serpieri), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece
Sample size: area 6 mm
Owner: Steve Rust
 
Origin: Waterbank mine, Ecton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Sample size: area 5 mm
Owner: Steve Rust
 
 
Origin: Eaglebrook (Nant-Y-Cagel) Mine, Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire), Wales, UK
Sample size: sprays to 0.7 mm (top), 2 mm crystal mass (bottom)
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

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