Siegenite

  
 
  
Lustrous twinned crystals of siegenite to 4 mm
  
Siegenite with galena
  
Matrix with the top covered by black micro crystals of sphalerite. Scattered richly amongst these sphalerite crystals are lustrous silver metallic micro crystals of siegenite.
  
Origin: Amax Buick Mine (Buick Mine; Moloc Mine), Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.9 cm tall ( top left), 3.5 cm tall (top right), 17 x 17 x 14 mm (2nd row), 7.5 x 5 x 4.2 cm (3rd row), 6 x 5.3 x 3 cm (4th row), 3.1 x 3.9 x 1.3 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Siegenite on galena, on pyrite
Origin: Bonne Terre Formation, West Fork Asarco Mine, Viburnum Trend, Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.6 x 4.9 x 4.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Grube Grüne Aue, Schutzbach, Siegerland, Germany
Sample size: thumbnail
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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