Sincosite

  
Sincosite with radiating aggregates of minyulite
  
Sincosite with radiating aggregates of minyulite
  
Bright green square tabular crystals of sincosite to 0.5mm with good coverage and associated with a superb, white, radial sprays of minyulite to 6mm. Ex. Grenier Collection
  
The specimen contains some of the largest crystals found - tabular grass green crystals to 3 mm. Associated with the sincosite is white sprays of minyulite, featured in Mineralogical Record article Vol. 30, May-June, 1999 figures 6 & 8.
Origin: Rose Hannibal mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA
Sample size: about 4 cm, sincosite crystals to 0.25 mm, minyulite sprays to 6 mm (top), 6 x 4 x 2 cm, sincosite crystals to 0.25 mm, minyulite sprays to 3 mm (2nd row), 12 x 7 x 4 cm (3rd row), 6.5 x 5 x 3 cm (bottom)

 

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Origin: Ross Hannibal mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 1 cm with green tabular crystals to about 0.75 mm (top), 4.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Grass green, square, tabular micro crystals of Sincosite to .075 mm with white, acicular sprays of minyulite to 2 mm.
Origin: Ross Hannibal mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, United States
Ex. Grenier collection
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 4 cm
 
Origin: Ross Hannibal mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, United States
Sample size: Grass green, crystal aggregates or rosettes to 1.5 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Small green crystals of sincosite
Origin: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany
Picture size: 1 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
 
  
Sincosite with an associated spray of white, acicular minyulite
  
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Origin: Ross Hannibal Mine, Lawrence County, South Dakota
Sample size: 9 x 6 x 3 cm (top/2nd row), 5.5 x 5 x 4 cm (3rd/4th row), 8 x 7 x 2 cm (5th/6th row), 9 x 8 x 4 cm (7th/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

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