Svanbergite

Origin: Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Svanbergite in pyrophyllite

Origin: Dover mine, Hawthorne, Mineral Co., Nevada, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Svanbergite on quartz

Origin: Champion mine, White Mts., Mono Co., California, U.S.A.

Owner: Milton Speckels

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Svanbergite on dolomite

Origin: Mt. Brussilof Mine, nr. Radium, British Columbia, Canada

Sample size: 4.5 x 3.2 cm

 

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Light brown crude crystals to 1 mm with andalusite and pyrophyllite

Origin: Dover mine, Mineral Co., Nevada, United States

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 4 cm

 

  

Svanbergite with scorzalite. Brown to tan, rhombohedral crystals. Scorzalite is the dark blue massive areas.

Origin: Champion Mine, White Mountains, Mono Co., California, United States

Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 3 cm

 

  

Peach colored, glassy, pseudocubic crystals with rhombohedral modifications(?) to 1mm associated with mint green pyrophyllite.

Origin: Dover mine, Thorne, Nevada, United States

Ex. Kidwell collection, ex. Parnau collection

Sample size: 5 x 5 x 3 cm

 

  

Light creamy crystal to 2 mm aside a beautiful cluster of deep red uvite crystals 9 mm across on white magnesite.

Origin: Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

Sample size: 5.5 x 3 x 2 cm

 

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1 mm red-brown crystals in matrix

Origin: Västana, Skåne, Sweden

Sample size: 4 x 5.5 cm

 

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Reddish brown masses of svanbergite are scattered throughout the matrix with colourless apatite.

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