Tephroite

Tephroite on calcite
Tephroite and hodgkinsonite
Tephroite on andradite
Tephroite on calcite
Tephroite and willemite (colourless)
Origin: Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari, South Africa
ex. Dr. Ludi Von Bezing Collection
Sample size: 4.25 x 3.5 x 2.25 cm
 
 
  
  
Tephroite with willemite, spessartine and calcite
Origin: Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Sample size: 9 x 5 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Tephroite with willemite
Origin: Franklin Mine, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Wessels Mine, Kalahari, South Africa
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Kaso mine, Higashi-shi, Ohashi-machi, Kanuma-shi, Tochigi-ken, Honshu, Japan
Sample size: 11 x 7 x 4 cm, olive brown prismatic crystals throughout red matrix
 
  
Deep brownish olive green crude, elongated crystals to 3 cm in calcite matrix with associated, deep red rhodonite.
Origin: Langban, Varmland, Sweden
Ex. Dr. Harry von Eckermann Coll.
Sample size: 8 x 5 x 5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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