Torbernite

  
Origin: Crown King Area, Yavapai Co, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 8.4 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm
 
  
Origin: Margabal Mine, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Ex Marty Lewadny Collection
Sample size: 4.3 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
 
  
Origin: Kolwezi, Congo
Sample size: 4.1 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
 
  
 
  
Origin: Gunnislake, Cornwall, England
Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection
Sample size: 10.9 x 8 x 5.2 cm (top), 3.1 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

 
Origin: Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia
Sample size: field of view 2 mm (top), unknown (bottom)
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
 
Origin:  Royal George, Tasmania, Australia
Sample size:  unknown
Sample owner: Peter Harris
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Sorrell

Crocoite.com

 

  
Light green platy Torbernite crystals in rosettes to 1mm. Associated with gray-green crystalline wavellite spheroids.
Origin: San Salvador Hill Pit, Tyrone Mine, Grant Co., New Mexico, United States
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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