Tremolite

Origin: Glen Coe, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Sample size: White tremolite on epidote variety withamite
Ex. Max Wirth collection
Owner: Steve Rust
 

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Steve Rust

 

Origin: Magadi, Kenya
Sample size: 12 mm in height
 
  
Origin: Mt Tora-Tigga, Ganadao, Mohmand, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
Sample size: 3.2 x 2 x 4.9 cm
 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

Origin: Westslope of hill 828, Laxjället-Tärna area, Swedish Lapland
Sample size: small cabinet
 
Creamy masses of fibrous tremolite
Origin: Puerto Manzanilla, Isla Margarita, Venezuela
Sample size: 4.5 x 7.5 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

     
 
     
Origin: Pahtavaara Au mine, Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland
Ex. George Elling collection
Sample size: 6.6 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm (top/2nd row), 5.8 x 3.0 x 1.4 cm (bottom)
 
  
 
  
Variety hexagonite
Origin: Gouverneur Mine, Fowler, St Lawrence Co., New York, U.S.A.
Ex. Charlie Key collection
Sample size: 13.4 x 7.0 x 3.5 cm (top), 17.6 x 7.5 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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