Turquoise

  
Origin: Lynch Station, Virginia, USA
Sample size: about 2 cm, rare crystals
 
  
Origin: Lynch Station, Virginia, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm with lustrous micro crystals on quartz
 
  
  
Light greenish blue spheroidal, translucent crystals to 0.3 mm with brown lipscombite, white acicular wavellite and brown leucophosphite.
  
Light greenish blue spheroidal crystals to about 0.5 mm associated with white wavellite and possible strengite & variscite.
Origin: Silver Coin mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm (top/2nd row), 9 x 6 x 3 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
Turquoise on quartz. Ex. DeVito collection
  
Origin: Bishop mine, Lynch Station, Virginia, United States
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 1.5 cm (top), 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Lynch Station, Campbel Co., Virginia, United States
Sample size: 2 x 1 x 1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

 
 
 
 
Origin: Lynch Station, Campbell Co., Virginia, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Wheal Phoenix, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Origin: Austin, Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Origin: Bishop Mine, near Lynch Station, Campbell Co., Virginia, U.S.A.
Sample size: 10.5 x 10 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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