Tyuyamunite

  

Bright yellow crust or powder on calcite

Origin: Dandy mine, Red Pryor Mountain, Montana, United States

Sample size: 6 x 6 x 2 cm

 

  

Good coverage of micro, solid yellow crystals to less than 0.2 mm. Associated with Metatyuyamunite

Origin: Monument #1 mine, Apache Co., Arizona, United States

Sample size: 6 x 3 x 3 cm (top), 5.5 x 3 x 2 cm (bottom)

 

Origin: Sec. 33 mine, Grants, Valencia Co., New Mexico, United States
Erling Collection

Sample size: 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm

 

 

  

 

  

Origin: Marie mine, Carbon Co., Montana, United States

Sample size: 8 x 4 x 3 cm, crystals to 1 mm (top), 6 x 4 x 2 cm (2nd/3rd row), 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm (bottom)

 

  

Bright yellow micro crystals filling void spaces between calcite crystals

Origin: Grants, Valencia Co., New Mexico, United States
Ex. Burmico specimen: O'Donnell Collection

Sample size: 6.5 x 4 x 4 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  

 

  

Origin: Grants District, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.7 x 7.5 x 3.3 cm (top), 6.4 x 4.9 x 1.8 cm (bottom)

 

  

Origin: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico

Sample size: 6.8 x 4 x 3 cm

 

  

Origin: Grant County, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.5 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm

 

  

  

Origin: Marie Mine, Carbon Co., Montana, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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