Ushkovite

  
Orange roscherite crystals up to 0.1 cm and white translucent crystals of ushkovite up to about 0.05 cm are scattered about on the feldspar matrix.
Origin: Galiliea, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 2.7 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Orange, tabular crystals of uskhovite on roscherite.
Origin: Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm
 
  
Orange brown microcrystalline coatings on pegmatite matrix.
  
Yellow microcrystalline encrustation of ushkovite on beryl.
Origin: Boa Vista mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Eaton collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm (top), 4 x 3 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
  
  
  
Orange, tabular crystals to about 0.75 mm on albite associated with canary yellow cyrilovite, green to dark green frondelite and brown, color changing to purple leucophosphite.
Origin: Lavra do Eduardo, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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