Vantasselite

  
Origin: Bihain, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
Sample size: 0.9 X 1.5 cm specimen. Off white, sheetlike micaceous crystal of vantasselite with pearly luster
 

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John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

White to yellow spherical aggregates on matrix
Origin: Föckingshausen Quarry, Meschede, Sauerland, Germany
Sample size: micromount
 
Rosettes of white bladed crystals with pearly lustre often with cacoxenite on matrix
 
  
Rosettes of white bladed xls with pearly lustre on matrix
Origin: Bihain, Belgium
Sample size: 5 x 5 cm (top), 3.5 x 4 cm (2nd row), 6 x 18 cm (bottom)

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
White, pearly, platy crystals in 1 to 2 mm rounded aggregates
Origin: Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 1 cm
 
  
Ex. Kidwell collection
  
Pearly white thin platy, radial crystals to 3 mm in diameter on side of schist.
Origin: Bihain, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg Province, Belgium (type locality)
Sample size: 4.5 x 2 cm x 5 mm (top), 8 x 3 cm x 5 mm (bottom)
 

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Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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