Väyrynenite

Origin: Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland
Picture size: 5 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Origin: Paprok, Kunar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Sample size: 1.4 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm
 
Origin: Shengus area, Skardu Road, Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size: 8 x 8 x 3 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Viitaniemi, Eräjärvi, Orivesi, Finland
Sample size: micromount
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Light reddish pink crystalline veins to 1 cm across through matrix.
  
Rose to pink crystalline veins 7 mm across associated with undefined hurlbutite and beryllonite (probably both white to clear) and herderite, probably tan and platy. Looks like a little chrysoberyl on the side.
Origin: Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland (type locality)
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm (top), 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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