Vesuvianite

 

 

Origin: Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Monte Somma (Vesuvius), Campania, Italy

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Vipiteno, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Vesuvianite with grossular

Origin: Lowell (Eden Mills), Orleans Co., Vermont, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Idocrase

Origin: Olmsteadville, New York, USA

Sample size: 3.2 cm single crystal

 

Origin: Jeffery mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

Sample size: crystal 1.5 cm

 

Idocrase

Origin: Lake Jaco, Chihuahua, Mexico

Sample size: 3 x 2 x 2 cm

 

  

Bright gemmy green, twinned(?) crystals to 2 mm in blue calcite.

Origin: Commercial quarry, Riverside Co., California, United States

Ex. DeVito collection

Sample size: 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm

 

  

 

  

Vesuvianite on blue calcite

Origin: Crestmore quarry, Riverside Co., California, United States

Ex. DeVito collection

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm (top), 5 x 5 x 2 cm (bottom)

 

 

 

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Origin: Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico

Owner: Milton Speckels

Sample size: about 2 cm

 

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Origin: Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

Sample size: 35 mm in height

 

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