Voltaite

Small greenish-black crystals of voltaite with white alunogen
Origin: Anna Mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Picture size: 3 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 
Dark greenish-black crystals of voltaite on alunogen
Origin: Carola Mine, Freital, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 4 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Specimen of voltaite (whitish crystalline crust and specks) on crystals of brown szomolnokite
Origin: Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Chile
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Black voltaite crystals with aggregates of rosa römerite on matrix
Origin: Zeche Julia, Herne, Ruhr Coal Mine area, Germany
Sample size: micromount
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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