Whewellite

Colourless twinned crystal of whewellite

Colourless twinned whewellite crystal on calcite

Origin: Burgk, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Picture size: 7 mm (top), 5 mm (bottom)

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

Twinned whewellite

Origin: Paitzdorf, Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany

Picture size: 11 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

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Origin: near Elm Springs, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA

Sample size: 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm

 

  

Origin: Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, United States

Ex. Grenier collection

Sample size: 13 x 12 x 9 cm

 

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A cluster of two intergrown GEM crystals of the rare species whewellite, arranged so that a single untwinned crystal is perched atop a classic v-twin

Origin: Burgk near Dresden , Germany

Sample size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm

 

  

  

Whewellite on calcite

Origin: Shaft 21, Schlema, Hartenstein, Germany

Sample size: 7 x 6 x 4 cm

 

  

Whewellite with quartz

Origin: Dalnegorsk, Russia

Sample size: 11 x 7 x 6 cm

 

  

Origin: Burgk, near Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Ex. M. Dodge collection

Sample size: 1.2 x 1 x .2 cm

 

  

  

Origin: Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Ex. M. Dodge collection

Sample size: 2.9 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
 

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The Arkenstone

 

  

Origin: Pehery, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Sample size: 2.5 x 3.5 cm

 

  

Whewellite with smythite inclusions

Origin: Paitzdorf bei Ronneburg, Ostthuringen, Saxony, Germany

Sample size: 23 x 20 x 29 mm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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