Whewellite

  
Whewellite with smythite inclusions
Origin: Paitzdorf, Ronneburg U deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
Sample size: 24 x 17 x 33 mm
 
  
  
White opaque crystalline and massive whewellite is scattered about the matrix with tiny crystals of colourless translucent dolomite.
Origin: Kladno, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Sample size: 6.6 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm
 
  
Whewellite with darker colour due to inclusions of smythite
Origin: 435 Meter Level, Paitzdorf, Ronneburg U deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
Ex. Scott Williams and Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, collections
Sample size: 2.4 x 1.7 x 4 cm
 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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