Whitmoreite

Whitmoreite on siderite

Origin: Big Chief mine, Keystone, Pennington Co., South Dakota, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Palermo #1 mine, No. Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Bell Pit, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Fine crystals of whitmoreite smaller than 0.5 mm associated with ludlamite and possibly kryzhanovskite

Origin: Big Chief mine, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm

 

  

Fine root beer coloured crystals to 0.75 mm

Origin: Big Chief mine, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA

Sample size: 6 x 3 x 3 cm

 

  

Origin: Hagendorf Sud, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany

Sample size: 5x4.5x2cm

 

 

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