Witherite

  
Origin: Minerva #1 mine, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Sample size: 5 x 5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Witherite (with twinning) under SW-UV light
Origin: Rosiclaire, Illinois, U.S.A.
Owner: Axel Emmermann
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Axel Emmermann

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  • Origin: Alston Moor, Cumberland, England
    Sample size: 3 x 2.2 x 2 cm
     
      
    Origin: Pigeon Roost Mine, Pike County, Arkansas, U.S.A.
    Sample size: 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
     
      
      
    Origin: Bethel Level, Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois, U.S.A.
    mined circa 1960s
    Sample size: 6.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm
     
      
     
      
     
    Origin: Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois, U.S.A.
    Sample size: 7.5 x 6 x 6 cm (top/2nd row), 6.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm (3rd row), 4.9 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm (bottom)
     
      
    Witherite with small crystals of alstonite
    Origin: Bethel Level, Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois, U.S.A.
    mined circa 1950s-1960s
    Sample size: 4 x 4 x 3 cm
     
         
    Origin: Pigeon Roost Mine, Glenwood, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, U.S.A.
    Ex. Hauck collection
    Sample size: 8.0 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
     

    Photo courtesy of: 

    Rob Lavinsky

    The Arkenstone

     

      
    Origin: Minerva mine #1, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.
    Sample size: 20 x 16 x 5 cm
     
      
    Origin: Fallowfield, near Hexham, Northumberland, England
    Sample size: 6. x 8 x 4.5 cm
     

    Photo courtesy of: 

    Dan Weinrich

    Dealer in fine mineral specimens

     

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