Wolfeite

Crude red sprays of wolfeite embedded in matrix
Origin: locality 16, Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada
Sample size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Palermo pegmatite, North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A.
Sample size: 8 x 5 x 4 cm
 

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Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Reddish, massive wolfeite, an alteration product of triphylite, in unaltered grey triphylite
Origin: Palermo #1 Pegmatite, North Groton, New Hampshire, U.S.A. (type locality)
Sample size: 3.5 x 4.5 cm
 
Brown massive alteration of triphylite
Origin: Hagendorf-Süd, Bavaria, Germany
Sample size: 3.5 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

Origin: Wilson's Pegmatite, New South Wales, Australia
Sample size: unknown
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Sorrell

Crocoite.com

 

  
Brownish resinous masses of satterylite in a  matrix with reddish-brown masses of wolfeite.
Origin: Big Fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada
Sample size: 5.3 x 3.1 x 3.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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