Wurtzite

  
Wurtzite with quartz
  
 
  
  
 
     
Wurtzite on quartz
Origin: Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, Asia
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm (top/2nd row), 1.9 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (3rd row), 2.7 x 2 x 1.4 cm (4th/5th row), 5.4 x 3 x 1.7 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Origin: Penberthy Croft mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
Sample size: 0.7 mm prismatic hexagonal crystal group of wurtzite, with pale green clinochlore on quartz (left), 1.2 mm hexagonal crystal with a slight iridescent tarnish, on quartz  (right)
Owner: Steve Rust
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Rust

 

  
 
  
Origin: Pribram, Czech Republic
Sample size: 17 x 17 x 18 mm (top), 5.3 x 7.6 x 3.4 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Rootbeer colored thin platy crystals of wurtzite to approximately 3 mm in a mud nodule.
Origin: RR cut, Donohoe, Pennsylvania, United States
Ex. Eaton collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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