Zippeite

Origin: Happy Jack mine, White Cyn., San Juan Co., Utah, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Marica Co., Minas Gerais, Brazil
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
 
  
 
  
Bright yellow, vivid, powdery crystals to 0.75 mm covering black, coffinite matrix
Origin: Ambrosia Lake district, near Grants, New Mexico, United States
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 1 cm (top), 4 x 3 x 1 cm (2nd row), 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Section 35 mine, Grants, New Mexico, United States
Sample size: 5.5 x 5 x 2 cm
 
  
 
  
Origin: Homestake mine, Grants, New Mexico, United States
Ex. Eaton collection
Sample size: 4 x 3 cm x 5 mm (top), 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territory, Canada
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Section 35 Mine, Ambrosia Lake Dist., McKinley Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Ex. Dick Jones collection
Sample size: 2.4 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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