Mineral Specimens with Halotrichite

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MD-119361 - Halotrichite - - Archived
Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA
thumbnail, 2.1 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm.
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Halotrichite from Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-119361a.jpg]

2.1 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm. Curved and curled, pearlescent, fibrous halotrichite needles aesthetically and richly cover matrix on this very showy thumbnail piece from Death Valley, California. Ex. Dick Jones Collection, who probably self-collected this fine specimen.

MD-120998 - Halotrichite - - Archived
Golden Queen Mine, Soledad Mt., Golden Queen District, Kern Co., California, USA
small cabinet, 5.2 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm.
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5.2 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm. Most likely collected in the late 1960s or early 70s, this is a gorgeous specimen of acicular (hair-like) crystals of halotrichite - here represented in a tuft perfectly set atop matrix! Halotrichite (a hydrated iron aluminum sulfate, usually a product of pyrite oxidation).

MD-179634 - Halotrichite - - Archived
Golden Queen Mine, Soledad Mt., Golden Queen District, Kern Co., California, USA
miniature, 4.7 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm.
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4.7 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm. A beautiful miniature of this asbestos-like hydrated sulfate. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.

MRZ274 - Halotrichite - $ 150
Golden Queen Mine at Rosmond (about 30 miles wsw of Boron), Kern Co., California, USA
miniature, 4.7 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
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Halotrichite from Golden Queen Mine at Rosmond (about 30 miles wsw of Boron), Kern Co., California, USA [db_pics/pics/mrz274a.jpg]

A beautiful miniature of this asbestos-like hydrated sulfate

MRZ323 - Halotrichite - $ 200
California, USA
miniature, 6 x 6 x 4.3 cm
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This hydrated, iron, aluminum, sulphate, matrix specimen features fibrous, snow white, divergent, soft crystals, to 5.0cm in length. Wild and wooly! Cannot be mailed, sorry.


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