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MD-188378 - Piemontite, Quartz, Calcite, Kaolinite - - Archived No. 5 shaft, Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa small cabinet, 7.1 x 3.0 x 2.6 cm.
7.1 x 3.0 x 2.6 cm. Piemontite is a rare, red epidote group silicate. This is a fine combination specimen from the famous No. 5 shaft at the Messina Mine of South Africa. Red piemontite microcrystals richly and preferentially cover three sides of a doubly terminated, sharply trigonal, transparent to translucent quartz crystal. Calcite crystals and kaolinite are additional, complimentary accessory minerals on the glassy quartz crystal. This is a fascinating doubly terminated quartz crystal, with one end being a sharp, single termination and the other end being multiply terminated. Ex. G.R. Glover Collection.
MD-261789 - Piemontite, Zoisite (Var: Thulite) - - Archived Harding Mine (Harding pegmatite), Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA small cabinet, 5.7 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm.
5.7 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm. This fine and rich specimen from the Harding Pegmatite of New Mexico features gemmy, dark cherry-red piemontite lathes in a layered matrix of pastel-pink thulite, quartz and piemontite crystals. Both of these species are relatively uncommon from this famous locale. Classic, rare, old-time material from the Mullane Collection and accompanied by a Burminco label with a March, 1952 date on it. All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries |
