Pyrophanite

Arkansas North and Central Americas United States

5806 A2964 680marps Fluorite, Pyrophanite, Aegirine (Acmite), Albite, Holiday Inn Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA

Purple fluorite cluster and isolated crystals with green needles of aegirine, brown pseudohexagonal pyrophanite, and colourless albite crystals, all in a white albite matrix. Ex Art Smith Collection (collected in 1986). Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.

  • January 28, 2023
Arkansas North and Central Americas United States

5805 A2980 523marps Fluorite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Albite, Pyrophanite, Natrolite(?), Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry), Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA

Tiny purple octahedral fluorite crystalson albite with greenish chlorite, white prismatic crystals of natrolite(?), colourless quartz, and brown pyrophanite. Also on specimen magnetite, Ex Art Smith Collection (collected in 1979). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 57 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version. When I...

  • January 28, 2023

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