Tom Loomis's Image Gallery

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Metavauxite Image

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Metavauxite: Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Creamy colored prismatic metavauxite crystals to 3mm.
Location: Siglo XX, Llallagua, Bolivia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
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Metavauxite: Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Creamy colored prismatic metavauxite crystals to 3mm.
Location: Siglo XX, Llallagua, Bolivia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Meurigite-K Image

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Meurigite-K: [K(H2O)2.5][Fe+++8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]

Comments: Yellow, radial acicular sprays of meurigite to about 0.75 mm.
Location: Teskov quarry, near Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
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Meurigite-K: [K(H2O)2.5][Fe+++8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]

Comments: Yellow-green spheroidal crystals of meurigite to 0.1mm, in a 5mm vug in black rockbridgeite(?) matrix.
Location: Hagendorf Sud Pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.2 cm.
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Meurigite-K: [K(H2O)2.5][Fe+++8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]

Comments: Yellow-green spheroidal crystals of meurigite to 0.1mm, in a 5mm vug in black rockbridgeite(?) matrix.
Location: Hagendorf Sud Pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.2 cm.
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Meurigite-K Image

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Meurigite-K: [K(H2O)2.5][Fe+++8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]

Comments: Yellow, radial acicular sprays of meurigite to about 0.75 mm.
Location: Teskov quarry, near Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Meurigite-Na Image

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Meurigite-Na: [Na(H2O)2.5][Fe+++8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]

Comments: Pale pearly yellow platy Meurigite-Na crystals all over vuggy matrix.
Location: Tom's Phosphate quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
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Meurigite-Na: [Na(H2O)2.5][Fe+++8(PO4)6(OH)7(H2O)4]

Comments: Pale pearly yellow platy Meurigite-Na crystals all over vuggy matrix.
Location: Tom's Phosphate quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Micheelsenite Image

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Micheelsenite: (Ca,Y)3Al[PO3OH,CO3](CO3)(OH)6·12(H2O)

Comments: Cotton ball bundles of white, fibrous michellsenite crystals on albite.
Location: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Quebec, Canada. Scale: Sample size 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm.
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Micheelsenite: (Ca,Y)3Al[PO3OH,CO3](CO3)(OH)6·12(H2O)

Comments: Cotton ball bundles of white, fibrous michellsenite crystals on albite.
Location: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Quebec, Canada. Scale: Sample size 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Minyulite Image

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Minyulite: KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F)·4(H2O)  
Sincosite: Ca(V++++O)2(PO4)2·5(H2O)

Comments: Pale greenish white acicular radial sprays of minyulite to 8mm with small, green, tabular sincosite.
Location: Ross Hannibal mine, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
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Minyulite: KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F)·4(H2O)  
Sincosite: Ca(V++++O)2(PO4)2·5(H2O)

Comments: Pale greenish white acicular radial sprays of minyulite to 8mm with small, green, tabular sincosite.
Location: Ross Hannibal mine, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
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Morinite: NaCa2Al2(PO4)2(F,OH)5·2(H2O)

Comments: Sky blue spheroidal to globular cyrstals of cuprian morinite to 1mm with other phosphates.
Location: Silver Coin Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA. Scale: Overall: 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm.
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Morinite: NaCa2Al2(PO4)2(F,OH)5·2(H2O)

Comments: Sky blue spheroidal to globular cyrstals of cuprian morinite to 1mm with other phosphates.
Location: Silver Coin Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA. Scale: Overall: 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm.
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Muscovite Image

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Muscovite: KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2  
Aluminoceladonite: KAl(Mg,Fe++)[ ]Si4O10(OH)2

Comments: Large, 1cm, purple crystals of muscovite/leucophyllite, (var. alurgite which is an intermediate composition to muscovite and leucophyllite (aluminoceladonite).
Location: Ultevis, Sweden. Scale: 5x3.5x3cm.
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Muscovite: KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2  
Aluminoceladonite: KAl(Mg,Fe++)[ ]Si4O10(OH)2

Comments: Large, 1cm, purple crystals of muscovite/leucophyllite, (var. alurgite which is an intermediate composition to muscovite and leucophyllite (aluminoceladonite).
Location: Ultevis, Sweden. Scale: 5x3.5x3cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Nadorite Image

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Nadorite: PbSbO2Cl

Comments: Blocky, yellowish brown crystals of nadorite on matrix.
Location: Langban mine, Filipstad , Värmland, Sweden. Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
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Nadorite: PbSbO2Cl

Comments: Blocky, yellowish brown crystals of nadorite on matrix.
Location: Langban mine, Filipstad , Värmland, Sweden. Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
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Nevadaite Image

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Nevadaite: (Cu++,[ ],Al,V+++)6[Al8(PO4)8F8] (H2O)23

Comments: Robin's egg blue radiating acicular sprays of nevadaite to about 0.3 mm.
Location: Gold Quarry mine, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA. Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
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Nevadaite: (Cu++,[ ],Al,V+++)6[Al8(PO4)8F8] (H2O)23

Comments: Robin's egg blue radiating acicular sprays of nevadaite to about 0.3 mm.
Location: Gold Quarry mine, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA. Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
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