Sorosilicates Mineral Gallery M&W Minerals

Sorosilicates Gallery

Sorosilcates have in common two SiO₄ silicate tetrahedrons linked by one oxygen ion (Si₂O₇).

Danburite, Epdiote, Axinite, Vesuvianite, Zoisite, Hemimorphite, Kinoite, Ruizite, Macfallite, Orientite, Pumpellyite and others

minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only

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6768 Axinite, Calcite Miracle Mountain Mine, Garnet Hill, near Volcano, Calaveras Co., California Ex. Norm Woods, Coll. By J. Seibel & H. Gordon, 1984 6.5 x 4 x 2.9 cm $45	6633 Curved Axinite-(Fe) Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 5.4 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm $150	6309 Axinite-(Fe), Quartz, Epidote New Melones Dam, Calaveras Co., California 8.7 x 5.8 x 9.1 cm $75
2271 Epidote Wadh, Khuzdar, Baluchistan, Pakistan 5.7 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm $75

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2454 Cuspidine

Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Type Location
UV Fluorescent
Ca₄(Si₂O₇)(F,OH)₂
Ex. Sid Williams, Ex. Steve Pullman
4.4 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
$75

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2505 Chalcopyrite Crystals on Danburite

Mina La Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.3 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
$100

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6777 Epidote on and Included in Quartz Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 10 x 8 x 3.3 cm $175	6635 Epidote Included in Double Terminated Quartz Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 11.8 x 5.1 x 4 cm The main Quartz crystal is approximately 3 cm in width. $150	6598 Epidote Floater Crystal Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Dist., Prince of Wales - Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska Ex. Norm Woods 2.6 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm $50
6020 Epidote Hachupa Epidote Locality, Hachupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 5.2 x 3.2 x 0.5 cm $75	4291 Epidote, Quartz Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Dist., Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska Ex. H. R. McBroom, Trade 1976 2.7 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm $40	3567 Epidote, Quartz Ribeirao das Folhas, Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Rocksmiths 4.7 x 2.8 x 3.6 cm $25
3464 Epidote Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan 6.7 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm Main crtstal is 2.8 cm is up to 3.8 cm thick. $50	3461 Epidote on and Included in Quartz Kharan, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan 6.6 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm $50	2924 Epidote Pakistan 4.6 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm $45
1878 Epidote Madagascar 6.7 x 7.2 x 4 cm $200

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6905 Hardystonite (TL), Clinohedrite(TL), Willemite, Franklinite(TL) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey Type Location UV Fluorescent Ca₂Zn[Si₂O₇], CaZn(SiO₄)·H₂O Ex. Steve Pullman 7.6 x 4 x 3.7 cm $75	6409 Hemimorphite Wenshan, Yunan Province, China 10.8 x 10.4 x 8.5 cm $85	6149 Hemimorphite, Calcite Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Don Langham, Prior to 1975 6.2 x 5 x 4.6 cm $35
5901 Hemimorphite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 4 x 3.5 x 3.7 cm $35	5099 Hemimoprhite Wenshan, Yunan Province, China 7.6 x 5.6 x 4.8 cm $75	4681 Stalactic Hemimorphite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Prior to 1975 6.2 x 5.6 x 2.6 cm $45

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6743 llvaite, Quartz, Hedenbergite Laxey Mine, Ex. Steve Pullman 3.6 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm $45	6371 Ilvaite, Arsenopyrite, Hedenbergite, Tremolite Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China 6.3 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm $100	6064 Ilvaite coated with Hedenbergite, Arsenopyrite Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China 4.5 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm $35
5368 Ilvaite, Andradite Garnet on Two Generations of Quartz Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 3.2 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm $60

K

5844 Kinoite Included in Calcite, Orange Prehnite

Knife River, St. Luois Co., Minnesota
Ca₂Cu₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O
8.1 x 6.6 x 4.7 cm
$75

Q

6308 Quartz, Axinite-(Fe), Epidote

New Melones Dam, Calaveras Co., California
6.6 x 3.5 x 4 cm
$50

4903 Smoky Quartz on Danburite

Mina Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
8.2 x 4.2 x 4.5 cm
Danburite crystal measures 7.3 x3.0 x 1.9 cm
$100

T

4719 Tanzanite

Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania
25 x 7 x 7 mm
second two measurements taken at the base of the crystal, weight: 11.25 ct
$375

V

6366 Vesuvianite variety: Idocrase, Andradite Garnet

Sierra de la Cruz (Lake Jaco), Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico
4.2 x 4 x 3.4 cm
$35

Specimens which have this class of minerals as an associated mineral

5530 Andradite Garnet,Calcite, Epidote, Smoky Quartz Aeroplane Mine, Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop Dist., Inyo Co., California Ex. Steve Pullman from trade with California Academy of Sciences, Jan. 2006, Collected by William J. Keith USGS, April, 1996 8.4 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm Largest Andradite crystal is 3.5 mm across. $75	5130 Hemimorphite on Aurichalcite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 6.2 x 6 x 4.7 cm $85	6800 Calcite on Quartz on Danburite with minor Sulfides Mina Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 8.2 x 6.2 x 5 cm $125
6887 Polished Datolite Nodule Pair with Included Copper and Epidote Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan Ex. Roland and Doris Snyder from Rich Whiteman 5.5 x 4.1 x 1.9 and 5.4 x 4.5 x 2.0 cm $175	6049 Datolite with Epidote and Native Copper Ridge Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan 4.2 x 1.7 x 1 cm $50	2925 Datolite, Copper, Microcline, and Epidote Butler lode, Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA 4.7 x 2 x 2.5 cm $50
5390 Natrolite, Analcime, Prehnite, Pumpellyite, Datolite?, Calcite, Hematite? Rauschermuhle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterberg, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 6.3 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm $35	6239 Prehnite with minor Epidote Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 6 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm $200	4349 Uralite, Epidote Calumet Mine, Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA 7.8 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm Epidote XL is 2.7 long and 1.1 cm in width $40
3339 Uralite and Epidote with Calcite Calumet Mine, Turret District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA 11.5 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm Largest XL 7 x 3 x 1 mm $30

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