Alabandite

I agree - alphabetical locality order the way you are doing it currently is the best option.

Jolyon

Rock,

Here is one that you might want to add to the best of species.

Ron,
Thanks for the suggestion. It certainly is good enough to go into the best minerals article. This articles needed a rework and a little TLC which I gave it and you picture is now there.

Rock

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

Dear Rock,

About the occurence of Alabandite in Garpenberg Norra;
The associated minerals together with the alabandite crystals on calcite crystals are pyrrhotite, asphaltum, pyrite(?), and cubanite but NOT rambergite. As far as I know- most of this material came from deep levels~800 m (my own selfcollected are from 790).

Rambergite occurs in small cavities together with fluorite, apofyllite, calcite, barite, sphalerite, galena, samsonite, pyrargyrite, pyrrhotite and small amounts of freibergite. ( transl from summary descr: [www.nrm.se]). The 2 Rambergite crystals I have occur in a diopside-rhodo skarn.

The phrase "and the management put some of the material out on the dump for collectors to collect" is somewhat imprecise. The dumps was created as an intermediate storage for the mine, not intended for collectors but the management did allow collecting if one asked for permission.


Best regards

Aksel

Askel,
Thanks for you comments. I have added them to the Alabandite article.
Rock

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

Alabandite twinned with spinel law.
3 samples from Uchucchacua Mine, Peru (in my twinned crystals collection)

Fernando, some of them might make it into best minerals, but they would first have to be uploaded to our mineral gallery.

Rock

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

The small black xls on the lead Alabandite photo are manganoquadratite [rruff.info]
[www.mindat.org]

There's a good story about this specimen. I'll try to get permission to tell it

Bob,
Which specimen are you talking about? The one that heads the article?

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

I have add the 3 samples in my page

Rock, That's the one.