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Giant Yellowknife Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

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Multiple photos availableBerthierite : FeSb2S4, Stibnite : Sb2S3

Giant Yellowknife Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Indistinct bluish metallic crystals of Berthierite imbedded in massive Stibnite (overall 6.0 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm). Ex L. D. Dickey collection. JF Carpentier specimen (#00671) and photograph.
 © JF Carpentier 2007Photo ID: 114315    View Count: 190

Gold : Au

Giant Yellowknife Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Specimen size 5x4 cm - Ex E. Villani, March 1975
 © Marco BarsantiPhoto ID: 9555    View Count: 750

Gold : Au

Giant Yellowknife Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Specimen size around 2.5x3 cm - Ex E. Villani, March 1975
 © Marco BarsantiPhoto ID: 9556    View Count: 682

Stibnite : Sb2S3, Aurostibite : AuSb2

Giant Yellowknife Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Fractured small mass, light gray metallic, of Aurostibite-bearing Stibnite.
(Aurostibite is invisible on the picture and usually hasn't cleavage, but conchoidal fracturing. The single visible mineral here is cleavaged stibnite and greenish products of its alteration (probably stibiconite) 4x4 mm. Obtained from Adriana and Renato Pagano, in my ...
 © Simone CitonPhoto ID: 230309    View Count: 92
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