Rouma Island, Los Archipelago, Conakry Region, Guinea

Small crystalline grains of deep red colored villiaumite, in syenite matrix, from the type locality for the mineral. S239-23 Excalibur Mineral Company specimen.

© 2008, JGW

Purple Villiaumite with cinnamon Serandite? Ex Paul Sainfeld collection. Size: 9,5 X 6 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M

© Arliguie M

Purple Villaumite with a crystal section of cinammon Serandite Ex Paul Sainfeld collection. FOV: 3 X 2 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M

© Arliguie M

Translucent, unaltered, dark maroon-red color Villiaumite cleavages on matrix. Personal collection of Sharon Cisneros.

© Eugene & Sharon Cisneros

Red villiaumite with pink serandite and brown astrophyllite in a matrix with grey nepheline, black aegirine and feldspar from Rouma Island, Los Archipelago, Guinea.

© Knut Eldjarn

This is a micromount specimen of villiaumite from Rouma Island, Los Archipelago (Los Islands), Conakry Region, Guinea. I acquired the specimen from Don and Mary Jane Smoley at the 2022 Cuyahoga Falls autumn mineral show. This specimen was in the former collection of Robert Rothenberg (1943-2021): #08974 - 03. Jamison K. Brizendine specimen and ...

© Jamison K. Brizendine

An aerial view of Rouma Island (Île de Roume), Guinea, part of the Los Archipelago. The mineral roumaite is named after the island. It was first discovered there. Image courtesy of Île de Roume - Guinée Conakry @ilederoume Community Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/ilederoume/