AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Canada > Millerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 73980 |
Mineral: | Millerite |
Locality: | Thompson Open Pit Mine, Manitoba, Canada |
Description: | Curved plate of lustrous yellow-metallic acicular millerite crystals with minor colorless calcite. These millerite crystals formed lining walls of narrow cavities (veins) running through massive nickel ore. |
Overall Size: | 38x25x10 mm |
Crystals: | 1-3.5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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