Murphyite

Clear prismatic crystals of murphyite. Other areas on the same specimen have the following confirmed minerals: ottoite, shieffelinite, emmonsite, and "girdite," a discredited mineral, likely a mixture of ottoite and plumbotellurite. Please see the parent photo for more details. The photo was taken by Michael Cox on his Keyence microscope at ...

© Marek Chorazewicz

RRUFF murphyite specimen.

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RRUFF murphyite specimen. Largest crystal approx 70 micron size.

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RRUFF murphyite specimen, 2cm wide.

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Clear prismatic crystals of murphyite. Other areas on the same specimen have the following confirmed minerals: ottoite, shieffelinite, emmonsite, and "girdite," a discredited mineral, likely a mixture of ottoite and plumbotellurite. The murphyite crystals have quite similar morphology to raspite. The tellurium-rich raspite from Tombstone has ...

© Marek Chorazewicz

Clear prismatic crystals of murphyite. Other areas on the same specimen have the following confirmed minerals: ottoite, shieffelinite, emmonsite, and "girdite," a discredited mineral, likely a mixture of ottoite and plumbotellurite. Please see the parent photo for more details. The photo was taken by Michael Cox on his Keyence microscope at ...

© Marek Chorazewicz