Gillespite Mineral Gallery

Gillespite Mineral Gallery
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Gillespite Minerals

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Gillespite: BaFe++Si4O10  
Anandite: (Ba,K)(Fe++,Mg)3(Si,Al,Fe)4O10(S,OH)2

Comments: Black micaceous anandite with dark red gillespite.
Location: Esquire No. 7 Claim, Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Gillespite: BaFe++Si4O10  
Pellyite: Ba2Ca(Fe++,Mg)2Si6O17

Comments: Red crystalline gillespite with yellow pellyite rock matrix.
Location: GUN claims, Itsi Mountains, MacMillan Pass Area, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Gillespite: BaFe++Si4O10  
Bigcreekite: BaSi2O5·4(H2O)  
Sanbornite: BaSi2O5

Comments: Tiny white, spherical patterns, halo-like crystals of bigcreekite to about 0.5mm and reddish gillespite in a matrix of pale yellowish sanbornite.
Location: Trumbull Peak, Mariposa Co., California, United States. Scale: 2.5 x 2 x 2cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
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