Hemimorphite, Greenockite, Calcite

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Drusy hemimorphite, colored yellow by inclusions of greenockite, forming pseudomorphs (epimorphs) after calcite crystals, 54 cm, from near Joplin, Missouri. Carnegie Museum of Natural History collection (CM12117), donated to the museum by A. L. Means in 1897; Harold and Erica Van Pelt photo.

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SizeMuseum
Dimensions54.0 cm
Added on03/26/2026
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 60
  • Mineralogical Record The Kevin Brown Collection page 23
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DateCollectorAcquisition price
—A. L. MeansNot disclosed

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Hemimorphite
Mineral guide
Learn about Hemimorphite
hydrated zinc silicate with colorless blades and blue botryoids; forms in zinc-oxide zones, with famed localities and collector appeal.
Hemimorphite
Regional guide
Hemimorphite from Joplin Field
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Locality guide
Joplin Field
Joplin Field, USA, Missouri heart of the Tri-State lead-zinc district; famed for layered galena-sphalerite specimens with calcite, dolomite, and marcasite.