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Epitaxy

Baryte epitaxy on witherite, a very rare specimen Gmelinite K epitaxial on chabazite Ca, San Nicolas de la Aldea, Gran Canaria, Spain. Epitaxial chalcopyrite crystals on a tetrahedral face of a large tetrahedrite crystal from Peru.
Lévyne-Ca crystals to 3.5 mm with erionite overgrowths, Beech Creek Quarry, Mount Vernon, Grant Co., Oregon, USA Cumengeite epitaxial overgrowths on boleite cube, 2 mm, Amelia Mine, Mexico. Rutile hematite epitaxy
Rutile epitaxial on hematite, 27 x 25 mm, Zagi Mountain, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Galena homoepitaxy, 3 x 3 cm, Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Oklahoma Galena on matrix with sphalerite. Ballard Mine, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Kansas, USA. 45 mm matrix
Rare epitaxial baryte on witherite, Scaleburn Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. 12 mm witherites on 35 mm matrix. Ankerite on thin quartz epimorph of fluorite with sphalerite. Barneycraig Mine. Quartz epimorphs after fluorite, with sphalerite, 47 mm specimen. Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.
Quartz epimorphs after fluorite, with sphalerite, 60 mm specimen. Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor.

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