Some of the turquoise from their mine contains limonite intergrown with thin layers of native gold. |
The phenakite is also associated with albite, limonite, smoky quartz, and topaz and is often overlooked because it resembles quartz. |
Although some plates are dull and stained by limonite, the clean, bright specimens are very aesthetic. |
This crystal was glassy and was found associated with smoky quartz, microcline-perthite, biotite, zircon, bastnasite, and limonite after siderite. |
The common presence of limonite suggests that there was a significant quantity of pyrite in the area prior to oxidation. |
In the flats surrounding the veins commercial iron deposits were found as limonite that was derived from the oxidation of iron carbonates. |