2298 Aubertite, Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Pale blue crystalline crust of aubertite. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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4562 Obradovicite Group, Gypsum, Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Yellow-green crust of one of the Obradovicite Group species with minor white gypsum. Ex Jim Daly. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat GLEE Libethenite, La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Mid green tufts of prismatic crystals. Width of view 4.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat GLEE Libethenite, Brochantite, Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Prismatic libethenite crystals with the smaller ones being a transparent light “epidote” green, and the larger ones being a very dark blackish-green. Greenish blue brochantite. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 130 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
6030 Carlosbarbosaite, Jaguaraçu pegmatite, Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Type Locality. Curved fibrous pale yellow crystals of carlosbarbosaite. Apparently the discovery was very limited, about 100 specimens, all micros. It has since been reported from another half a dozen localities. Ex Chris Stefano. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
ncat GLEE Phurcalite, Meta-torbernite, Quartz, Unknown, San Miguel prospect, Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Green platy crystals of metatorbernite, yellow phurcalite (fluorescent), colourless crystals (some as sceptres), and a colourless platy crystal (left side of photo and in closeup). The latter is a similar habit to torbernite, but there is no hint of green! Matrix is composed mostly of andradite garnet(?). Width of view...
ncat JLMAR01 JL2378 Chalcomenite, Allophane, Krut’aite, El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Blue chalcomenite with yellow balls of allophane on metallic krut’aite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan as part of a Swiss collection in 1997. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AA5 Alfredopetrovite, Ahlfeldite, Penroseite, Chalcomenite, Felsőbányaite, El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Type Locality for alfredopetrovite. White balls with a greenish-grey tint of alfredopetrovite, minor pink Co-bearing ahlfeldite, minor light blue chalcomenite(?), minor silver penroseite, white patches of felsőbányaite, and thin colourless blades and colourless blocky crystals of unidentified species. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image...
2758 Haiweeite, Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Simply labelled Azul Mine. Yellow puffballs and acicular groups.
ncat OS009 Eosphorite, Zanazziite(?), Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A spray of orange eosphorite covered by green zanazziite(?). The second photo shows a broken surface where you can see the original eosphorite. Is this then coated by zanazziite giving it a green colour, then overgrown by more eosphorite? Or is it all eosphorite, but just an odd colour? Width...
ncat JP3133 Eosphorite, Roscherite Group, Pyrite, Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Orange prismatic eosphorite crystals. Green crystal aggregates possibly (probably?) zanazziite not roscherite as labelled. Small pyrite crystals also present. Unidentified colourless-white crystal clusters probably albite? Ex Jo Price Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 9mm and stack of 56 images (first photo), 4.5mm and 28 images (second photo),...
ncat OS009 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Gonzalito mine, Gonzalito mining district, Sierra Grande, San Antonio Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina
Wulfenite with two different habits on either side of the specimen. On one side, thin tabular crystals and on the other, blocky tapering prismatic double-terminated crystals. Collected by Jack and Marty Crawford in 2005. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 42 images. Click on the image below for a higher...