ncat EUR1 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Katharina I Mine, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersberg District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Prismatic wulfenite with smaller acicular mimetite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images.
Germany
2864 NA Crocoite, Bindheimite, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
Vughs with crocoite crystals in a massive piece of crocoite, with yellow powdery coatings and small crystals of bindheimite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 61 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2231 Jeremejevite, Sanidine, Topaz, Sodalite, Hematite, Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Tiny blue jeremejevite with white sodalite, colourless prismatic topaz and colourless/grey sanidine. Hematite also on specimen. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4686 Erythrite, Im Lochborn Copper mine, Bieber, Gelnhausen, Spessart, Hesse, Germany
Pale pink puffballs with darker pink surfaces. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP1762 Weilite, Erythrite, Sainfeldite, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
White weilite with pink tufts of erythrite, and pale pink balls of sainfeldite(?) and deeper pink-purple prismatic crystals of sainfeldite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 37 images (weilite) and 63 images (erythrite).
2234 Faujasite, Opal, Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Emmendingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Octahedral crystals of faujasite with opal spheres and coating. Exact species of faujasite not known. Ca, Mg and Na recorded (the latter two being Type Locality species). Width of view 5mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4772 Erythrite, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Pink puffballs of erythrite in a cavity that was originally likely filled with sulphides. Acquired from Helmut Braith. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2223 Phosphophyllite, Sphalerite, Zwieselite, Hagendorf-Sud, Bavaria, Germany
Not a great specimen, but colourless crystals of phosphophyllite present, some showing indications of twinning, with brown sphalerite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7435 JL2153 Rhönite, Nickenicher Weinberg, Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from the Holland Micro Group.
7391 JL2141 Quartz, Bellerberg volcano, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from the Holland Micro Group.
7340 JL2395 Hörnesite, Ore dumps, Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $2.00.
7326 JL3566 Malachite, Cuprite, Copper, Quartz, Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Unkel, Neuwied District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex Museum Victoria, acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Width of view 2.5mm.