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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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.
7325 JL3434 Pyrolusite, Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 from the Holland Micro Group.
7302 JL3890 Melilite, Graulei Quarry, Hillesheim, Eifel, Germany
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 2000.
8518 Bariopharmacosiderite, Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Orange cubes. Type Locality. Width 6mm. Stack of 90 images.
8516 Natrolite, Phillipsite, Höwenegg Quarry (Hewenegg Quarry), Immendingen, Tuttlingen district, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Colourless prismatic natrolite with a stalactite of colourless phillipsite. Width 7.5mm. Stack of 200 images.
9118 JP2620 Pseudobrookite, Nepheline, Fluorapatite, Biotite, Rhonite, Nickenicher Sattel (Eicher Sattel), Nickenich, Andernach, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Sharp black prismatic pseudobrookite, colourless hexagonal nepheline, white fluorapatite, brownish biotite, single reddish rhonite. Width 2.77mm. Stack of 16 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
3684 Messelite, Near Prinz von Hesse coal mine, Messel, Hessen, Germany
Type Locality. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection No. 3252.
ncat JP0437 Lepidocrocite, Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Pale pink fluorescent matrix
ncat JP0959 Bariopharmacosiderite, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Olive green cubes. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Type Locality.
ncat JP0431 Tetrahedrite, Amphibolite quarry, Mackenheim, Abtsteinach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany
Orange fluorescence sphalerite? Mindat records tennantite not tetrahedrite
ncat JP1301 Thomsonite-Ca, Schrimpf basalt works, Herbstein, Vogelsberg, Hesse, Germany
Thomsonite not in Mindat
ncat JP0435 Salammoniac, Carola Mine (Konigin Carola Mine; Paul Berndt Mine), Freital, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Green fluorescence due to uranyl ions? But doesn’t fluoresce under SW!
ncat JP0423 Silver, Pohla-Tellerhauser Mine, Pohla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Two bright white unknown fluorescent areas
ncat JP0427 Zeunerite, Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Zeunerite not fluorescent. Maybe Novacekite-I as well?
ncat JP0429 Lollingite, Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Single bright white fluorescent unknown
4682 Sapphire, Dachsbusch, Glees, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Labelled as Dachsbusch, Huttenberg. Mindat lists sapphire in the latter, not the former., Excalibur Minerals
4869 Safflorite after Silver and Proustite, Shaft 207, Niederschlema, Schlema, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Safflorite pseudomorph after Silver and Proustite, Richard Bell
5502 Stolzite, Pyromorphite, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5520 Kaersutite, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Other species present. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
4810 Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Ex Erwin Schuhbauer Collection, Helmut Braith
4813 Gypsum, Serpierite, Eckardt smelter slag locality, Leimbach, Mansfeld, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Munchener Micromounter, Helmut Braith
30016 Augite, Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Black augite crystals in embedded in a matrix of weathered olivine. Label says Lasbach, with the original handwritten label being misinterpreted. Identical material to Limberg Quarries ones listed in Mindat so undoubtedly the locality. ex...
30018 Raspite, Chamosite, Arsenopyrite, Fluorite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Pinkish raspite (single crystal), cream chamosite balls, prismatic arsenopyrite, including some partial trillings, colourless fluorite, well-formed chalcopyrite crystals and colourless quartz crystals. Ex Wolfgang Henkel.
7169 Linnaeite, Quartz, Musen, Hilchenbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria.
7092 Agardite-(Ce), Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany
Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7095 Roedderite, Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
10016 Nickelbischofite, Annaberg, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
From a rare species collection
7173 Mullite, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7155 Cristobalite, Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection. White crystals. Other species present but not identified (tridymite?, enstatite?, phlogopite?).
7145 Offretite, Schrimpf basalt works, Herbstein, Vogelsberg, Hesse, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection. Labelled as thomsonite, but clearly identical habit to offretite pictured on Mindat.
7106 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Thaumasite, Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7109 Unnamed (Gordaite-related Ca-Zn Sulphate Chloride Hydrate), Gypsum, Herzog Julius smelter slag locality, Astfeld, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Namuwite erroneously reported according to Mindat (Uwe Kolitsch, 2012). It is actually Unnamed (Gordaite-related Ca-Zn Sulphate Chloride Hydrate). ex Joan Lamond Collection
7091 Andradite, Rothenberg, Bell, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7102 Tridymite, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
10013 Calcite, Millerite, Hematite, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Flat topped colourless prisms of calcite on matrix. The underside has acicular millerite (rare at this location) and hematite. Ex Aug Kranz hand-written label carbonate of lime. Ex A. Kranz in Bonn, Oct 23. Ex...
4651 Oxycalciopyrochlore, Magnetite, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Reddish-brown loose crystals. Ex Dennis McMurdie, ex Minerals Unlimited. Originally called koppite.
4406 Pseudolaueite, Hagendorf South (Hagendorf Sud) Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany
Jim Daly 11/2007 (Roy I. Grim coll’n)
4405 Schoonerite, Hagendorf South (Hagendorf Sud) Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany
Jim Daly 11/2007 (Roy I. Grim coll’n)
3992 Sillenite, Eulytine, Grube Weihauptel, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany
Diederik Visser 3/2005
3989 Lavendulan, Fluorite, Grube St. Johannes, Wolkenstein, Germany
Diederik Visser 3/2005
3990 Ludwigite, Szaibelyite (Ascharite), Grube Pohla, Schwartzenberg, Saxony, Germany
Diederik Visser 3/2005
3985 Neustadtelite, Bismutite, Galdner Falk Mine, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany
Diederik Visser 3/2005
3766 Cristobalite, Fluorvarulite, Zinkhutte Genna, Letmathe, Germany
Fluorvarulite not a species – unknown what this is.
6052 Lautite, Vater Abraham Mine, Lauta, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Silver aggregate. Said to be from original material of 1881.
6051 Zeophyllite, Aegirine-augite, Phillipsite, Schellkopf, Brenk, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
White aggregates on phillipsite with pale green prismatic crystals of aegirine-augite
6035 Sailaufite, Braunite, Fuchs Quarry, Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Hasbach, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Type locality for sailaufite. Reddish black crystals with black beraunite.
6008 Stratlingite, Mayener Feld, Southern lava flow, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Germany
Type locality. Colourless crystals in viens