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.
Europe
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 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
ncat JP1175 Orpiment, El’brusskiy Arsenic mine (Elbrusskii), Elbrus Mt, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Bruzie Mine, Urals, Russia
5660 Blatterite, Pyrochroite, Calcite, Kitteln Mine, Nordmark Odal Field (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Black prismatic, dark massive. Calcite fluorescent. Type Locality for blatterite, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5656 Botryogen, Halotrichite, Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Type Locality, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5658 Katoptrite, Sonolite, Manganosite, Calcite, Kitteln Mine, Nordmark Odal Field (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Black, brown, green. Calcite fluorescent, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5659 Tegengrenite, Pyrochroite, Manganosite, Calcite, Kitteln Mine, Nordmark Odal Field (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
Tiny orange, dark massive, green. Calcite fluorescent, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5654 Monazite, Naujakasite, Villiaumite, Aegirine, Sodalite, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark
Sodalite orange fluorscence, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5528 Chabazite, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Labeled as faeroerne, Iceland. Ex John Lewis collection
4736 Tunisite, Calcite, Condorcet, Drome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Ex Ralph Merrill Collection (#3884). Ex David Garske. Ex Mineral Zone.
4667 Clinochlore, Titanite, Albite, Calcite?, Bockstein, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Labelled as “pennin” = clinochlore, Helmut Braith
4682 Sapphire, Dachsbusch, Glees, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Labelled as Dachsbusch, Huttenberg. Mindat lists sapphire in the latter, not the former., Excalibur Minerals
4696 Phosphosiderite, Sitio do Castelo Mine (Folgosinho quarry), Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District, Portugal
ex Jacques-Yves Desescaut, Marseilles, swapped in 2005, Helmut Braith
4697 Scorodite, Carminite, Alto das Quelhas do Gestoso Mine, Gestoso, Manhouce, Sao Pedro do Sul, Viseu District, Portugal
ex Jacques-Yves Desescaut, Marseilles, Helmut Braith
5643 Fluor-liddicoatite, Elbaite, Sandnessjoen Pegmatite, Sandnessjoen, Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway
Zoned crystals, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5644 Hundholmenite-(Y), Yttrofluorite, Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway
Type Locality. Specimen from the same rock as the Type Specimen., Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5648 Anatase, Quartz, Adularia, Valldalen (Valldalsvatnet), Roldal, Odda, Hordaland, Norway
Collected by Bjorn Skar, Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5650 Anthophyllite, Kjennerudvann Anthophyllite Prospect, Kjennerudvann, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Type Locality. Collected by Torfinn Kjaernet., Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5633 Thomsonite-Ca, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5634 Epidote, Microcline, Hotvedt Quarry, Fokserod, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5637 Diaspore, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5638 Natrolite, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5639 Natrolite, Epididymite, Saga Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
4869 Safflorite after Silver and Proustite, Shaft 207, Niederschlema, Schlema, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Safflorite pseudomorph after Silver and Proustite, Richard Bell
5520 Kaersutite, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Other species present. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5631 Bohmite, Natrolite, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
5632 Bohmite, Natrolite, Saga 1 Quarry, Sagasen, Morje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
Ole-Thorstein Ljostad
4810 Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Ex Erwin Schuhbauer Collection, Helmut Braith
4811 Clinotyrolite, Weisser Schrofen, Ringenwechsel District, Schwaz, Brixlegg – Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Munchener Micromounter, Helmut Braith
4813 Gypsum, Serpierite, Eckardt smelter slag locality, Leimbach, Mansfeld, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Munchener Micromounter, Helmut Braith
4796 Fluorapatite, Rutile, Beryller, Abichl Alp – Beryller area, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Ex Erwin Schuhbauer Collection, Helmut Braith
4806 Epidote, Diopside, Sollnkar, Krimmler Ache valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Ferrian diopside, originally labelled as augite, Helmut Braith
5498 Lomonosovite, Lovozero Massif, Murmanskaya Oblast’, Northern Region, Russia
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
4823 Preiswerkite, Geisspfad pass, Geisspfad area, Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Type Locality, Richard Bell
4717 Aksaite, Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aktobe Province (Aqtobe Oblysy; Aktubinskaya Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. Few perfect micro crystals of extremely rare borate mineral (part of holotype), eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
4718 Kurgantaite, Mt Kurgan-tau, Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur’yev), Atyrau Province (Atyrau Oblysy; Atyrau Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. Extremely rare chloride-borate of Ca and Sr. Part of holotype. This material is very rare, scarce and presents only in old collections and is completely unaccessible for collecting now., eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
4719 Satimolite, Satimola salt dome, Oral Rayon (Uralsk Rayon), Western Kazakhstan Province (Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. Chalky-white microconcretions of satimolite – extremely rare borate mineral. Part of holotype., eBay geo-trader. Jaroslaw Skupiewski
4677 Prehnite, Epidote, Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca Valley, Misox, Grischun, Switzerland
Tabular colourless prehnite crystal on epidote. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4794 Agardite-(Y), Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Analysed by Uwe Kolitsch, Helmut Braith
4764 Stilbite-Na, Cape Pula, Pula, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Type Locality, 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.
30042 Gonnardite, Phillipsite, La Chaux de Bergonne, Gignat, Saint-Germain-Lembron, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
Type Locality. Ex Fred Pough, ex Steve Pullman (Whole Earth Minerals, Reno, Nevada).
7169 Linnaeite, Quartz, Musen, Hilchenbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Museum Victoria.
8018 Cinnabar, Calcite, Almaden Mine, Almaden, Almaden District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. ex Hatfield Goudey
8122 Semseyite, Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbanya), Baia Mare (Nagybanya), Maramures, Romania
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
10080 Fluor-Elbaite, Agskardet, Holandsfjorden, Meloy, Nordland, Norway
Partial crystal of elbaite in matrix. Ex Ruth Coulsell Collection.
7104 Gold, Rosia Montana (Verespatak; Vorospatak; Goldbach), Rosia Montana Commune, Alba, Romania
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7107 Zykaite, Kankite, Safary Mine, Kank, Kutna Hora (Kuttenberg), Central Bohemia Region, Czech Republic
Type Locality for Zykaite. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7120 Fibroferrite, Croix-de-Pallieres, Saint-Felix-de-Pallieres, Gard, Occitanie, France
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7132 Dissakisite-(Ce), Allanite-(Ce), Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariege, Occitanie, France
ex Joan Lamond Collection. Labelled as allanite-(Ce). Many allanites from here are actually dissakisite with allanite rims. General rule is that paler crystals are dissakisite. Specimen not analysed however.
7133 Krautite, Jachymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7134 Villiaumite, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Vince Peisley
7076 Wellsite, Hrubsice, Oslavany, Brno-Country District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
Wellsite was discredited in 1997 – it is either barian Phillipsite-Ca or calcian Harmotome. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7083 Cuprite, Nasbinals, Lozere, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Chalcotrichite. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7087 Uranopilite, Morran, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7092 Agardite-(Ce), Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany
Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7094 Perroudite, Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, France
Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7095 Roedderite, Emmelberg, Udersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7099 Ardaite, Galena, Gruvasen mines, Persberg district, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7163 Analcime, Calcite, Road Cut SW, Avhellero (Avdhellero), Larnaca District (Larnaka District; İskele District), Cyprus
ex Joan Lamond Collection. Specimen acquired from Dutch collector, hence Oost Troodos.
20006 Azurite, Moldova Nou? (Neumoldowa), Moldova Nou?-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Banat Mts, Cara?-Severin Co., Romania
Labelled simply as Moldowa, Bannat. Very similar to Mindat photo 459649. Ex Dr A. Kranz in Bonn, number 35470. Ex Michigan Mining School Collection, number 35470 crossed out, new number 6033. Ex Michigan College of...
20001 Elbaite, Malkhan pegmatite field (Malchan; Malechansk), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
A single rubellite crystal, typical pink, 25x5x5mm.
10066 Calcite, Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Colourless calcite crystals. Won at Tucson Show Dinner Auction (first Tucson trip). Priced at $220.
10046 Quartz, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
The Rocket. Group of beta-quartz like crystals that looks like a rocket ready for lift-off.
10014 Valentinite, Galena, Pribram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Bohmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Orange-stained platey crystals of valentinte with other species on matrix. Ex New York State Museum, number 3463-1. Ex Kunz Collection, number 216.1 (written in red on specimen). Back of one label says prepared by Dr...
10016 Nickelbischofite, Annaberg, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
From a rare species collection
7170 Celestine, Calcite, Ratum Quarry, Vosseveld, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7173 Mullite, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7157 JL2824 Hemimorphite, San Benedetto Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7151 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Sortuz, Balkhash Region, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Harry Critchley
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?).
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
7113 Cafarsite, Wanni glacier – Scherbadung area (Monte Cervandone), Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7089 Magnetite, Fornovo Val di Taro, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7091 Andradite, Rothenberg, Bell, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection