0383 Iranite, Evening Star Mine, Tiger Wash, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Dark brown crystals of iranite. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
North and Central Americas
ncat SD Kulanite, Fluorapatite, Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Very dark platy crystals of kulanite that are green with transmitted light, with white to colourless fluorapatite crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
2290 Scheelite, Quartz, Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine, Ophir, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Yellow crystals of scheelite on quartz. The scheelite fluoresces bluish-white under shortwave UV. Minor sulphides also present. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 25 images (white light), and 31 images (Shortwave UV). Click on the...
ncat JP1547, Scheelite, Quartz, Ophir Hill Consolidated Mine (Montana Mine; Ophir Coalition Mine), Ophir, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Yellow crystals of scheelite on quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 110 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat MAR05 Magnesiopascoite, Burro Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
Stacked plates of orange magnesiopascoite crystals. Ex Al Wilkins. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 87 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1283 Perovskite, Andradite, Chlorite, Actinolite, Perovskite Peak, San Benito Peak, San Benito Co., California, USA
Three stepped black perovskite crystals with brown centres, and smaller black melanite andradite garnets. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW307 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite, Pyrite, Corner Pocket, Watercourse Rise, Watercourse Extension Drift, Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Collected September 1994. Pink rhombs of rhodochrosite with a couple of quartz crystals and a group of small pyrite crystals, all on a cluster of tetrahedrite crystals. Width of the specimen 18mm. Stack of 65...
ncat JP1096 Dioptase, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
A tough one to photograph! Green prismatic crystals of dioptase from this classic locality. Ex Jo Price Collection, Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
3654 Weeksite, Opal, Autunite No 8 Claim, Thomas Mountains, Juab Co, Utah, USA
There are two distinct species here based on the fluorescence response. Pale yellow fibrous sprays of weeksite that look like they fluoresce yellow, but are just reflecting the surrounding opal that fluoresce strongly. Width of...
0582 Neptunite, Dallas gem mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
A single black crystal with a hint of internal red fire. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2485 Sylvite, Esterhazy Soak, New York, USA
Locality not listed in Mindat, nor can I find any other reference to it. Single sylvite crystal without matrix. Sheila Harper found this reference so that might help a bit. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack...
2913 Pyrite, Barite, Fluorite, Nakaye mine (Alamo mine), Derry District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Tiny pyrite crystals on the face of a barite crystal, with dark purple fluorite associated. The barite is said to be coloured because of pyrite inclusions, but that even under a microscope, crystals can’t be...
2902 Gypsum, Nakaye mine (Alamo mine), Derry District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
A small piece of gypsum collected at the same time as specimens of barite, calcite and fluorite. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 66 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5808 A2985 6666m Fluorite, Quartz, Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mountains, Burro Mountains Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Blue fluorescent purple octahedral crystals on quartz. Ex Art Smith Collection. Ex Carl Stazak. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5807 A2983 672marps Fluorite, Siderite, Pyrite, K Feldspar, Albite, Granite Mountain Quarry #1, Granite Mountain Area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Octahedral fluorite colourless through to a fracture, then pale purple-grey over the rest of the crystal. Blue fluorescence. Hemisphere of brown siderite(?), rounded pyrite, and colourless albite, all on pinkish-tan K feldspar. Ex Art Smith...
5806 A2964 680marps Fluorite, Pyrophanite, Aegirine (Acmite), Albite, Holiday Inn Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Purple fluorite cluster and isolated crystals with green needles of aegirine, brown pseudohexagonal pyrophanite, and colourless albite crystals, all in a white albite matrix. Ex Art Smith Collection (collected in 1986). Width of view 8.63mm....
5805 A2980 523marps Fluorite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Albite, Pyrophanite, Natrolite(?), Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry), Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Tiny purple octahedral fluorite crystalson albite with greenish chlorite, white prismatic crystals of natrolite(?), colourless quartz, and brown pyrophanite. Also on specimen magnetite, Ex Art Smith Collection (collected in 1979). Width of view 11.5mm. Stack...
ncat JP345 Montgomeryite, Whitlockite, Fluorapatite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Colourless rhombs of whitlockite on orange bladed montgomeryite, it partially coated by white balls of fluorapatite. Ex Jo Price Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the...
ncat JP340 Whitlockite, Childrenite-Eosphorite, Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo No. 1 pegmatite; Hartford Mine; GE Mine), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Transparent tan-coloured rhombohedral crystals of whitlockite with prismatic crystals of childrenite? Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 100 images. Edit: May be eosphorite rather than childrenite (or somewhere in the series)....
ncat JP355, Bermanite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Red-brown to blackish crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Ex Jack Nelson Collection. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JP882, Strengite, Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, USA
Sharp pale lilac crystals. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 180 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JL0571 Lazulite, Whiteite, Quartz, Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
Dark blue lazulite crystals with tan whiteite and colourless quartz. Ex Jo Price Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 100 images.
5673 Elbaite, Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Single green terminated crystal 13mm long. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK F48 Fluorite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Bluffton Stone Company Quarry, Bluffton, Richland Township, Allen Co., Ohio, USA
Purple fluorite tabular crystals (one axis is shorter than the other two) with very tiny modifications on the corners (modified by the trapezohedron). Colourless to greyish white dolomite crystals (matrix is a dolostone). Tiny pyrite...
ncat ANK MSH128 Sphalerite, Albite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
A sharp metallic black tetrahedral sphalerite crystal on white albite. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 109 images. Click on the image below for a...
ncat ANK MSH126 Rhodochrosite, Aegirine, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Deep sharp red-brown rhombohedral crystals, one perched on aegirine crystal. There are also colourless reticulated crystals below right of centre. Maybe albite? One small area on top of rhodochrosite (not in photo) fluoresces orange. Ex...
ncat ANK MSH87 Franconite, Actinolite, Zircon, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Franconite (white spheres), actinolite (green sprays) and brown crystals of zircon(?) that fluoresce orange. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 59 images. Click on the...
ncat ANK MSH93 Lorenzenite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Pinkish acicular crystals of lorenzenite. There are a couple of unknowns too, the pale greenish prismatic crystal and the brown material upper left (it fluoresces orange). Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre...
ncat ANK MSH147 Calcioburbankite, Petersenite-(Ce), Siderite, Hilairite(?), Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
As with many MSH specimens, you don’t always know what you’ve got! White to tan calcioburbankite on hexagonal prismatic petersenite-(Ce). Many of the brown crystals, the lighter ones, are siderite, but some, the darker brown...
ncat ANK MSH65 Dawsonite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Colourless striated prisms. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Pete Richards. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 68 images. Blue sodalite (part of matrix) fluoresces a strong orange. Click on the image below for...
ncat ANK MSH44 Eudialyte, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Rootbeer brown crystal. It is labelled as eudialyte but it is not known if it has been analysed. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich, collected May 2007. Width of view 5.75mm....
ncat ANK MSH137 Neighborite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Small cluster of brown cubes. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 85 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH71 Pectolite, Phlogopite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Phlogopite pseudohexagonal plates on prismatic colourless pectolite. Pectolite crystals have zoned fluorescence, pink with blue caps. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 60 images. Comparison image...
ncat ANK MSH81 Burbankite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Yellow “reverse sceptre” burbankite. Second photo ilmenite and burbankite. Calcite also present on specimen. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 18 images (burbankite). Stack of...
ncat ANK MSH123 Epididymite, Franconite, Analcime, Muscovite, Pyrite, Albite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Colourless twinned epididymite with cream hemispheres of franconite(?), with tiny silver pseudohexagonal muscovite, and tiny pyrite crystals, minor albite, all on analcime. There is also a prismatic hexagonal crystal of epididymite pointing down to the...
ncat ANK MSH110 Elpidite, Gaidonnayite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Elpidite greenish and bright fluorescent green under longwave UV, gaidonnayite (not in photo) clear. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 57 images (white light) and...
ncat ANK MSH107 Serandite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Prismatic pale pink crystals. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 134 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH103 Vinogradovite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Thin tan blades. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 5.75mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat ANK MSH100 Monteregianite-(Y), Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Sprays of thin grey prismatic crystals. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 95 images. Most of the matrix fluoresces orange, probably nepheline. Click on the...
ncat ANK MSH100 Hilairite, Gaidonnayite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Type Locality for hilairite. Brown hilairite with colourless/grey twinned gaidonnayite. Hilairite fluoresce green under longwave UV, but gaidonnayite doesn’t appear to respond. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean Pierre Beckerich. Width of view...
ncat ANK MSH1 Ferrokentbrooksite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Small orange crystals. Originally labelled as kentbrooksite, but probably ferrokentbrooksite and most likely collected before that mineral was described as a new species. Ex Noel and Ann Kennon Collection. Ex Jean P Beckerich. Width of...
2337 Desautelsite, Artinite pit, Picacho Peak, New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
Orange crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Desautelsite is named after Paul Desautels (1920-1991), well-known mineral micromounter and Curator of Gems and Minerals in the Department of Mineral Sciences of the U.S....
20107 Wulfenite, Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Tabular orange wulfenite with a brown core (sandwich). Shown backlit. Width of view 17.25mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20083 Voglite, Zellerite(?), White Canyon No. 1 Mine (Cameo Mine), Fry Mesa, White Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Green fluorescent voglite with platy yellow zellerite(?).
20080 Vrbaite, Avicennite, Parapierottite, Lookout Pass Thallium prospect, Little Valley, Lookout Pass Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Microcrystalline black vrbaite, brown avicennite and metallic grey parapierrotite coating chert matrix.
2672 Metauranocircite, Davier Mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA
Lemon-yellow platy crystals of metauranocircite. Highly fluorescent. Ex Jim Daly. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 30 images (white light) and 8 (longwave UV). Use the slider on the photo below to compare the white...
4972 Metauranocircite-I, Davier Mine, Bald Mountain District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA
Lemon-yellow highly fluorescent plates on a goethite matrix. Ex Al Wilkins. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images (white light), 10 images (longwave UV). Use the slider on the photo below to compare the...
ncat WD205 Topaz, Artroyos Mine, Potrillos, Sierra de San Francisco, América-Sapioris District (Potrillos), Coneto de Comonfort Municipality, Durango, Mexico
An interesting little specimen of topaz that measures just 24mm in width. Ex Mike New Collection.
5792 Sanidine, Mordenite, Seco Creek, Caballo, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Collected by Mike Reinke. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5791 Amethyst, Rutile, Kelly Canyon West, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Amethyst and red rutile found in a boulder by Jerry Cone when in an arroyo with Mike Reinke where Route 187 crosses over Kelly Canyon West, a few kilometres north of Caballo. Width of view...
5790 Amethyst, Rutile, Kelly Canyon West, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Amethyst and red rutile found in a boulder by Jerry Cone when in an arroyo with Mike Reinke where Route 187 crosses over Kelly Canyon West, a few kilometres north of Caballo. Width of view...
5789 Tridymite, Truth or Consequences, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Pseudohexagonal white plates of tridymite with black balls of hematite(?). Branching stalactitic groups of stacked crystals may also be tridymite. Collected by Mike Reinke on open land near to ToR. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack...
5788 Alum, Calcite, Ash Canyon, Truth or Consequences, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Fibrous white alum with calcite (it dissolves leaving alum). Visual ID by Rolf Leutcke photo in Mindat. Collected by Mike Reinke. Width of view 6.5mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for...
5787 Tridymite, Titanite, “Pyrobole”, Animas Creek, Caballo, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Colourless bladed stellate tridymite, orange titanite(?) and grey-green “pyrobole”, an unidentified pyroxene or amphibole. Collected from a boulder on the ridge above Animas Creek by Mike Reinke. Width of view 4.9mm and a stack of...
5786 Molybdofornacite, Quartz, Comfort claim, Mahoney Mines area, Tres Hermanas Mining District, Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA
Tiny green crystal aggregate on quartz. Ex Mike Reinke, Jerry Cone. Width of view 3.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5785 Surite, Wicks Vein (Wicks Mine), Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Delicate flakes in cavities where once was a sulphide. Ex Mike Reinke. Width of view 3.25mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5784 Obsidian, Ash Canyon, Truth or Consequences, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Chips of obsidian can be picked up off the open ground north of the TorC Elementary School. This specimen collected by Mike Reinke in situ in Ash Canyon, just east of TorC. Width of view...
5783 Goethite, Palomas Gap, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Massive goethite with a fibrous look on the edge, with a glassy surface. In this are some orange/brown rings with a blue tint. Collected by Mike Reinke downstream from Palomas Gap. Width of view 6.5mm....
5782 Topaz, King Canyon, New Mexico State Road 187, North of Caballo, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Blue-tinted topaz in rhyolite. May be coloured by what is under it. Collected by Mike Reinke. Width of view 1.75mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4037 Buddingtonite, San Mateo Co., California, USA
Massive fine-grained material. Acquired from Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Width of specimen 13.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2237 Calcite, Chlorite Group, O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry), Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA
Green chlorite (labelled clinochlore) on and under zoned colourless/white calcite crystals from the Silliman Quarry (as per the label). Little balls of chlorite can be seen perched on the termination of a couple of the...
ncat 2RG Beryl var Bixbite, Ruby Violet claims, Beaver County, Utah, USA
A single deep purplish-red hexagonal crystal 7mm long and 6mm across in matrix. Ex Graham Lee Collection. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
8054 Carletonite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
A single crystal without matrix showing perfect cleavage. Ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1613 Spodumene (Hiddenite), Hiddenite (near), Alexander Co, North Carolina, USA
A pale green hiddenite crystal without matrix. Width of view 17.25mm. Stack of 24 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat OW403 Azurite, Holbrook Extension, Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
A lovely cluster of azurite crystals without matrix, labelled as from the Holbrook Extension. Width of view 32mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5517 Grossular, Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources (previously Asbestos), Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
A group of pale but lustrous grossular garnets with interesting surface features. Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Matt Gibbs. Width of specimen 12mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution...
20078 VHD10 Grossular, Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
A single deep pink/purple grossular crystal on a small amount of wollastonite matrix. A few smaller crystals are dotted around. The garnet, a darker pink than many, fluoresces red under longwave UV. Ex Keith Williams,...
1652 Cacoxenite, Bachman Mine, Hellertown, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Zoned yellow cacoxenite hemispheres. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
10086 Topaz, Tribute Pocket, Agnus Dei Claim, Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA
Pale peach/pink coloured topaz 38x35x26mm. Found by Rich Fretterd during an episode of The Prospectors. See article in Minerals Newspaper.
7079 JL0772 Weloganite, Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Type Locality. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1985 from a collector in Edmonton, Canada. Width of specimen 9mm. Stack of 112 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2023 Goudeyite, Olivenite, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Type Locality for goudeyite. Green patches of botryoidal goudeyite and tiny needles visible under higher magnification, with pale-coloured prismatic olivenite crystals. Ex Richard Grant Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 47 images. Click on...
1403 Strengite, Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co, Alabama, USA
Lilac bladed crystals. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 21 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0052 Gold, Timroseite, Khinite, Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Visible gold (just above centre) with yellow timroseite and green khinite. Type Locality for timroseite. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4525 Maricopaite, Mimetite, Moon Anchor Mine, Hummingbird Spring, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
White sprays of maricopaite with yellow mimetite. Type Locality for maricopaite. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4507 Searlesite, Esmeralda Formation, Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA
Colourless prismatic crystals. Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
6073 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, MapimÃ, Mun. de MapimÃ, Durango, Mexico
Vintage Neal Yedlin micromount. Width of view 19mm. Stack of 44 images. A fine adamite from the Ojuela Mine, mounted by Yedlin on a piece of black cork in a hand-labeled vintage cardboard micromount box,...
2549 Palermoite, Palermo #1 Mine, North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Type Locality. Light orange stained crystals. White arrow points to spot. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0456 Brazilianite, Quartz, G. E. Smith Mine (Chandler Mills Quarry), Newport, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
Pale yellow brazilianite with colourless quartz collected in 1969, mounted Feb. 5, 1984, and from the renowned collection of J.W. Grandy. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 100. Click on the mineral image below for...
0885 Gold, Placerville (Hangtown), Placerville Mining District, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado Co., California, USA
Hackly gold in a quartz vein. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0413 Cacoxenite, Girard, Girard District, Burke Co., Georgia, USA
Nicely protected yellow sprays in a quartz vugh. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0228 Zunyite, Zuni Mine (Zuñi Mine), Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Type Locality. Brownish modified tetrahedra frozen in matrix. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0064 Chalcophyllite, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Bluish-green platy crystals of chalcophyllite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0034 Metaheinrichite, White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake Co., Oregon, USA
Type Locality for metaheinrichite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images (white light), stack of 20 images (UV). Use the slider to see specimen under white light and longwave UV. Click...
0037 Heulandite, Chlorite, Rock Creek, Stevenson, Skamania Co., Washington, USA
Orange coffin-shaped heulandite crystals coating the inside of a vesicle in basalt, from a locality first discovered in the 1960s. Also present is rosettes of green chlorite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack...
0022 Boleite, Pseudoboleite, Boleo District, Santa RosalÃa, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Type Locality. Cubic crystal of boleite upon which plates of pseudoboleite have grown epitactically on the boleite cube faces. Ex Bernie Day specimen. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image...
4401 Smithsonite, Silver Hill Mine, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Acquired from Mark Ascher 9/2007. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2846 Dioptase, Fluorite, Quartz, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Specimen acquired in the micromount room at the Tucson Show. Ex Bob Jenkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JSM Analcime, Heulandite, Four Mile Quarry, Porter, Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA
Colourless analcime crystals on heulandite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
30132 Silver, Langis Mine, Casey Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Silver in matrix slice, 67x45x7mm. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4070 Pottsite, Clinobisvanite, Linka Mine, Potts, Lander Co., Nevada, USA
Yellow pottsite and small areas of orange clinobisvanite. Specimen is 6mm wide. Type Locality for pottsite. Acquired from Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20076 Amethyst, Pohndorf Mine, Toll Mountain, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA
Interesting textures. Specimen is 34mm wide. Ex Bart Cannon. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5747 Stibnite, Calcite, Jamesonite, Sombrerete Mine, Sombrerete, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Labelled as boulangerite, El Sombrette Mine, Durango. Likely jamesonite, and from the Sombrerete Mine, in Zacatecas, but close to the border with Durango. Ex John Lewis Collection.
4979 Vanadinite, Descloizite, A. O. Prospect, Mount General, Hinkley, Barstow District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Purplish-grey vanadinite with yellow descloizite. A.O. stands for Al Ordway who found nice micro vanadinite and descloizite. Acquired from Al Wilkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for...
7451 JL0945 Gold, Wapiti Mine, Farncomb Co., California, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1991. Ex Museum Victoria.
1034 Erionite-K, Heulandite, Malpais Hill, Dudleyville, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Colourless blocky coffin-shaped heulandite crystals with colourless prisms of erionite-K. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1452 Volborthite, Monument Valley, Navajo Co, Arizona, USA
Obtained in a trade with Al Wilkins. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images.
1637 Hendricksite, Franklinite, Trotter Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
A black franklinite crystal is either a seed for, or an inclusion in, a brown hendricksite crystal. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1638 Franklinite, Rhodonite, Calcite, Trotter Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
Black franklinite, pink rhodonite and red fluorescent colourless calcite. Width of view 10mm. UV photo using a Convoy S2+. Click on the images below for a higher resolution version.
1641 Azurite, Franklinite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA
Black franklinite crystals with secondary copper minerals in between. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 25 images. Type Locality for franklinite. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7310 JL3028 Conichalcite, Olivenite, Binghampton Mine, Mayer, Agua Fria Mining District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Dark olive green olivenite with thin bands of lime green conichalcite. The white mineral between is unknown. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Harry Critchley in 1998. Click...
4580 Milarite, Valenciana Silver Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico
Colourless to yellowish hexagonal prisms of milarite. Ex Bob Rothenberg. Ex Walter Bagley. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 80 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4572 Serandite, Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Pale orange serandite crystals. Ex Bob Rothenberg. Ex Giles Haineault. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 39 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2891 Rontgenite-(Ce), Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
An artful ex-Bob Rothenberg mount (also ex Robin Tibbit). The little disc on which he’s mounted the crystals has a diameter of 6 mm. The disc sits atop a cork pedestal affixed to the black...
4575 Tyuyamunite, Marie Mine, Carbon Co., Montana, USA
Bright yellow flowers of tyuyamunite. Ex Bob Rothenberg. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5178 Gold, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA
Photo width 11mm. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Harold Gallasch, Hahndorf, South Australia in 1995 for $15.00. Probably from the Wire Patch, Farncomb Hill (Brian Kosnar).
ncat WD109 Sabinaite, Dawsonite, Sodalite, Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
A really difficult one to photograph. Transparent colourless sabinaite crystal (centre of photo) with white dawsonite and blue sodalite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher...
7411 JL1902 Synchysite-(Ce), Pyrite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Yellowish pseudohexagonal plates of synchysite-(Ce) with tiny pyrite crystals sprinkled on them. White albite crystals at the base. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1993 from Cynthia Peat (peatite-(Y)). Width of view 3.5mm....
8520 Vanadinite, Descloizite, Calcite, C and B Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Orange hexagonal vanadinite with greenish brown thin plates of descloizite, with colourless calcite crystals. Calcite exhibits a pale yellow-orange fluorescence. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version…
ncat RAM3 Cuprite, Mission Mine, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Deep red chalcotrichite variety of cuprite. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RC1329 Creedite, Santa Eulalia District, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex Rock Currier Collection #1329. Sharp creedite crystals with a pale lavender hue. Measures 58x30x28mm.
7434 JL1919 Smoky Quartz, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Cynthia Peat (peatite).
7430 JL3060 Apachite, Socorro Peak, Socorro Peak District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1998 from Rob Sielecki for $10.00.
0010 Zemannite, Spiroffite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Tiny brown crystals of zemannite and pink spiroffite(?). Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images.
7396 JL1899 Anatase, Albite, Aegirine, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Cynthia Peat (peatite). Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 70 images.
7392 JL1683 Kettnerite, Mixite, Northern Spy Mine, Tintic Mining District, Utah Co., Utah, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Joe Marty.
7385 JL2236 Churchite-(Y), Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from Larry Queen for $5.00 at the Queensland Mineralogical Societies Seminar.
7382 JL1686 Weeksite, Carnotite, Anderson Mine (Date Creek project; U-V Mine; Uranium-Air Mine), Date Creek Basin, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1995 from Joe Marty.
7381 JL2315 Theisite, Aurichalcite, Tuckerville prospects, Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA
Type Locality for theisite. Incorrectly labelled as La Plata Co. (refer comment in Mindat). Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1997 from a Swiss Collection for $2.00.
7375 JL1926 Nepheline, Albite, Unknown Pink, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1993 from Cynthia Peat.
7372 JL3695 Tiptopite, Roscherite, Montgomeryite, Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Type Locality for tiptopite. Acquired by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott for $10.00.
7368 JL4977 Schuetteite, Rainbow mine, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7361 JL3747 Hancockite, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 2000 from Peter Elliott at the Ballarat Gemboree for $4.00.
7351 JL3681 Cornubite, Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott for $2.00.
7312 JL3750 Wightmanite, Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA
Type Locality. Obtained by Joan Lamond from Peter Elliott at the 2000 Ballarat Gemboree for $5.00.
7305 JL3576 Normandite, Poudrette Quarry, Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Acquired by Joan Lamond from Kevin Davy at the Waverley Show in 1995 for $10.00.
5728 Strontiodresserite, Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Type Locality. White crystal sprays.
5723 Lansfordite, Tunnel #1, Nesquehoning Coal Mine, Nesquehoning, Lansford, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Type Locality. Parallel group of crystals. Ex Peter Hall Collection.
20070 Wulfenite, Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Mexico
Butterscotch tabular crystals, largest 15mm across. Five views of the one specimen, each taken with iPhone 11 Pro Max plus Struman macro lens.
ncat AA6 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, MapimÃ, Mapimà Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Highly fluorescent under longwave and shortwave. Size 45x30x25mm.
10027 Fluorite, Wulfenite, Barite, Blue Star prospect, South Canyon District, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
Colourless cubes of fluorite with thin purple edges, colourless fluorite with hematite inclusions/staining, purple cubes, yellow tabular wulfenite, minor white barite. Specimen is 50x36x30mm. Second image is under shortwave ultraviolet light.
20069 Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Stalactite of tabular orange wulfenite crystals 25mm in longest direction.
20067 Barite, Hematite, Magma Mine (Magma Superior Mine; Magma Copper Mine), Superior, Pioneer Mining District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Dark tabular barite crystals on a fragment of hematite matrix. Ex George Reimherr Collection. 15mm wide.
ncat AA3 Stilbite, Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA
Larger stilbite crystals with multiple terminations (parallel growth?) on smaller crystals with single terminations. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 80 images. Exact species unknown.
30107 Heulandite-Ca, Mordenite, Rat’s Nest claim (Rat’s Nest mine), Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer Co., Idaho, USA
Pink heulandite with white mordenite from John Cornish’s Rat’s Nest Claim. Acquired from John in Tucson 2007. Measures 46mm wide.
5711 Goethite, Quartz, Robert Mine (Roberts Mine; Kennedy Mine), Cuyuna Range, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota, USA
Reddish brown goethite botryoidal matrix hosting colourless quartz crystals. Width of view 18mm. Stack of 240 images. Ex Lundgren Collection.
5313 Caledonite, Blue Bell Claims (A2″), Baker, San Bernadino Co.,California
Thin vein of light blue caledonite crystals. Width of view 7.5mm. Stack of 100 images.
5710 Copper in Gypsum, Mission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Arborescent copper included in gypsum. Width of view 7.5mm. Stack of 150 images. Ex Charles Willett Collection.
1447 Fluorite, Natrolite, Rhodochrosite, Aegirine?, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Wedge-shaped reddish-brown rhodochrosite on and with natrolite, colourless tiny cubes of fluorite with small octahedral corners on thin acicular aegirine(?) (see first crop). Unidentified white platy crystals (see second crop). Width of view 7.5mm. Stack...
20064 Falcondoite, Falcondo Mine, Bonao, La Vega Province, Dominican Republic
Bluish-green massive falcondoite. Specimen is 30x25x25mm.
8515 Adamite, Ojuela Mine, MapimÃ, Mapimà Municipality, Durango, Mexico
Pale yellow radiating groups that strongly fluoresce green under Convoy longwave light. Width 18.5mm. Stack of 126 images (white light). Stack of 34 images (UV). Ex Malte Bartholomaus.
1005 Spinel, Crazy Sphinx Mine, Helena, Helena Mining District, Lewis and Clark Co., Montana, USA
A single blue octahedral spinel with minor matrix attached. Width 11mm. Stack of 140 images. Ex Ted Johnson. Collected in July 1987.
1004 Bixbyite, Topaz, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
A single black bixbyite with pale pinkish topaz crystals. Width 11mm. Stack of 140 images. Ex Ted Johnson. Labelled as from Delta, Utah.
1002 Gold, Eagle Mine, Potomac, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA
A single grain of gold approximately 1mm wide, mounted on the point of a pin. Label says recovered from the rock run below the Eagle mine. Width 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Label also includes...
8202 M354 Epidote, Laumontite, Pumpellyite, Quartz, Kapaa Quarries, Kailua, Oahu, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA
Green prismatic epidote with apparent paler tips, white prismatic flattened crystals of laumontite, and green platelets of pumpellyite. Small colourless quartz crystals. Width 9mm, stack of 78 images (epidote). Width 4.5mm, stack of 30 images...
5688 Sphalerite, Quartz, Dolomite, Lockport, Niagara Co., New York, USA
Zoned yellow and brown sphalerite crystals with colourless rhombs of dolomite and colourless round groups of quartz crystals. A couple of very pale yellow sphalerite crystals exhibit an unusual pinkish fluorescence. Width 9mm. Stack of...
5685 Axinite-(Mn), Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Pale green transparent crystals. Width 5.5mm. Stack of 40 images. Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Matt Gibbs.
5684 Azurite, Malachite, Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Azurite roses. Width 11mm. Stack of 130 images. Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Matt Gibbs.
5683 Goldichite, Halotrichite, Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Mining District, Emery Co., Utah, USA
Yellow masses of crystals of the rare potassium sulphate goldichite on crystalline pinkish halotrichite. Type Locality for goldichite. Width 4.5mm. Stack of 170 images. Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Matt Gibbs.
5680 Manganbabingtonite, Johannsenite, Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
A brownish-black crystal of manganbabingtonite (actually a group of parallel grown crystals) together with pale green crystals of johannsenite. Width 11mm. Stack of 80 images. Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Matt Gibbs.
5679 Philipsburgite, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
Green hemispheres on matrix. Width 11mm. Stack of 70 images. Ex John Sobolewski. Ex Matt Gibbs.
5674 Barwoodite, Eggletonite, Aegirine, Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry; Arch Street Pike Quarry), Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
Brown barwoodite in matrix, tan to brown fibrous to acicular eggletonite, and green aegirine. Portrait photo height 4.5mm, stack of 80 images. Landscape photo width 9mm, stack of 94 images. Type Locality for barwoodite and...
9016 JP2307 Cookeite, Quartz, Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Purple cookeite, rare according to Tom Klinepeter. Width 9mm. Stack of 66 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
9127 JP2632 Pectolite, Grossular, Jeffrey Mine (“Johns-Manville Mine”), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
Lemon pectolite crystals with green grossular garnets. Height 4.33. Stack of 45 images. Ex Jo Price Collection.
1644 Epidote, Fluorite, Albite, Quabbin Resevoir, Massachusetts, USA
Tiny purple octahedral fluorite crystals with green epidote and colourless albite. Width 5mm.
5669 Durangite, Hematite, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Sharp orange-red crystal groups and single crystal. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
5668 Cuprite, Ray Mine, Mineral Creek Mining District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Single crystal on small amount of matrix. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
30096 Quartz, Hematite, Bessemer Ridge, Green Mountain, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA
Quartz and hematite pseudomorph after an epidote crystal coated with tiny quartz crystals. MinID RMK-561. Video best viewed full screen.
30089 Fluorapatite, Calcite, Liscombe Deposit, Monmouth Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
Fluorapatite crystal is repaired in three places. It is not fluorescent, but the glue used is. The calcite matrix fluoresces pink. Video best viewed full screen.
30088 Pyrite, Marcasite, Calcite, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Canada
Pyrite after marcasite, with calcite and a second generation of pyrite. The calcite is fluorescent pink under longwave UV. Video best viewed full screen.
30087 Vanadinite, Calcite, Apache Mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Mineralisation on all faces with no obvious point of contact so was probably a breccia. Some glue on one side. Video best viewed full screen.
30084 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Barite, Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Orange tabular wulfenite crystals with yellow mimetite on pale pinkish crystalline barite. Video best viewed full screen.
5202 Copper, Ray Mine, Pinal Co, Arizona, USA
5200-5203 mounted in one box. by Jules Bernhardt in 1976. Video best viewed full screen.
5201 Silver, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
5200-5203 mounted in one box. by Jules Bernhardt in 1976. Video best viewed full screen.
5200 Gold, Kittitas Co., Washington
5200-5203 mounted in one box. by Jules Bernhardt in 1976. Video best viewed full screen.
30081 Chabazite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca, Wasson Bluff, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Pink-orange chabazite and colourless pearlescent heulandite. Includes old label. Video best viewed full screen.
5210 Hemimorphite, Calcite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Old specimen of largish hemimorphite crystals partially coated by calcite crystals and glued to a glass base. Acquired from Crystal Habit. Ex J. Strange Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
Deaccessioned 3940 Microcline (Amazonite), Glacier Peak mines, Florissant, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Dehne McLaughlin 2/2005 Video best viewed full screen.
30077 Wulfenite, Mimetite, San Juan Poniente, Ojuela Mine, MapimÃ, Durango, Mexico
Yellow bypyramidal crystals of wulfenite with green mimetite balls. Video best viewed full screen.
30072 Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Rhodochrosite epimorphs after ?? With tiny quartz crystals. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30068 Barite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Calcite, Newfoundland Zinc Mine, Daniel’s Harbor, Newfoundland, Canada
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30067 Barite, Pyrite, Fluorite, Calcite, Level 4, El Solar Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
Fluorite is white, only picked up under longwave UV. Tiny scalenohedral calcite crystals. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
20049 Vesuvianite, Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Bi-coloured pink and green. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30048 Azurite, Malachite, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Superb azurite crystal altering from within to malachite.
0008 Sonoraite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Greenish-yellow pearly hemispheres
0009 Denningite, Tellurite, Tellurium, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Yellow crystals of tellurite on platey brownish denningite with silver tellurium.
0007 Schmitterite, Emmonsite, Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Schmitterite as tiny yellow to cream sprays, emmonsite green
ncat VHD11, Carnelian, Durango, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA
Pseudo after crinoid stem
ncat VHD10, Grossular, Vesper Creek, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals.
ncat VHD10, Pyromorphite, Society Girl Mine, Moyie, British Columbia, Canada
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals.
ncat VHD10, Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals. LB Collection.
ncat VHD10, Azurite, 5200 foot level, Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals.
ncat VHD10, Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex Keith Williams, Williams Minerals.
ncat VHD7, Mirabilite, Camp Verde, Arizona, USA
Ex John Green Snr Collection.