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They don’t last very long, going from white, to pink, to wilted in a day it seems. (Author: vic rzonca)
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They goofed on the label, no scheelite included in this piece. But I love the shape of the fluorite. (Author: Gail)
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They may not be in the same league as pyrite from Navajun - but i guarantee not as many folks have these! collected from a Gold mine in Snowdonia, North Wales, the Pyrites crystals are about 1cm on edge. (Author: Colleen Thomson)
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Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
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Thin yellow-green beryl "straws" (Author: xenolithos)
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Things that go boom!!! (Author: Lumaes)
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This 5 cm wide sample with corroded galenite crystals is from Freiberg too but not that old as the above shown dolomite. It comes from a little new find at the Rote Grube in the very "city center" of Freiberg. The find contained I think some ten specimens and the sample looks forward to become a classic rarity one day. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
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This appeared inside a piece of septarian mudstone I chopped up, I have absolutely no idea what it is/was, the stone is from Carboniferous strata, an area called "The Caton Shales" in the north west of England,near my home. Ive recovered maybe 200 or so specimens from this area but this is unlike any of the others. Im tempted to cut it lengthways so as to see another view which may yield further clues. size 135 x 40 mm (Author: nurbo)
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This area has many smaller pockets that looks promising but does not necessary deliver much. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
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This Bismuth is from Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Queensland, Australia. The field of view is 1" (2.54cm). (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This Bournonite, from the Quiruvilca District, La Libertad Department, Peru, shows the classic "cogs wheel" Habit. The crystals average about 1/4" (6mm) in diameter. (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This bright green "jackstraw" crystal aggregate of Actinolite I picked up along the Kobuk River near the Village of Deering in western Alaska in 1994. It is 4 1/2" x 3" x 2 1/2" (11.7cm x 7.6cm x 6.4cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This bronze flaky Coalingite, from the type locality in Fresno Co., California, is like most of my type locality speimens, not especially pretty, but like the orange Calite it has a good color. The flakes are very tiny and the field of veiw in the photo is 1" (2.5cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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Hvalfjörður, Capital Region, Iceland
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This chap drilled one hole to many (my leg). I managed to seriously damage his machinery. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
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This Chrysocolla is yet another example of one of my favorite habits. Also, the blue color is, to me, quite attractive, despite the ugly matrix. It is 2 1/4" x 2" (5.72cm x 5.08cm) and is from the Kolwezi Mine, Kolwwezi, Western Area, Shaba Copper Belt, Shaba (Katnga), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire). (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This complete, etched xtal has both kunzite and hiddenite areas within. Note the triangular etch features. (Author: Matt_Zukowski)
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This dolomite pseudo is definitely a favourite of mine. You know these pseudos after calcite scalenohedrons very well from the Schlema district, Erzgebirge, Saxony. But - this one is from Freiberg, precisely from the Abraham Shaft. It comes from a miner collection and was collected in the 1920s. It is the first one I ever saw from Freiberg and I think it will be the last... (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
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This Epidote I picked up as a teenager out hunting one day, on Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Around 1972-73. It is an old joke between my buddy and I that he got a three point buck that day and I got a rock! It is 3 1/4" x 1 1/2" x 3/4" (8.3cm x 3.8cm x 1.9cm). It is a partial crystal and ypu can get a sense of how large it would have been. (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This galena from Pente has done a real world trip. Found at Pente near Osnabrück/Lower Saxony it came to the Munich collector Willy Hirsch. As you see, there are some french additions on the label. These were written by the Paris mineral dealer Neree Boubee. Then the Sorbonne bought the specimen, sold it later to the German dealer Fritz Krantz. It was bought then from the collector Richartz in Cologne, who left it to the Berlin mineral dealer Klaus Lenz from whom I finally got it... (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
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This Hanksite crystal is from the type locality at Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California. It is 5" x 4 1/2" in Diameter (12.7cm x 11.4cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This has the "Chisel shape" mentioned earlier (Author: nurbo)
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This humble Realgar specimen has a couple of well formed brightly colored crystals scattered about which are better viewed with at least a 10x. The crystals average about 1/16" (1.6mm) from Royal Reward Mine, Green River Gorge, Franklin, King County, Washington. (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This image corresponds to a sample of the Emilio mine with cubes of about 2 to 3 cm of edge on calcite crystals.
Jeff Scovil photo. (Author: jrg)
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This image shows the sedimentary nature of the Little Falls dolostone. The exposed section is about 5’ high and clearly shows a foamy silicified stromatolithic layer below a finer grained strata. The days digging began to the right of this corner. (Author: vic rzonca)
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This is "starburst" Pyrophyllite from Indian Gulch, Mariposa County, Calfornia. The field of view is about 1 1/2" (3.8cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This is a "Somerset Potato" The farmers turn them up in the fields of Somerset and when they are covered in mud they look like Potatoes, They contain Calcite, Quartz and sometimes Amethyst. (Author: nurbo)
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This is a busy little piece. It took nearly fifteen years to get the whole story from the Alaska Geological Survey, on this ugly little specimen. It is Calcite var. Glendonite pseudomrph after sand included Glauberite. I picked it up Near Carter Creek, North Slope, Alaska, while crewing a helicopter in 1983. It is 2 1/2" x 1 5/8" (6.35cm x 4.13cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This is a different colored kaolin area/k-spar. When you see this you know you are in an area of highwer minerization. A lot of times these little areas form a diamond shape for some reason and right blow them you are almost guaranteed to find beryl...hmm..strange (Author: Jason)
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This is a famous landmark on the river, called Boulder pool. As can be seen, a large boulder has plunged into the river at some time, probably from an earthquake. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
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This is a light purlple cluster of fluorties on dolomite matrix with scattered sphalerite from the Elmwood Mine, TN. This measures 10 x 9 x 6 cm and weighs 150 grams. (Author: VRigatti)
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This is a photo of the assembled unit in its box.. (Author: Lumaes)
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This is a photo of the electronics inside the box. (Author: Lumaes)
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This is a rather recent addition to my collection. I have several Mimetites, but this is the first green example I have seen. It is 1 3/8" x 1" (3.49cm x 2.54cm) and is from the Ojuela Mine, Mapmimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This is a rather thick carpet of Aragonite from Eklutna Lake, Near Anchorage, Alaska I picked up at the Alaska Miners Convention a couple years back - It is 4" x 2 3/4" x 2" (11.4cm x 6.9cm x 5.1cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This is a recent acquisition, Pyrite on Calcite from Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, South Central Region, China. However it reminds me of Stone Mountain, Georgia. Field of view is 1/2" (1.27 cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This is a small specimen of Biege colored Crandallite on matrix from Mont-Des-Groseillers, Belgium (I hope I spelled and punctuated that correctly). This too has an interesting habit. It is 1" x 3/4" x 1/2" (2.5cm x 1.9cm x 1.3cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This is a specimen from " La Viesca" mine in the Collada área. The cubes have 4 cm of edge.
Jeff Scovil Photo (Author: jrg)
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This is a Wrangel Almandine I got while on a Boy Scout "Camporee" in Wrangel in 1971, Along with the matrix specimen above. Wrangel was only 80 miles away but the only way to get there was ferry or plane and after over 25 years living in Ketchikan I only got there three times. It is 5/8" (1.6cm) in diameter. (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This is another cool find that I found the same day as the crystal above. This is one of my individual favorites from there. it;’s pretty unique for JXR. it has a little of everything except maybe an enhydro...It has a smokey phantom, growth lines(looks like zebra stripes), purple "flame"(color zoning that looks like wisp or flames of purple), and a cool little mini crystal that formed completely inside of the main crystal. The little minicrystal inside looks nicely formed with all it’s z and r faces but no m faces..hmm..strange never found one of these before (Author: Jason)
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This is another example of this type of associations that appear in the denominated zone "La Cabaña" of the "Ana" mine in Berbes. The big cube have 4 cm of edge.
Jeff Scovil Photo (Author: jrg)
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this is another poker chipped little calcite (Author: barbie90)
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This is another specimen of La Collada area, come from the "Josefa-Veneros" mine. It was found in 1970. Longuer 17 cm.
Jeff Scovil Photo. (Author: jrg)
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This is just a snapshot, showing the minerals mostly for insurance purposes. You can see the damage to the Neudorf galena... (Author: Ed Huskinson)
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This is one I had to have, it is a great piece and a welcome addition to my kidney ore suite. (Author: Gail)
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This is our "raspberry" fluorite..it glows incredibly when lit right. (Author: Gail)
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This is the calendar cover (the specimen is not mine 😢) (Author: Carles Millan)
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This is the only Folch’s collection Catalan wulfenite that is exposed, with its label (photo by Carles Millan, December 29, 2008) (Author: Carles Millan)
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This is the place I spent most of my time. The crystals that I removed from the soil, appears to have fallen down a large gap behind a rock, from higher up. It is to dangerous to attempt to remove this rock (Author: Pierre Joubert)
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This is the same crystal as the pic above. You can see the smokey phantom and the purple "
flame" in this pic. The small mini crystal that is inside this crystal is hard to see due to light refraction but it’s toward the bottom right. (Author: Jason)
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This is the Smithsonite I have looked for going on twenty years. I have lots of the botryoidal or reniform. This piece is from the Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. it is about 3/4" (1.91cm) high (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This is the total of the crystals I removed from this pocket. Riana removed some more on the following trip. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
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This is Tremolite var. Hexagonite, and according to one reference it comes from the Type Locality (For Hexagonite) in Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, Saint Lawrence County, New York. It is 3 1/2" x 2 /1/2" (8.89 cm x 6.35 cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This is where most of the boulders came from (Author: Glenn Rhein)
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This is where these specimens came from, in the granite boulders in the bottom of the corrie. It’s called ’Coire nan Clach’ which translates from Gaelic as ’Corrie of Stones’ - quite appropriate ! Needless to say I haven’t examined every boulder in the corrie.. (Author: Mike Wood)
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This is yet another of my hemimorphites, love them! (Author: Gail)
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This just knocks my socks off. (Author: Gail)
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This label of a cuprite with pseudomalachite from Virneberg mine near Rheinbreitbach, Rhineland comes from the Wilhelm Hauchecorne (the man the mineral hauchecornite was named after) collection. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
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This label of an anhydrite from Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt was once part of a school collection in the Saxonian town of Hainichen. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
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This little Arsenopyrite is about 5/8" x 1/2" (1.59 cm x 1.27 cm). This specimen is from Chihuahua, Mexico (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This little Orpiment piece is from Elbrusskiy Mine, Elbruss Mt, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia. I have had little luck in capturing the beauty of this brighty colored specimen. If anyone has seen this stuff before you know what I mean. The dimensions are 1" x 1/2" x 3/8" (2.5cm x 1.3cm x 0.8cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This little Sturmanite cluster is from N’Chwanning I Mine, N’Chwanning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The specimen measures 1 1/2" x 5/8" 9 3.81cm x 1.59cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This lone we dug out last weekend notice the facet lines running thorough it. To bad it didn’t just cool a little slower.(didn’t find much this is from sample hole) (Author: Jason)
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This Magnesioriebeckite is one of my better type locality minerals from Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Deparment, Bolivia. the field of view is 1 1/2" wide (3.8cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This nice 1900 label of the Berlin mineral dealer Ernst August Böttcher I once found on a flea market. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
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This one is Jeremejevite for sure, it seems to have a sceptred termination. size 9 x 2.5 x 2 mm, I tried to capture the Pleochroism in this photo with partial success. (Author: nurbo)
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This one turned out purple..I knew thay all couldn’t mostly be smokey (Author: Jason)
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This one weighs 25.75 carats (Author: nurbo)
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this one weighs 26 carats (Author: nurbo)
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This photo shows the cardboard form with wire attached. (Author: Lumaes)
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This photo shows the coil taped. At this point you have some choices – encase the coil in resin, leave as is, etc, etc. (Author: Lumaes)
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This picture was taken as I was ascending the hill. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
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This piece has a 6 cm multiple stepped purple rimmed fluorite sitting on 2 perfect Quartz crystals. In the valley between are some small dark brown Scheelites. There is also a small chalcopyrite on the back side. This measures 11.3 x 9 x 5 cm and is from Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Author: VRigatti)
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This piece is 12x9x8 cm and weighs 250 grams. (Author: VRigatti)
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This piece is complete all around with interesting etch features. The etching also forms these rectangular channels that go into and sometimes right through the xtal. Note in pictures two lengths of fishing line pushed through two of the channels. One line goes through a straight channel and the other goes though one of the channels that has a 120+/- degree bend. (Author: Matt_Zukowski)
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This piece is from Weardale England. Measures 6.5 x 7.6 x 2 cm and weighs 120 grams. (Author: VRigatti)
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This piece is rather difficult for me to capture given the simple photographic equipment I have. I like the exremely fine fibrous habit of this Xonotlite. The specimen is 5/8" (1.6cm) accross (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This piece was in the American Treasures case of Pyromorphites from the Kellogg mine in Idaho. (Author: Gail)
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This POW Epidote was given to me a few yars ago by an old family friend. The crystals are quite small averaging 5/16" (8mm) long, embedded in Quartz crystal. The Epidote crystals are doubly terminated, but very dificult to get the detail here. That is one of the endearing aspects of this little guy. The field of veiw vertically is about 1 1/2" (3.8cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This pseudocubic crystal cluster of Apophyllite-K(OH), (Bah Humbug! I prefer Hydroyapophyllite) is 1 3/8" x 3/4" (3.49cm x 1.90cm) . it is from N’Chwaning Mine II, N’Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This Scolecite is the only mineral specimen I have from Iceland, from Teigarhorn, Berufjord. the field of view is close to 2" (5.08cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This shows you what a Home-made Printed Circuit board looks like before it is drilled and stuffed with electronic components. These boards are so easy to do it is scary! You start off with a circuit design printed on a clear plastic sheet, place the sheet over a copper board covered with photo resist (Riston) and exposure it to a source of UVA (or sun light), develop and then removed unwanted copper with etchant (ammonium persulphate). The end result is shown in the photo. And the holes are drilled to accept the parts. (Author: Lumaes)
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this slender prismatic doubly terminated little crystal is Childrenite on Microcline from Lavra do Poco Dantas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is 1" x 1/8" (25.4mm x 3.2mm). I have read that Childrenite makes a good "new species" mineral as it is only known in crystals (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This specie is rather unusual and not often seen. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
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This specimen also comes from the quarry of " Los Cobayos" the main cubes have 2 cm of edge.
Jeff Scovil photo. (Author: jrg)
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This specimen consists of a matrix of snowy white cleavelandite hosting several smoky quartz crystals (to 21mm) and a single, perfectly formed peach topaz. This prismatic topaz, with its complex pyramidal termination, measures 28mm across by 23mm tall.
Pakistan, Northern Areas, Skardu, Yunu, Shigar Valley
Size 70 x 63 x 37 mm (Author: olelukoe)
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This specimen consists of a matrix of snowy white cleavelandite and a single, perfectly formed peach topaz. Pakistan, Northern Areas, Skardu, Yunu, Shigar Valley
Size 80 x 52 x 40 mm (Author: olelukoe)
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This specimen is a cube of 3 cm. in matrix of crystals of chalcopyrite.
It come from the old open pit "Veneros South" in La Collada area. Its was mined in 1968.
J.R. GarcÃa Photo (Author: jrg)
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This specimen is a pretty good looking mineral for one of my type locality pieces. The habit and color are typical of the Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Qiarzazate Province, Suoss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco. It is named after Wendell E. Wilson, Editor and Publisher of the Mineralogical Record. The specimen measures 1 1/4" x 1" (3.18cm x 2.54cm). (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This specimen is Forsterite, tiny pale green druzy crystals lining small vugs in matrix. I picked it up in 1995 near New Chenega Village, Evans Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska. the piece is 1 3/8" x 1 3/8" (3.49cm x 3.49cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This tiny Strontianite is around 1/16" (1.6mm) long. It ia one of the lucky shots I have achieved with my everyday digital camera. It if from Faylor Middle Creek Quarry, Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania. (Author: Jim Prentiss)
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This view is looking from the house toward the previous image location. Center, right you will see a pocket and at this level is the pocket layer. Pockets to the left, pockets to the right. (Author: vic rzonca)
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This was a good exchange. (Author: javmex2)
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This was an unsually shaped crystal pulled from a fissure last year -- perhaps muzo, or just a slender tessin habit, or combination of. . . (Author: Scott LaBorde)
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Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
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This was my bed for the night before, on a mat in a bivi bag in a rocky niche. I was planning on sleeping on a nice grassy spot around the corner but the wind got up and it was cold, so I moved here for shelter. It was more comfortable than it looks! (Author: Mike Wood)
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This was the first really good double terminated crystal that popped not long after I started digging. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
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Thompsonite
Aurangabad, Maharashtra State, India
4.7 x 3.2 cm (Author: Don Lum)
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Thompsonite
Aurangabad, Maharashtra State, India
4.7 x 3.2 cm (Author: Don Lum)
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Thompsonite
Nasik, Maharashtra State, India
7.5 x 4.4 x 4 cm (Author: Don Lum)
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Thomsenolite
Ivigtut deposit, Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
21 x 18 mm (Author: Gerhard Brandstetter) -
Thomsonite
Campo de Calatrava. Ciudad Real. Castile-La Mancha. Spain
FOV 26.4mm
0.72x. Focus rail MacroRail. Canon EOS 600D. Ikea lights
Photo: Oscar Fernández ArcÃs, Mineral: Manuel de Torres (Author: ofarcis)
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Thomsonite
La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
fov 7 mm (Author: ploum)
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Thomsonite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
FOV 4cm x 3cm
Hemispherical aggregates of radiating thomsonite crystals, a typical habit for this zeolite minerals in the Tertiary basalts. There is a little associated gyrolite - a non-zeolite mineral.
Self-collected 1996 (Author: Mike Wood)
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Thomsonite
Soygaon, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
4.5 x 7.6 cm.
A group of creamy white thomsonite spheres with reddish-brown iron oxide tinges. (Author: crosstimber)
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Thomsonite
Vaijapur, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
6.5 x 7.2 cm.
Creamy white, spherical thompsonite aggregates on basalt matrix. These first appeared on the U.S. market in 2005 and several dealers had them labeled as mesolite. Rudy Tchernisch analyzed several specimens from this location and identified them as thompsonite. (Author: crosstimber)
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Thomsonite + Analcime
Oisgill Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
10cm x 10cm x 2.5cm deep
An unusually thick crust (7mm) of thomsonite in a large cavity in basalt, with analcime crystals up to 24mm across.
Self-collected 2011 (Author: Mike Wood)
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Thomsonite + Apophyllite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
FOV approx 50cm across
A large pipe cavity lined with apophyllite and stalactitic thomsonite. The pipe is about 20cm in diameter. An unusual occurence; haven’t seen another one like it at Moonen Bay or elsewhere. Other cavities in the same boulder contain the same minerals, but in completely different habits to this single example.
Photo taken April 2005. (Author: Mike Wood)
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Thomsonite + Apophyllite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
33mm x 30mm x 24mm
Pink coloured thomsonite in delicate stalactitic growths; quite unusual but rather pretty. The one on the right is 14mm tall. Associated with pinacoidal terminated apophyllite crystals.
Self-collected 2005 (Author: Mike Wood)
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Thomsonite + Apophyllite
Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
26mm x 24mm x 20mm high
’Feathery’ masses of extremely thin thomsonite crystals, somewhat yellowed by dirt or staining. Associated with apophyllite in pyramidal terminated crystals to 7mm.
Self-collected 2002 (Author: Mike Wood)
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Thomsonite, 'Stilbite'
Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
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Thomsonite, Calcite and Chabazite
Craighill Quarry, Co Antrim, N. Ireland, UK
FOV 15 x 12 mm (Approx) (Author: nurbo)
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Thomsonite, Calcite and Chabazite
Craighill Quarry, Co Antrim, N. Ireland, UK
45 x 25 mm (Author: nurbo)
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Thomsonite, Jindivick, Victoria (Author: crocoite)
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Thomsonite-(Ca)
Amudikha River, Evenkia, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
4.5 x 5.8 cm
Spherical aggregate of pale pink thomsonite crystals adjacent partial spheres showing the radial crystal structure. (Author: crosstimber)
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Thomsonite-Ca
Vitiello Quarry (Cava Vitiello), Terzigno, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
3.82 mm Thomsonite crystal. Collection & Photo M.Chinellato (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
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Thomsonite-Ca
Vitiello Quarry (Cava Vitiello), Terzigno, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
5.87 mm group of Thomsonite crystals. Collection & Photo M.Chinellato (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
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Thomsonite-Ca, Chabazite-Ca
Taratimi Bay (Crater Bay), Mayor Island (Tuhua), New Zealand
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Thomsonite-Ca
Wind Mountain, Cornudas Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
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Thomsonite-Ca
Five Mile Quarry, Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA
FOV = 2.0 mm (Author: Doug) -
Thomsonite-Ca
Aurangabad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
62 x 62 x 45 (Author: Rob Schnerr) -
Thomsonite
Beech Creek Quarry, Mount Vernon, Grant County, Oregon, USA
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Thomsonite
Four Mile Quarry, Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA
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Thomsonite
Upper Ritter Quarry, Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, USA
FOV = 2.9 mm (Author: Doug) -
Thomsonite
Upper Ritter Quarry, Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, USA
FOV = 3.5 mm (Author: Doug) -
Thomsonite
Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra, India
50x50x40 mm (Author: Dany Mabillard) -
Thorikosite
Lavrion, Attika, Greece
fov 3 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
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Thorite
Kemp Prospect, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
Thorite in calcite matrix (Author: John Medici)
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Thorite
Kemp Prospect, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada (Author: John Medici)
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Thorite, Zircon
San Vito quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
1.73 mm blue Zircon with a +/- 0.3 mm green Thorite crystal in epitaxy (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
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Thorite
Lohning Quarry (Lohninger Quarry), Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Zell am See District, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
FOV 1,7 mm (Author: Gerhard Brandstetter) -
Thorite
Lohning Quarry (Lohninger Quarry), Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Zell am See District, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
FOV 1,7 mm (Author: Gerhard Brandstetter) -
Thornasite
Demix quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
fov 2 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
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Thornasite
Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia
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Thortveitite
Kabuland, Iveland, Norway
14 x 11 x 9 mm
A silicate of the rare element scandium
Found in 1989 by Frode Andersen.
Brought in June 1991 at the Koppaberg show (Sweden), an amazing event in the middle of a forest. (Author: kakov)
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Thortveitite
Kabuland, Iveland, Norway
14 x 11 x 9 mm
A silicate of the rare element scandium
Found in 1989 by Frode Andersen.
Brought in June 1991 at the Koppaberg show (Sweden), an amazing event in the middle of a forest. (Author: kakov)
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Those smiles tell it all! (Author: Pierre Joubert)
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Thousands of the above mentioned flowers. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
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Three different directions of the light on the same outside of this Citrine Quartz (Author: José Miguel)
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Thumbnail Chalcotrichites self-collected from the Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona in 1995. Brought out about 40 flats of this stuff! That was a fun summer!!! (Author: Darren)
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Tiemannite
Charlotte mine, Clausthal, Harz mtns., Lower Saxony, Germany.
5,5 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
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Tincalconite ps. after borax
Baker Mine, Boron, Kern Co., California
13.0 x 15.5 cm FOV=5.0 cm.
This was once a wonderful specimen with sharp crystals to 5 cm. across. Unfortunately it hasn’t fared well in the humid environment here. (Author: crosstimber)
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Tinkers Gully. (Author: Greg Lilly)
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Tiny clusters of pyrite(?) ~4mm with 1mm cubes of pyrite nestled in an Aragonite bud (Author: Gordian)
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Tiny crystals (Author: Glenn Rhein)
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Tiny crystals on marble (Author: Glenn Rhein)
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Tiny plates of Bastnasite-(Ce) from Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV=3mm (Author: Doug)
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Tinzenite, Quartz
Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
5 x 4,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl) -
Tinzenite, Quartz
Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
5,5 x 4 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl) -
Tinzenite, Quartz
Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
5,5 x 4 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl) -
Tinzenite
Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
2,7 x 2,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl) -
Titanite
Arandu, Basha Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.0 x 8.2 cm.
Several lustrous yellow-green single and twinned titanite crystals on matrix. (Author: crosstimber)
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Titanite
Bassano Romano, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy
0.6 mm orange Titanite crystal (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
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Titanite
Bassano Romano, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy
1.23 mm orange-dark Titanite crystal (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
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Titanite
Camischotas, Tujetsch, Grischun, Switzerland
2.3 x 4.6 cm
Intersecting twinned crystals of green titanite heavily coated and included with dark green chlorite. (Author: crosstimber)
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Titanite
CehegÃn, Murcia, Spain
Photo width is 5mm
(Author: crocoite)
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Titanite
Kola Peninsula, Russia
section: 5 x 5 cm
(entire piece: 7 x 5 x 4 cm - loaded in my album in the Spanish FMF)
Not a specifically alkaline mineral, but in a pretty unusual habit. (Author: kakov)
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Titanite
Montenero quarry, Onano, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy
1.74 mm orange Titanite crystal (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
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Titanite
Talèfre glacier, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
fov 14 mm (Author: ploum)
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Titanite
Talèfre glacier, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
fov 8 mm (Author: ploum)
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Titanite
Talèfre glacier, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
FOV 8 mm (Author: ploum)
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Titanite
Talèfre glacier, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
fov 3.5 mm (Author: ploum)
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Titanite
Talèfre glacier, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
fov 3.5 mm (Author: ploum)
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Titanite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
75 mm x 50 mm x 28 mm. Main crystal: 18 mm long, 6 mm thick (Author: Carles Millan)
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Titanite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
75 mm x 50 mm x 28 mm. Main crystal: 18 mm long, 6 mm thick (Author: Carles Millan)
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Titanite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
75 mm x 50 mm x 28 mm. Main crystal: 18 mm long, 6 mm thick
Full view (Author: Carles Millan)
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Titanite (Author: Craig Mercer)
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Titanite (Author: Glenn Rhein)
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Titanite (Author: Glenn Rhein)
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Titanite ( sphene ) with and included with Augite var. Titanaugite on Calcite.
Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.4 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm (Author: Gail)
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Titanite ( Sphene )
Dorfer Alp, Tyrol, Austria
4.3 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm (Author: Gail)
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Titanite (Sphen)
12 x 11 cm
Mugalori Baba, Pakistán (Author: Granate)
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Titanite (Sphen)
12 x 11 cm
Mugalori Baba, Pakistán (Author: Granate)
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Titanite (Sphen)
12 x 11 cm
Mugalori Baba, Pakistán (Author: Granate)
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Titanite and Anatase
Col de la Madeleine, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
fov 5.5 mm (Author: ploum) -
Titanite and Chlorite
Switzerland
Overall size: 32mm x 36mm x 22mm; Xl = 8mm x 14mm (Author: Firmo Espinar) -
Titanite and Chlorite
Switzerland
Overall size: 32mm x 36mm x 22mm; Xl = 8mm x 14mm (Author: Firmo Espinar) -
Titanite and Epidote
Capelinha, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
FOV = 15 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae) -
Titanite and Epidote
Capelinha, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
H:4.5 cm x W:7.5 cm x D:3.5 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae) -
Titanite and Quartz
Les Aiguilles de la Balme, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
fov 7.2 mm (Author: ploum) -
Titanite cluster (Author: Glenn Rhein)
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Titanite cluster (Author: Glenn Rhein)
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Titanite from Montenero Quarry, Onano, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy.
Field of view: 1 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
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Titanite on Adularia with Tourmaline
Zillertal, North Tirol, Tirol, Austria
160 x 112 x 84 mm (Author: GneissWare)
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Titanite on Albite
Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.4 × 3.5 × 3 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre) -
Titanite on Anatase
Col de la Madeleine, La Lauzière Massif, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
fov 3 mm (Author: ploum) -
Titanite on Calcite with Epidote and Byssolith (Author: jaysminerals)
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Titanite on Diopside
Amity New York
14 cm (Author: Glenn Rhein)
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Titanite on Ilmenite pseudomorped by Rutile with Microcline
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
10x6x5.5 cm (Author: Joseph DOliveira) -
Titanite with Chlorite
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 1.4 x1.2 cm (Author: Jacquou HO)
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Titanite with Chlorite
Aiguille de Talèfre, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
fov 1.8 mm (Author: ploum) -
Titanite with Epidote
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
fov 50 mm (Author: ploum) -
Titanite, Zagi Mts, 18 mm x 13 mm (Author: Craig Mercer)
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Titanite, "adularia", chlorite
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
50 mm x 32 mm x 24 mm. Main titanite crystal size: 10 mm. Main adularia crystal size: 6 mm (Author: Carles Millan)
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Titanite, "adularia", chlorite
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
50 mm x 32 mm x 24 mm. Main titanite crystal size: 10 mm. Main adularia crystal size: 6 mm (Author: Carles Millan)
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Titanite, Albite, Epidote
Capelinha, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.2 x 3.9 cm (Author: am mizunaka) -
Titanite, Albite
Ankarafa, Vohémar District, Sava Region (Northeastern Region), Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
85 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm Largest crystal size: 15 mm (Author: Carles Millan) -
Titanite, Albite
Ankarafa, Vohémar District, Sava Region (Northeastern Region), Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
85 mm x 34 mm. Largest crystal size: 12 mm. Mass: (Author: Carles Millan) -
Titanite, Albite
Ankarafa, Vohémar District, Sava Region (Northeastern Region), Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
85 mm x 34 mm. Largest crystal size: 12 mm. Mass: (Author: Carles Millan) -
Titanite, Amphibole Group Mineral, Molybdneite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 4mm (Author: Doug) -
Titanite, Anatase, Brookite
Hansen Creek Crystal area, Hansen Creek, North Bend, King County, Washington, USA
FOV = 1.7 mm (Author: Doug) -
Titanite, Brookite
Hansen Creek Crystal area, Hansen Creek, North Bend, King County, Washington, USA
FOV = 1.6 mm (Author: Doug) -
Titanite, Chlorite (Group)
Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
107 x 49,4 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Chlorite (Group)
Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
107 x 49,4 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Chlorite (Group)
Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
107 x 49,4 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Chlorite (Group)
Gava Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
75 x 69 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Chlorite (Group)
Gava Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
75 x 69 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Chlorite (Group)
Gava Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
62,5 x 49 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Chlorite (Group)
Gava Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
62,5 x 49 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Chlorite group
Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
4 x 2,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl) -
Titanite, Clinochlore
Rocca Sella, Almese, Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy
64 x 63 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Diopside
Tormiq Valley, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
42 x 23 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Epidote, Albite (variety Pericline), Orthoclase (variety Adularia)
Hollersbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
7,5 x 5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)Titanite, Epidote, Albite (variety Pericline), Orthoclase (variety Adularia)
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Titanite, Epidote, Albite (variety Pericline), Orthoclase (variety Adularia)
Hollersbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
7,5 x 5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)Titanite, Epidote, Albite (variety Pericline), Orthoclase (variety Adularia)
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Titanite, Ferro-actinolite
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
40 x 22 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Orthoclase (variety adularia), 'Chlorite'
Felben Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
6 x 4,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)Titanite, Orthoclase (variety adularia), 'Chlorite'
Felben Valley, Hohe Tau -
Titanite, Orthoclase (variety Adularia)
Drum Tobel, Sedrun, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland
39,6 x 31,9 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Orthoclase (variety adularia)
Drum Tobel, Sedrun, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland
39,6 x 31,9 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Riebeckite
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
97mm x 60mm x 62mm (Author: Don Lum) -
Titanite, Riebeckite
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
97mm x 60mm x 62mm (Author: Don Lum) -
Titanite, Riebeckite
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
97mm x 60mm x 62mm (Author: Don Lum) -
Titanite, Sanidine
Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
57 x 41 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, Sanidine
Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
57 x 41 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite, schorl, calcite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
49 mm x 47 mm (Author: Carles Millan)
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Titanite, schorl, calcite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
49 mm x 47 mm (Author: Carles Millan)
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Titanite, schorl, calcite
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
49 mm x 47 mm (Author: Carles Millan)
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Titanite
fov 1.7 mm
(Author: ploum)
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Titanite
Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
1.14 mm blue Titanite crystal (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
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Titanite
Mt. Argentea, Arenzano, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
14.61 mm yellow pale Titanite crystal (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
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Titanite
Vento Valley (Wind Valley), Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
6.25 mm complex Titanite crystal (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
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Titanite
Tormiq Valley, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
fov 60 mm (Author: ploum) -
Titanite
Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
fov 3.5 mm (Author: ploum) -
Titanite
Thörlbirg, Gamsmutter, Untersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
1.9 x 2.5 cm (Author: crosstimber) -
Titanite
North side Les Courtes, Bassin du Talèfre, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
fov 4.5 mm (Author: ploum) -
Titanite
Elschekamm, Ankogl, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
15 mm (Author: Gerhard Brandstetter) -
Titanite
Capelinha, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
55mm x 30mm x 25mm (Author: Philippe Durand) -
Titanite
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
FOV ~ 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber) -
Titanite
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.0 x 8.5 cm (Author: crosstimber) -
Titanite
Tormiq Valley, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
131 x 98 mm (Author: Manuel Mesa) -
Titanite
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
0.8 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber) -
Titanite
Tormiq Valley, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
100 x 95 mm (Author: Manuel Mesa) -
Titanite
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
FOV 15mm (Author: Carlos Pareja) -
Titanite
MT Jeanne's Pit No. 2, Clear Creek area, Pichacho Peak, Diablo Mountains, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA
FOV = 3.4 mm (Author: Doug) -
Titanite
Hansen Creek Crystal area, Hansen Creek, North Bend, King County, Washington, USA
FOV = 2.8 mm (Author: Doug) -
Titanite
Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
FOV = 1.3 mm (Author: Doug) -
Titanite
Harrison Gold Mine, Bear Mountain, Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada
FOV = 2.0 mm (Author: Doug) -
Titanite
Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
(Author: Doug) -
Titanite
Lemolo Lake, Clearwater, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
FOV = 0.9 mm (Author: Doug) -
Titanite
Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
6 cm x 4,2 cm (Author: Sante Celiberti) -
Titanite
Cadarese Quarries, Premia gneiss Quarries, Premia, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy
38,5 x 30,5 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti)
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