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Muscovite
Aldea Velho Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.3 x 12.6 cm.
Intergrown silvery pseudo-hexagonal muscovite crystals with gemmy pinkish areas. Dark green hexagonal prisms of fluorapatite to 0.6 cm are scattered about on the surfaces of the muscovite. (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite
Aldea Velho Mine, Consel
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Muscovite
Branchville Quarry, Branchville, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA
5.0 x 7.1 cm
Lamellar, rounded muscovite in a quartz and albite matrix. This form of muscovite is sometimes known as "ball peen mica" for obvious reasons. (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite
Branchville Quarry, Bran
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Muscovite
Khargulook, near Sabsar, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.1 x 9.2 cm.
Fan-shaped group of silvery muscovite crystals to 5.0 cm on edge with platy white cleavelandite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite
Khargulook, near Sabsar,
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Muscovite
Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.0 x 9.5 cm.
Intergrown books of golden-yellow muscovite crystals to 2 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite
Linopolis, Minas Gerais,
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Muscovite
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV=4mm (Author: Doug)
Muscovite
Poudrette quarry (Demix
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Muscovite
Rodinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 8.6 cm.
Golden yellow crystals of “star muscovite” covering a matrix of white
albite. Collected in 2012. (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite
Rodinha Mine, Itinga, Mi
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Muscovite
Ze Pinto prospect, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.3 x 6.3 cm.
Intergrown rosettes of sharp silvery pseudohexagonal muscovite crystals. This locality and the Aldea Velho Mine may be the same place, or very close by. (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite
Ze Pinto prospect, Conse
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Muscovite #1.jpg (Author: Bruce Sevier)
Muscovite #1.jpg
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Muscovite #1A.jpg (Author: Bruce Sevier)
Muscovite #1A.jpg
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Muscovite #1B.jpg (Author: Bruce Sevier)
Muscovite #1B.jpg
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Muscovite #1C.jpg (Author: Bruce Sevier)
Muscovite #1C.jpg
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Muscovite #1D.jpg (Author: Bruce Sevier)
Muscovite #1D.jpg
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Muscovite #1E.jpg (Author: Bruce Sevier)
Muscovite #1E.jpg
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Muscovite #1F.jpg (Author: Bruce Sevier)
Muscovite #1F.jpg
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Muscovite #1G.jpg (Author: Bruce Sevier)
Muscovite #1G.jpg
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Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
55x32x11mm (Author: Fiebre Verde)
Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, C
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Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
55x32x11mm (Author: Fiebre Verde)
Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, C
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Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
55x32x11mm (Author: Fiebre Verde)
Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, C
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Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
55x32x11mm (Author: Fiebre Verde)
Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, C
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Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
55x32x11mm (Author: Fiebre Verde)
Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, C
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Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
55x32x11mm (Author: Fiebre Verde)
Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, C
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Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
55x32x11mm (Author: Fiebre Verde)
Muscovite (variety fuchsite), Pyrite
Highway Pauna-San Pablo de Borbur road works ("Highway Mine"), Municipio Pauna, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, C
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Muscovite - Quartz
Switzerland
60 mm x 40 mm x 30 mm (Author: Dany Mabillard)
Muscovite - Quartz
Switzerland
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Muscovite after Tourmaline
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
82 mm x 37 mm x 35 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Muscovite after Tourmaline
Sap
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Muscovite and Quartz
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal
16 cm x 14 cm x 8 cm (Author: silvia)
Muscovite and Quartz
Minas da
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Muscovite book specimen 1 (other side) (Author: Turbo)
Muscovite book specimen 1 (other s
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Muscovite book specimen 1: 12 cm in length, 2 cm thick, Wilmington, DE (Author: Turbo)
Muscovite book specimen 1: 12 cm
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Muscovite book specimen 2: 11 cm in length, 1 cm thick, Wilmington, DE (Author: Turbo)
Muscovite book specimen 2: 11 cm i
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Muscovite ps. after tourmaline
Sapo Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.3 x 6.6 cm.
Intergrown books of silvery muscovite crystals replacing a tourmaline crystal. The trigonal tourmaline x-section is distinctly visible when viewed from the top. Collected in 2010. (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite ps. after tourmaline
Sap
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Muscovite, Albite (variety pericline)
Floitengrund, Ziller Valley (Zillertal), North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol, Austria
3 x 2,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Muscovite, Albite (variety pericline)
Floitengrund, Ziller Valley (Zillertal), North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol,
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Muscovite, Aquamarine
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Specimen size 13 cm, beryl crystal 2,5 x 3 cm, lar (Author: Tobi)
Muscovite, Aquamarine
Chumar B
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Muscovite, Quartz, Chlorite
Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy
121 x 72 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti)
Muscovite, Quartz, Chlorite
Be
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Muscovite, Quartz, Chlorite
Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy
121 x 72 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti)
Muscovite, Quartz, Chlorite
Be
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Muscovite, Quartz
Keystone, Keystone District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
64 mm x 61 mm x 54 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Muscovite, Quartz
Keystone, Ke
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Muscovite, Siderite, Arsenopyrite, Marcasite
7.3 × 6.9 × 3.8 cm
(Author: Michael Shaw)
Muscovite, Siderite, Arsenopyrite, Marcasite
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Muscovite/Cassiterite combo, Mt Xuebaoding, China. (Author: Samuel)
Muscovite/Cassiterite combo, Mt Xu
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Muscovite:
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(2 1/4" x 2" x 1 1/2") (Author: Bruce Sevier)
Muscovite:
Teo
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Muscovite
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya, Spain
5 cm width. (Author: Joan R.)
Muscovite
Mas Sever Quarry, Ma
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Muscovite
Sabsar, Indus Valley, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
8.0 x 9.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite
Sabsar, Indus Valley
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Muscovite
Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
5.0 x 8.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite
Nello Teer Crabtree
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Muscovite
Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.0 x 6.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite
Fillow Quarry, Branc
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Muscovite
Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA
1.9 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Muscovite
Hiddenite, Alexander
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Muscovite
Floitengrund, Ziller Valley (Zillertal), North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol, Austria
4,5 x 4,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Muscovite
Floitengrund, Ziller
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Muscovite
Reynolds Mine, Springfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
2.4 x 5.5 x 7.9 cm (Author: Michael Shaw)
Muscovite
Reynolds Mine, Sprin
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Mushistonite on Kesterite on Cassiterite
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
73 x 50 x 40 mm (Author: GneissWare)
Mushistonite on Kesterite on Cassiterite
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Prov
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Mushroom in a garden mason.JPG (Author: h.abbasi)
Mushroom in a garden mason.JPG
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Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
(Author: Fiebre Verde)
Muzo.JPG
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My 8 cm Navidad Creedite - been looking for one for awhile and this stood out - bought at the 2011 Deming, NM show. (Author: Darren)
My 8 cm Navidad Creedite - been lo
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My beloved little car in the distance. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
My beloved little car in the dista
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My best find at this location was this crystal. Joe was there when I uncovered the fissure containing it. It was quickly apparent that something good was going to come out of this fissure when while extracting the quartz it suddenly became glassy. It was as if the quartz exploded into crystals in a zone within the fissure. The sunlight now directly overhead reflected shiny faces on the nearly black quartz as it lay half buried in the ground. I saw one edge of the crystal above and knew immediately it was going to be killer. After quickly brushing the dirt off and holding it up in the sun Joe and I stared in awe. "Damn!", Joe exclaimed. This was a huge burst of motivation for us. Exhausted and drenched in sweat in the burning sun we suddenly found a second wind knowing that the surrounding area must contain more goodies. Joe exemplified this by promptly finding another fissure six feet away in which he extracted two or three nice crystals and some facet grade smoky quartz material. (Author: Scott LaBorde)
My best find at this location was
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My best pocket, the one on the right, and the crystals found in it. (Author: John S. White)
My best pocket, the one on the rig
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My camp site next to a small stream. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
My camp site next to a small strea
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My camp site. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
My camp site.
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My candidate for the finest gypsum crystal to come out of Naica. This sits in an exhibit case in the mine office and is flawless (Author: Peter Megaw)
My candidate for the finest gypsum
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My chum for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)
My chum for scale.
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My chum stands on the sandstone level that marks the bottom of the crystal bearing strata. The bathtub is thirty feet up from here. (Author: vic rzonca)
My chum stands on the sandstone le
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My favorite chinese cinnabar 4,5cm (Author: parfaitelumiere)
My favorite chinese cinnabar 4,5cm
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My favorite minaret quartz (Author: John S. White)
My favorite minaret quartz
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My Favourite crystal a Petalite (not phenakite) from Mogok, measures 20 x 4mm (Author: nurbo)
My Favourite crystal a Petalite (n
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My final resting place before the last stretch; a steep descent. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
My final resting place before the
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My first amethyst
Unknown
3,5 x 3 cm. (Author: Anísio Cláudio)
My first amethyst
Unknown
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My first Fluorite. This octahedral Fluorite comes from Zarembo Island, which is near Wrangel, in Southeast Alaska. I had to go there one day, in 1980, to fix a broken helicopter and our customer, a geologist, gave me this piece. The crystals are very pale light green, practically colorless on drusy Quartz, and average 1/4" (6mm) the specimen is about 4" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/4" (10.1cm x 6.4cm x 3.2cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
My first Fluorite. This octahedral
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My first Malachite. I have to agree with Jordi on the sacredness of leaving a mineral in its natural form. This is not what I had ordered, the dealer was helping. Still it has the habit I am most enamored with, and kids think its pretty. It is 5" x 3 1/2 x 2" (12.7cm x 8.9cm x 5.1cm) (Author: Jim Prentiss)
My first Malachite. I have to agre
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My little Red Cloud Mine toenail wulfenite. Like the one below, just came back to me in a trade with the guy I had sold it to, was glad to get it for $3 a few years ago!!! And am happy to have it back! (Author: Darren)
My little Red Cloud Mine toenail w
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My love for dogs in one picture: Me playing with some of the puppies from my parents’ last litter in 2017 (Author: Tobi)
My love for dogs in one picture: M
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My mat cutter and workspace, the trusty ole kitchen counter. (Author: Gail)
My mat cutter and workspace, the t
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My small 4 cm Cavansite, bought from David Garske a few months ago. (Author: Darren)
My small 4 cm Cavansite, bought fr
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My whole back porch full of crystal and crystals plates..mostly smokey’s but some will be ammy’s and a few of the larger plates tend to have a light purple color in some of them (Author: Jason)
My whole back porch full of crysta
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Myargyrite
San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
3,5x3x1,5 cm
Well crystallized, gray metallic Myargyrite, associated with reddish Pyrargyrite, from a classic peruan Silver mine. (Author: Simone Citon)
Myargyrite
San Genaro Mine, Castro
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Mylonitized Calcite and Willemite
Franklin, New Jersey, USA
6x3 cm (Author: LennyL)
Mylonitized Calcite and Willemite
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Myself and Colin set off to climb Aiguille du Moine. The climbing is steep and airy, but relatively easy. Colin was refreshed by his luxurious night’s sleep in the hut and was way out in front - you can see him working his way leftwards along some sloping ledges. Actually I think at that point he waited for me ’cos a rope was required... (Author: Mike Wood)
Myself and Colin set off to climb
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N’Chwaning mines, Kalahari Manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, Rhodochrosite on bladed Manganite
Size: 4.8 cm by 4.4 cm by 2.7 (Author: Gail)
N’Chwaning
Size: 4.8 cm by 4
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N’Chwaning Rhodochrosite (Author: Gail)
N’Chwaning Rhodochrosite
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N/A
(Author: Forrestblyth)
N/A
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Nadorite
Langban, Värmland, Sweden
fov 2.5 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Nadorite
Langban, Värmland
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Nagyagite
Sacarîmb ( Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
Up to 1 cm crystal cluster
Very rare "rose" of Nagyagite, associated with Rhodochrosite and Quartz, from old collection. (Author: Simone Citon)
Nagyagite
Sacarîmb ( Nagyág), Deva
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Nagyagite
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
6x5x3 cm
Large sheets of Nagyagite in Rhodochrosite matrix, from old collection. (Author: Simone Citon)
Nagyagite
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva,
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Nagyagite, Rhodochrosite
Sacarîmb (ex Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
7x6x4 cm
Exclusive, very rare and uncommon sample, with many complete, large (up to 2 cm ) Nagyagite crystals preserved by the encrusting Rhodochrosite and Quartz.
Usually large crystals of Nagyagite are broken, because it is very tender and fragile. From very old collection (late 1700-first 1800). (Author: Simone Citon)
Nagyagite, Rhodochrosite
Sacarîmb
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Naica Anidrite Chihuahua Mexico. size 11cm (Author: javmex2)
Naica Anidrite Chihuahua Mexico. s
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Naica Chihuahua Mexico.
This piece is a group of calcite of 7.5 cm with spinel twinned fluorite crystals of 1cm some smaller and others larger, the largest measuring 1.5cm
Year:2007 (Author: javmex2)
Naica Chihuahua M
This piece is a g
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Naica fluorite.jpg (Author: Tracy)
Naica fluorite.jpg
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Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
15 cm (Author: Peter Megaw)
Naica Mining Company Prospectus
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Naica octahedron 10 cm on an axis (Author: Peter Megaw)
Naica octahedron 10 cm on an axis
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Naica spinel twinned fluorite...with large enhydro. 8 cm across (Author: Peter Megaw)
Naica spinel twinned fluorite...wi
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Naica trap mod.jpg (Author: Peter Megaw)
Naica trap mod.jpg
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naicfluo_angle90.jpg (Author: Tobi)
naicfluo_angle90.jpg
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Nakauriite
Lobminggraben, St Stefan ob Leoben, Leoben, Styria/Steiermark, Austria
2,5 x 1,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Nakauriite
Lobminggraben, St S
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Nambulite, Gypsum
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
1.0 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
ex Chris Stefano
Partial tabular pink-red translucent crystal of nambulite on gypsum. (Author: Don Lum)
Nambulite, Gypsum
Kombat Mine, Kom
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Nambulite, Gypsum
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
1.0 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
ex Chris Stefano
Partial tabular pink-red translucent crystal of nambulite on gypsum. (Author: Don Lum)
Nambulite, Gypsum
Kombat Mine, Kom
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Nambulite, Gypsum
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
1.0 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
ex Chris Stefano
Partial tabular pink-red translucent crystal of nambulite on gypsum. (Author: Don Lum)
Nambulite, Gypsum
Kombat Mine, Kom
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Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
57mm x 34mm x 24mm (Author: Don Lum)
Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat,
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Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
57mm x 34mm x 24mm (Author: Don Lum)
Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat,
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Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
57mm x 34mm x 24mm (Author: Don Lum)
Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat,
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Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
57mm x 34mm x 24mm (Author: Don Lum)
Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat,
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Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
57mm x 34mm x 24mm (Author: Don Lum)
Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat,
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Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
57mm x 34mm x 24mm (Author: Don Lum)
Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat,
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Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
57 mm x 34 mm x 24 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Nambulite
Kombat Mine, Kombat,
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Namibia.jpg (Author: Tobi)
Namibia.jpg
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Namibia.JPG (Author: Tobi)
Namibia.JPG
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Narsarsukite
Island of Igdlutalik, Narsaq, South Greenland
FoV: 2,5 x 2 cm
GENERAL info about the mineral:
* Narsarsukite is a titanium containing chain silicate known currently from around 20 alkaline localities worldwide.
* General formula is Na2(Ti,Fe)Si4O11 - may contain F and OH
* Tetragonal crystal forms, mostly plates
* NOTE: Neptunite has almost identical formula but different crystal structure; it has monoclinic crystals.
* The type locality is Narsarsuk (xxx complex) from where the mineral was described by the Swedish mineralogist Flink in 19O1.
My previous photo of Narsarsukite from Ilímaussaq show a more typical aspect of the mineral, i.e. yellow plates.
The following is information about the PARTICULAR Igdlutalik Narsarsukite on this photo (source in the end):
The SITE :
* Igdlutalik is NOT inside, rather 12 km west of the Ilimaussaq complex. (and 45 km west of the type locality Narsarsuk)
* Narsarsukite occurs at the island within a dyke of peralkaline trachyte.
* The dyke was found during the 1 : 2o ooo reconnaissance mapping of the Julianehaab area by the Greenland Geological Survey.
* It is some 20 m wide and the outcrop can be traced not more than 50 m along the length of the dyke.
The CRYSTALS of Igdlutalik Narsarsukite:
* Short prisms (around twice as long as they are broad) unlike most narsarsukite from other locations that have tabular habits.
* Forms {1oo} and {oo1} are dominant
* The unique GREEN color here is probably due to aegirine inclusions. (the mineral itself is normally yellow)
COMPOSITION - particularities:
* The Igdlutalik narsarsukite has a distinctly high Ti/Fe ratio compared with those from Ilimaussaq and Narssarssuk; in this respect it most closely resembles the Sweet Grass, Montana narsarsukites (Stewart, 1959).
* Niobium is a significant minor component
FORMATION:
* All known occurrences of narsarsukite are in silica-oversaturated environments in close association with alkaline intrusive rocks that have crystallized at relative low pressures.
* Stewart (1959) pointed out that the requisite conditions for narsarsukite growth may be obtained where emanations from alkaline magmas react with siliceous wallrocks.
* Growth of narsarsukite, according to Stewart (I959), requires an excess of silica, high partial pressure of oxygen, and all abundance of Ti and Na. Stewart considered that at lower oxygen pressure neptunite, Na2FeTiSi4O12, would be generated. However, Rajasekaran (I966) demonstrated the apparently stable coexistence of narsarsukite and neptunite at St. Hilalre, Quebec.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION - most of the above is directly extracted from:
UPTON et. al. : Narsarsukite - a new occurrence in peralkaline trachyte, south Greenland
Mineralogical Magazine, Sept 1976, Vol. 40 PP. 737-46
www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_40/40-315-737.pdf
(giving all the references I have left in the above extracts)
on Mindat:
* Igdlutalik, the locality : http://www.mindat.org/loc-23311.html (by the way it is the type locality for Emeleusite)
* Narsarsukite crystals from the same dyke http://www.mindat.org/locentry-156911.html (Author: kakov)
Narsarsukite
Island of Igdlutalik,
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Narsarsukite
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV=5mm (Author: Doug)
Narsarsukite
Poudrette quarry (Dem
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Narsarsukite, Manganoan Pectolite (black)
Kangerdluarsuk, Ilímaussaq Intrusive Complex, Narsaq, Greenland
FoV: 2,5 x 2 cm
GENERAL about the mineral:
* Narsarsukite is a titanium containing chain silicate known currently from around 20 alkaline localities worldwide.
* General formula is Na2(Ti,Fe)Si4O11 - may contain F and OH
* Tetragonal, seen mostly as tabular crystals, parallel to {oo1}.
* NOTE: Neptunite has almost identical formula but different crystal structure; it has monoclinic crystals.
* usually the color is YELLOW
* The type locality is the Narsarsuk pegmatite from where the mineral was described by the Swedish mineralogist Flink in 19O1.
Ilímaussaq Narsarsukite:
* First described from the Ilímaussaq complex by the Russian mineralogist Semenov in 1969
* Occurs in a quartz-bearing contact zone between naujaite and alkaline granite
* This environment is in accordance with:
* "Requisite conditions for narsarsukite growth may be obtained where emanations from alkaline magmas react with siliceous wallrocks" (Stewart (1959), quoted in UPTON et. al. 1977)
* The piece on this photo is from Kangerdluarsuk; where we are near the southern border of the Complex.
Turkestanite:
There are brown prisms (not very much darker than the narsarsukite) in the piece that is turkestanite (pointed out by a trustworthy source who had the piece in his hands). Not very well visible on this view, but there is the squared cross section of a crystal approx in the middle, above the left corner of the long narsarsukite plate. Other day I will try take and load close ups where it is better seen.
* "Ilimaussaq turkestanite forms up to a few millimeter large, brown or brownish-orange, idiomorphic, simple prismatic crystals; associated minerals are microcline, albite, augite, aegirine, quartz eudialyte and narsarsukite." (PETERSEN et.al 1999)
refs:
* STEWART 1959. Narsarsukite from Sage Creek, Sweet Grass Hills, Montana. Amer. Min. 44, 265-73.
(as quoted in: UPTON et. al. : Narsarsukite - a new occurrence in peralkaline trachyte, south Greenland - Mineralogical Magazine, Sept 1976, Vol. 40 PP. 737-46 www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_40/40-315-737.pdf)
* PETERSEN et.al: Turkestanite from the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland
Neues Jarhrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, issue: 9, 1999, pp: 424 - 432
(I did not manage to get the entire article, above sentence is quoted from the abstract) (Author: kakov)
Narsarsukite, Manganoan Pectolite
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Natanite and rhodochrisite
Main Silicate Orebody, Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
FOV 1 cm
Cluster of 2 mm yellow-orange natanite crystals with rhodochrosite (Author: Peter Megaw)
Natanite and rhodochrisite
Main Si
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Native Bismuth
Keeley-Frontier Mine, Silver Centre, Ontario, Canada
16.5x12x1.5 cm
A cut and polished slab of gabbro showing native bismuth filling joint fractures. (Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native Bismuth
Keeley-Frontier M
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Native Copper (dodecahedral and wire copper)
Osceola Mine, Osceola, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
97 mm x 52 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Copper (dodecahedral and wire copper)
Osceola Mine, Osceola, Houghton County
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Native Copper (Spinel Twin, Cubic Crystals)
Phoenix Mine, Phoenix, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
22 mm x 18 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Copper (Spinel Twin, Cubic Crystals)
Phoenix Mine, Phoenix, Keweenaw County,
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Native Copper (variety spinel twin)
Rocklands Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
43 mm x 27 mm x 12 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Copper (variety spinel twin)
Rocklands Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Aus
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Native Copper Crystals
Copper Creek Mine, Batchawana Bay, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
7x5x3.5 cm (Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native Copper Cry
Copper Creek Mine
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Native Copper with Cuprite. Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Herberton District, Queensland, Australia. 10 x 8 x 6 cm. (Author: Samuel)
Native Copper with Cuprite. Red Do
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Native Copper, Burra Burra Mine, Burra, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia.9 x 7 x 6 cm (Author: Samuel)
Native Copper, Burra Burra Mine, B
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Native Copper, Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Herberton District, Queensland, Australia. 10 x 5 x 2 cm. (Author: Samuel)
Native Copper, Red Dome Mine, Chil
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Native Copper. Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Herberton District, Queensland, Australia. 6 x 4 x 4 cm. (Author: Samuel)
Native Copper. Red Dome Mine, Chil
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Native Copper. Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Herberton District, Queensland, Australia. 6 x 4 x 4 cm. (Author: Samuel)
Native Copper. Red Dome Mine, Chil
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Native Copper
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
10 cm x 5 cm x 2 cm (Author: silvia)
Native Copper
Milpillas Mine,
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Native Copper
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
10 cm x 5 cm x 2 cm (Author: silvia)
Native Copper
Milpillas Mine,
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Native Copper
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
32 mm x 20 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Copper
Ray Mines, Scott
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Native Copper
Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
71 mm x 17 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Copper
Ray Mines, Scott
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Native Copper
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
56 mm x 12 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Copper
White Pine Mine,
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Native Gold, Sphalerite, Quartz
Timmins Mine, Township, Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
26 mm x 15 mm x 15 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Gold, Sphalerite, Quartz
Timmins Mine, Township, Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Cana
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Native Gold
Mockingbird Mine, Colorado area, Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA
30 mm x 21 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Gold
Mockingbird Mine,
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Native Gold
Santa Elena de Uairén, Gran Sabana, Bolívar State, Venezuela
23 mm x 13 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Gold
Santa Elena de Uai
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Native Gold
Santa Elena de Uairén, Gran Sabana, Bolívar State, Venezuela
18 mm x 11 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Gold
Santa Elena de Uai
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Native Gold
Placer County, California, USA
22 mm x 20 mm x 15 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Gold
Placer County, Cal
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Native lead as flat balls with minor blue caledonite in quartz from Churfürst Ernst mine, Bönkhausen, Sauerland, Westphalia. Picture width 5 mm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
Native lead as flat balls with min
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Native Leaf Silver
Langis Mine, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
10x2x.3 cm
Nice slender leaf of native silver weighing 84 grms. (Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native Leaf Silve
Langis Mine, New
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Native platinum is quite rare in Germany. The picture shows a 1,8 mm nugget from Kolbersbach, Drachselsried, Bavaria. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
Native platinum is quite rare in G
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Native silver
Huantajalla mine, in the southeast of Uchucchacua area, Oyon, Lima, Peru
77 mm high x 45 mm wide (wire lenght >44 mm)
Close-up view (Author: Carles Millan)
Native silver
Huantajalla mine, in
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Native silver
Huantajalla mine, in the southeast of Uchucchacua area, Oyon, Lima, Peru
77 mm high x 45 mm wide (wire lenght >44 mm) (Author: Carles Millan)
Native silver
Huantajalla mine, in
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Native silver
Isle of Skye, Scotland
11mm across
This is the silver nugget I found in the stream, the first time I was there. Actually I haven’t had it tested yet, but it is so distinctive, it just has to be. Doesn’t it? (Author: Mike Wood)
Native silver
Isle of Skye, Scotla
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Native Silver
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany (Author: xdxucn)
Native Silver
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser M
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Native silver crystals (herring bone) covered with safflorite
Langis Mine, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
7x4x5 cm
Etched silver crystals with safflorite coating. (Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native silver cry
Langis Mine, New
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Native silver crystals with a safflorite coating
Langis Mine, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
6x4.5x2 cm
This crystal was etched using acid to expose the herring bone silver crystals. As with most of these specimens, a thin coating of safflorite is attached to the silver. (Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native silver cry
Langis Mine, New
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Native silver crystals with a safflorite coating
Mensilvo Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
7.5x7x1 cm
A nice cluster of silver crystals on a leaf of native silver. Some of the crystals have a thin coating of safflorite. The specimen weighs 179 grams. (Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native silver cry
Mensilvo Mine, Co
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Native silver in and on Calcite with acanthite
3cm
Mexico. (Author: parfaitelumiere)
Native silver in
3cm
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Native Silver in Bornite
Coleman Mine, Levack, Ontario, Canada
12 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Native silver in bornite from Sudbury is typically formed in thin sheets along joint contacts within bornite veins. These high copper veins are found in the foot wall rocks away from the nickel ore bodies that are commonly mined here. (Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native Silver in
Coleman Mine, Lev
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Native Silver in Arsenic, Pöhla. Saxony, GER, Picture width is approx. 8 cm (Author: Montanpark)
Native Silver in Arsenic, Pöhla. S
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Native silver on safflorite
Langis Mine, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
9x5x1 cm
Native silver on safflorite, if you look closely, you will see striations on the silver from the lower left to the upper right. These striations are slickensides and are formed as a result of movement in the fault where the silver was forming. (Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native silver on
Langis Mine, New
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Native Silver on Arsenic
Pöhla - Erzgebirge
6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm (Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native Silver on
Pöhla - Erzgebirg
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Native Silver on Arsenic
Pöhla - Erzgebirge
6.5 x 5 x 3.5 (Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native Silver on
Pöhla - Erzgebirg
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Native Silver on Calcite
Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Flesberg, Buskerud, Norway
5.7 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
"The Cobra" (Author: Don Lum)
Native Silver on Calcite
Kongsberg
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Native Silver, Elizabeth Hill Mine, Near Karratha, West Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia. 11 x 6 x 3 cm (Author: Samuel)
Native Silver, Elizabeth Hill Mine
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Native Silver, Imiter, Morocco, FOV approx. 3.5 cm (Author: Montanpark)
Native Silver, Imiter, Morocco, FO
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Native Silver
Hi-Ho Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
12 x 8 x 1.5 cm
(Author: Joseph D'Oliveira)
Native Silver
Hi-Ho Mine, Cobal
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Native Silver
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
42 mm x 38 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Silver
Pöhla-Tellerhä
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Native Silver
Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA
19.5 mm x 13 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Native Silver
Keweenaw County,
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Native Sulphur, El Desierto Mine, Cerro Picoloro, Daniel Campos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia. S8, 10 x 7 x 7cm (Author: Samuel)
Native Sulphur, El Desierto Mine,
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Natrojarosite
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece
FOV = 2.0 mm (Author: Doug)
Natrojarosite
Kamariza Mines,
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Natrolemoynite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 4mm (Author: Doug)
Natrolemoynite
Poudrette Quarr
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Natrolite
Hohentwiel, Singen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
4 x 3 cm
Very well crystallized material from the type locality. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
Natrolite
Hohentwiel, Singen, Bade
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Natrolite
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
5.6 x 6.9 cm.
Radiating groups of dull prismatic colorless natrolite associated with acicular black aegirine. The back side is covered with platy polylithionite pictured in the next photo. (Author: crosstimber)
Natrolite
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Mont
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Natrolite
Oisgill Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
10cm x 8cm x 4cm
Radiating aggregates of natrolite crystals. This was found in a gully around the corner at the north end of Oisgill Bay - on the map this spot is called ’An Ceannaich’. This specimen has been analysed. I went back to the same spot recently and could not find a trace of it; I think it had been buried by rockfall. My recollection is that the natrolite was formed in a vein in the back of the gully.
Self-collected 1995. (Author: Mike Wood)
Natrolite
Oisgill Bay, Isle of Sky
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Natrolite
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV=4mm (Author: Doug)
Natrolite
Poudrette quarry (Demix
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Natrolite
San Agustin Del Valle Fertil, San Juan Prov., Argentina
4.6 x 7.6 x 10.2 cm.
Colorless acicular crystals of natrolite to 3.5 cm with reddish-brown iron oxide inclusions. Collected in Summer 2004. (Author: crosstimber)
Natrolite
San Agustin Del Valle Fe
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Natrolite
Sgurr nam Fiadh, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
8cm x 4cm x 3cm
Crystals of Natrolite found in a very large gas cavity in a weathered boulder. The greenish background (altered basalt) is distinctive and Prof. M.F.Heddle in his famous book ’Mineralogy of Scotland’ (1901) describes Scolecite from this locality on a similar coloured background. But this stuff is definitely Natrolite, it was tested via Alan Dyer in 2002. A mystery perhaps?
Self-collected 1994. (Author: Mike Wood)
Natrolite
Sgurr nam Fiadh, Isle of
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Natrolite
Yeola, Nasik District, Maharashtra, India
7.3 x 9.8 cm.
Divergent sprays of transparent prismatic natrolite associated with small pseudocubic crystals of apophyllite-(KF) on brown basalt. Recovered from a well dig in Sept. 2011. (Author: crosstimber)
Natrolite
Yeola, Nasik District, M
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Natrolite (?) / Mesolite (?), Heulandite-Ca
Hvalfjörður, Capital Region, Iceland
29x48x26mm (Author: Bergur_E_Sigurdarson)
Natrolite (?) / Mesolite (?), Heulandite-Ca
Hvalfjörður, Capital R
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Natrolite (?), Stilbite
Hvalfjörður, Capital Region, Iceland
63x38x34mm (Author: Bergur_E_Sigurdarson)
Natrolite (?), Stilbite
Hvalfj
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Natrolite + Analcime
Oisgill Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
10mm crystals
Natrolite crystals to 10mm on small analcime crystals in a gas cavity in basalt lava. This material has been analysed.
Self-collected 2004. (Author: Mike Wood)
Natrolite + Analcime
Oisgill Bay,
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Natrolite + Laumontite
Sgurr nam Fiadh, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
8 cm x 8 cm x 4 cm
Natrolite or mesolite crystals to 12 mm on white crystals that used to be laumontite, but have most likely dehydrated as the specimen has been stored dry. I have had similar material tested from this locality and it proved to be natrolite - courtesy of Alan Dyer - but not this same material.
This locality is 5km south of Talisker Bay and - you guessed it - very difficult to access !
Self-collected 2006.
Self-collected 2004. (Author: Mike Wood)
Natrolite + Laumontite
Sgurr nam F
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Natrolite on Gmelinite, Little Deer Park Quarry,Glenarm, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, FOV approx 10 x 7 mm (Author: nurbo)
Natrolite on Gmelinite, Little Dee
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Natrolite on Gmelinite, Little Deer Park Quarry,Glenarm, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, 30 x 20 mm (Author: nurbo)
Natrolite on Gmelinite, Little Dee
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Natrolite subgroup
Vitiello Quarry (Cava Vitiello), Terzigno, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
10.39 mm area with several tufts of white Zeolite minerals (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
Natrolite subgroup
Vitiello Quarry
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Natrolite, Analcime, Rhodochrosite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
40 mm x 30 mm 25 mm (Author: Don Lum)
Natrolite, Analcime, Rhodochrosite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, C
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Natrolite, Analcime
Piz Sella, Plan de Gralba, Selva di Val Gardena, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
5,5 x 4,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite, Analcime
Piz Sella,
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Natrolite, Analcime
Piz Sella, Plan de Gralba, Selva di Val Gardena, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
5,5 x 4,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite, Analcime
Piz Sella,
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Natrolite, Analcime
Dobrná, Děčín (Tetschen), Ústí Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
FoV ca. 2 x 1,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite, Analcime
Dobrná, D
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Natrolite, Levyne
Beaver Valley Quarry, Shine, Jefferson County, Washington, USA
FOV = 3.7 mm (Author: Doug)
Natrolite, Levyne
Beaver Valle
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Natrolite, Tacharanite, Phillipsite
Palagonia, Northern Iblean plateau, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy
41.48 mm group with Natrolite balls and little white Tacharanite balls with Phillipsite (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
Natrolite, Tacharanite, Phillipsit
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Natrolite.
Charcas, San Luis Potosí, México.
3cm x 3.3cm x 2.9cm. (Author: Luis Domínguez)
Natrolite.
Charcas, San Luis Potos
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Natrolite.
Flinder, Victoria, Australia.
50 x 25 mm (Author: nurbo)
Natrolite.
Flinder, Victoria, Aust
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Natrolite.
Flinder, Victoria, Australia.
50 x 25 mm (Author: nurbo)
Natrolite.
Flinder, Victoria, Aust
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Natrolite
Altavilla Quarry, Altavilla Vicentina, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
Nicest 12.28 mm Natrolite ball (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
Natrolite
Altavilla Quarry,
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Natrolite
Altavilla Quarry, Altavilla Vicentina, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
66 mm zone covered of Natrolite balls (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)
Natrolite
Altavilla Quarry,
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Natrolite
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
37 mm (Author: Gerhard Brandstetter)
Natrolite
Imilchil area, Anti-
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Natrolite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
70mm x 50mm x 40mm (Author: Philippe Durand)
Natrolite
Jalgaon District, Ma
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Natrolite
Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, USA
5.5 x 8.0 x 9.6 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Natrolite
Weyerhaeuser Lincoln
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Natrolite
Wind Mountain, Cornudas Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
FOV = 3.5 mm (Author: Doug)
Natrolite
Wind Mountain, Cornu
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Natrolite
Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA
FOV = 4.0 mm (Author: Doug)
Natrolite
Tick Canyon, Lang, L
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Natrolite
Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India
fov 40 mm (Author: ploum)
Natrolite
Pune District (Poona
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Natrolite
Altavilla Quarry, Altavilla Vicentina, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
24 x 22 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti)
Natrolite
Altavilla Quarry, Al
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Natrolite
Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra, India
130 x 100 x 90 mm (Author: Rob Schnerr)
Natrolite
Nashik District (Nas
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Natrolite
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
70mm x 40mm x 45mm (Author: Philippe Durand)
Natrolite
Mont Saint-Hilaire,
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Natrolite
Piz Sella, Plan de Gralba, Selva di Val Gardena, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
127 x 90 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti)
Natrolite
Piz Sella, Plan de G
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Natrolite
Piz Sella, Plan de Gralba, Selva di Val Gardena, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
127 x 90 mm (Author: Sante Celiberti)
Natrolite
Piz Sella, Plan de G
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Natrolite
Piz Sella, Plan de Gralba, Selva di Val Gardena, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
5 x 3 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite
Piz Sella, Plan de G
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Natrolite
Piz Sella, Plan de Gralba, Selva di Val Gardena, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
8 x 7 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite
Piz Sella, Plan de G
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Natrolite
Piz Sella, Plan de Gralba, Selva di Val Gardena, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy
8 x 7 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite
Piz Sella, Plan de G
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Natrolite
Hohentwiel, Singen, Konstanz, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
5,5 x 2 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite
Hohentwiel, Singen,
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Natrolite
Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
7 x 3,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite
Fuerteventura, Las P
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Natrolite
Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
7 x 3,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite
Fuerteventura, Las P
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Natrolite
Lefka, Nicosia District, Cyprus
7.0 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm (Author: Michael Shaw)
Natrolite
Lefka, Nicosia Distr
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Natrolite
Mariánská Skála, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
5 x 4 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite
Mariánská Skála,
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Natrolite
Mariánská Skála, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
5 x 4 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite
Mariánská Skála,
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Natrolite
Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
11 x 1,7 cm (Author: Sante Celiberti)
Natrolite
Chimney Rock Quarry,
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Natrolite
Tighiste (Tirrhist), Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4,5 cm x 3,5 cm (Author: Enrique Llorens)
Natrolite
Tighiste (Tirrhist),
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Natrolite
Tighiste (Tirrhist), Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.5 x 4.0 cm (Author: Michael Shaw)
Natrolite
Tighiste (Tirrhist),
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Natrolite
Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4 x 2,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)
Natrolite
Imilchil area, Anti-
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Natrolith (Hohentwiel).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
Natrolith (Hohentwiel).JPG
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Natropharmacoalumite
María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalucía, Spain
fov 2 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Natropharmacoalum
María Josefa Mine
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Natropharmacoalumite
María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalucía, Spain
fov 2 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Natropharmacoalum
María Josefa Mine
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Natropharmacoalumite
María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
fov 0.7 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Natropharmacoalumite
María Jo
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Natropharmacoalumite
María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
fov 1 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Natropharmacoalumite
María Jo
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Natropharmacoalumite
María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
fov 2.5 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Natropharmacoalumite
María Jo
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Natropharmacosiderite
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
FOV = 4.00 mm (Author: Doug)
Natropharmacosiderite
Gold Hil
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Natrophosphate
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV=2mm
Clear crystal (Author: Doug)
Natrophosphate
Poudrette quarry (D
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Natropyrochlore
Água de Pau Volcano, Água de Pau, Lagoa, San Miguel Island, Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal
fov 2 mm (Author: ploum)
Natropyrochlore
Água de Pau V
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Natropyrochlore
Água de Pau Volcano, Água de Pau, Lagoa, San Miguel Island, Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal
fov 1.5 mm (Author: ploum)
Natropyrochlore
Água de Pau V
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Natropyrochlore
Água de Pau Volcano, Água de Pau, Lagoa, San Miguel Island, Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal
fov 1.6 mm (Author: ploum)
Natropyrochlore
Água de Pau V
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Natrozippeite
Widowmaker Mine, Fry Mesa, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
FOV = 2.5 mm (Author: Doug)
Natrozippeite
Widowmaker Mine,
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Natrozippeite
Parco Mine Group, Yellow Cat Mesa, Thompsons District (S.E. Thompsons), Grand County, Utah, USA
FOV = 1.9 mm (Author: Doug)
Natrozippeite
Parco Mine Group
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Naturally etched, deep yellow color, heliodor crystal, from Padre Paraíso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Size 122 x 13 x 9 mm (Author: olelukoe)
Naturally etched,
Size 122 x 13 x
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Naturally etched, gem quality and fully completed topaz crystal floater , from old Ukraine locality - Volodarsk-Volinskiy, not so bad example from this old locality (usually topaz crystals from this place not so good quality)
Size 75 x 52 x 26 mm (Author: olelukoe)
Naturally etched,
Size 75 x 52 x 2
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Naujakasite
Ilímaussaq Intrusive Complex, Narsaq, Greenland
FoV= 3 x 3 cm;
Crystal: 1.5 x 1.2 cm
NAUJAKASITE is by no means an aesthetic mineral but it is deeply exciting conceptually, let us see why:
This string begins with two pieces of Steenstrupine, a mineral found only few places and in low quantities outside the Ilímaussaq Intrusion. It has very complex structure and around 20 different elements in the full formula, many of which are rare ones.
The Naujakasite is similar in distribution, it is practically never found at all outside the Intrusion, even if inside it is locally very common, it reach to be the main component of a rock. But in opposition to Steentrupine, its formula is surprisingly simple: Na6(Fe,Mn)Al4Si8O26
Now, in case of “strange combination of weird elements” we somehow “intuitively” accept that the formation event has been a rare one with only one or very few known occurrences on Earth. Nevertheless seeing such a simple formula with few and common elements, the uniqueness of the Ilímaussaq formation is somehow even more striking.
Strongly simplified, apart from the presence of many rare elements we are talking about a magma with very low concentrations of silicium (quarz is never found in most of the area in the central parts of the Intrusion!) and very high concentrations of sodium (Na) – an element present in high amounts in many Ilímaussaq minerals. (no wonder Sodalite has its type locality here…) (Author: kakov)
Naujakasite
Ilímaussaq Intrusive C
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Naujakasite
Ilímaussaq Intrusive Complex, Narsaq, Greenland
FoV: 2,5 x 2 cm
A strange mineral that formed instead of nepheline in certain parts of the hyper-agpaitic magma (=low silica, high sodium) of the Ilímaussaq Intrusion. In spite of not containing any rare elements, it is practically not found anywhere else on Earth.
More info above my other Naujakasite photo that shows a single crystal. On this piece the colour is more fresh, greenish. (Author: kakov)
Naujakasite
Ilímaussaq Intrusive C
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Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain
(Author: supertxango)
Navajun town and surroundings
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Nealite from Lavrion, Attica, Greece.
Field of view: 1.2 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Nealite from Lavr
Field of view: 1.
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Nealite, Lavrion, Greece 1 mm (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Nealite, Lavrion, Greece 1 mm
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Nealite
Mazarrón, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia), Spain
FOV 4.8 mm. (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Nealite
Mazarrón, Comarca Alt
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Nealite
Mazarrón, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia), Spain
FOV 3.8 mm. (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Nealite
Mazarrón, Comarca Alt
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Nealite
Mazarrón, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia), Spain
FOV 6 mm. (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Nealite
Mazarrón, Comarca Alt
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Nealite
Mazarrón, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia), Spain
FOV 1.2 mm. (Author: Rewitzer Christian)
Nealite
Mazarrón, Comarca Alt
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Nearing the bottom where the vein starts to peter out..still finding druz here but no more large crystals. (Author: Jason)
Nearing the bottom where the vein
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Nearly 5 cm long wires of so-called "Schlotsilber" (chimney silver) from Schlema mining district, Erzgebirge, Saxony. Not all dubious silver samples without matrix are manmade in a narrower sense. Some of them have been found when the chimneys of the smelters (f.e. at Freiberg and Schlema-Schneeberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony) got pulled down. The silver sublimated on the inside of the chimneys. It is told that big chimney fragments fully overgrown by large silver wires have been found... But there´s nothing about ever been published and actually I never saw such "matrix chimney silver". Moreover you don´t see such loose wires that often; characteristic is their luster - the shown sample is, I think, 50 years old and there is no black tarnish on. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)
Nearly 5 cm long wires of so-calle
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Nearly home. Some 12 km from our home. (Author: Pierre Joubert)
Nearly home. Some 12 km from our h
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Neighborite and Rutile
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV=4mm
Rutile is dark crystal to right of neighborite (Author: Doug)
Neighborite and Rutile
Poudrette q
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Neil Prenn intent on digging quartz in a pocket. (Author: Tony L. Potucek)
Neil Prenn intent on digging quart
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Nelson Streetcar (Author: Jimoore)
Nelson Streetcar
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Nenadkevichite
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV=4mm (Author: Doug)
Nenadkevichite
Poudrette quarry (D
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Nenadkevichite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 2mm (Author: Doug)
Nenadkevichite
Poudrette Quarr
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Nenadkevichite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 2mm (Author: Doug)
Nenadkevichite
Poudrette Quarr
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Nenadkevichite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 4mm (Author: Doug)
Nenadkevichite
Poudrette Quarr
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Nenthead mine workings. They do tours around the place. (Author: nurbo)
Nenthead mine workings. They do to
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Neotocite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 4mm (Author: Doug)
Neotocite
Poudrette Quarry, Mo
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Nephelina and Phlogopite
Auraghuq, Jurm, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
20 mm x 20 mm (Author: Manuel Mesa)
Nephelina and Phlogopite
Aurag
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Nepheline
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV=4mm
Crude crystals on massive nepheline (Author: Doug)
Nepheline
Poudrette quarry (Demix
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Nepheline (?), Aegirine
Ilímaussaq Intrusive Complex, Narsaq, Greenland
FoV: 5 x 4 cm
(side view of the piece on the previous photo)
Formation of Nepheline shows the lack of silicium in the magma.
It can be difficult to distinguish from feldspar, as it has similar colur and hardness, but it lack clear cleavage and has a somewhat greasy lustre - I am almost sure most of the gray substance we see here is nepheline. (in other areas of the same stone there is also a bit of feldspar, see previous pic) (Author: kakov)
Nepheline (?), Aegirine
Ilímaussaq
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Nepheline on Lazurite
Auraghuq, Jurm, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
20 mm x 20 mm (Author: Manuel Mesa)
Nepheline on Lazurite
Auraghuq
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Nepheline on Lazurite
Auraghuq, Jurm, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
20 mm x 20 mm (Author: Manuel Mesa)
Nepheline on Lazurite
Auraghuq
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Nepheline
Löhley, Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
48 x 26 x 11 mm (Author: Rob Schnerr)
Nepheline
Löhley, Üdersdorf,
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Neptunite
Dallas Gem Mine, New Idria, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA
fov 35 mm (Author: ploum)
Neptunite
Dallas Gem Mine, New Idr
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Neptunite
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
fov 45 mm (Author: ploum)
Neptunite
Dallas Gem Mine, San Ben
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Neptunite
San Benito Gem Mine, California, USA.
2cm across (Author: nurbo)
Neptunite
San Benito Gem Mine, Cal
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Neptunite twin (Author: John S. White)
Neptunite twin
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Neptunite with Benitoite - Dallas Gem Mine - San Benito County - California - large minature (7.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm) (Author: jaysminerals)
Neptunite with Benitoite - Dallas
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Neptunite, Benitoite
California State Gem Mine (Benitoite Gem Mine), San Benito River headwaters area, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA
3.6 x 3.0 cm (Author: am mizunaka)
Neptunite, Benitoite
Californi
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Neptunite, Joaquinite-(Ce)
Benitoite Mine, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA (Author: Roger Warin)
Neptunite, Joaquinite-(Ce)
Benitoi
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NEPTUNITE, Pyrochlore, Tugtupite
Ilímaussaq Intrusive Complex, Narsaq, Greenland
FoV: 4 x 5 cm (for reference you have the curvature of my finger on the top)
section of Neptunite crystal in right down corner: 3 x 3 mm
I have taken this piece for the relatively well developed Neptunite crystals (NB! this is not a micro photo), the Pyrochlore is more visible in the previous piece, here there are only small spots of it to the right of the central Neptunite area. The Tugtupite is also of very bad quality.
NEPTUNITE is a relatively common mineral in some rocks of the Ilímaussaq complex, among them the beryllium bearing hydrothermal veins. Hence if you have Tugtupite in your collection on a relatively decent sized matrix, it is highly probable you also will have Nepunite in it somewhere.
We are not talking about showy crystals like the well known wonders from San Benito, California, the grains/crystals here seldom get over a few mm and they are usually surrounded by other minerals. Nevertheless the Ilímaussaq Neptunite has some really interesting features, of which I would highlight:
1) It always shows the deep red colour.
2) Association: in the Tugtupite bearing hydrothermal veins the Neptunite grains are almost always directly associated with the niobium mineral Pyrochlore, that forms yellow or light brown irregular spots or oblong areas with a greasy lustre. Inside or near this substance we have dark grains, clearly deep red with a 10x loupe and often of romoidal shape – this is the Neptunite!
3) Cultural aspects: Although the type locality is not Ilímaussaq rather the Narsarsuk pegmatite located in the Igaliko intrusive complex, the two locations are relatively close to each other (and type locality Neptunite is practically impossible to get!). Furthermore we can say that the name given to the mineral is somehow equally justified at this site: In the Narsarsuk pegmatite there are big amounts of Aegirine, named after the sea god Aegir in the Nordic mythology – this association inspired the usage of “Neptun”, the Roman sea god in the nomenclature of the associated mineral. And well, Aegirine is also a common mineral in the Ilímaussaq complex… (Author: kakov)
NEPTUNITE, Pyrochlore, Tugtupite
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Neptunite
California State Gem Mine (Benitoite Gem Mine), San Benito River headwaters area, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA
3.3 x 6.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Neptunite
California State Gem
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Neptunite
California State Gem Mine (Benitoite Gem Mine), San Benito River headwaters area, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA
80 X 61 mm (Author: Manuel Mesa)
Neptunite
California State Gem
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Neptunite
California State Gem Mine (Benitoite Gem Mine), San Benito River headwaters area, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA
1.5 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Neptunite
California State Gem