FMF Minerals Gallery

5 cm gypsum crystal from Hordorf near Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The crystal was found when the railway location line "Weddeler Schleife" was constructed in 1997. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

5 cm gypsum crystal from Hordorf n

5 cm pectolite sample from the Kreimbach quarry, Niedernkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

5 cm pectolite sample from the Kre

5 cm. quartz, from the spilt pocket. (Author: vic rzonca)

5 cm. quartz, from the spilt pocke

5 Kalahari manganese fields olmiite and calcite crystals on matrix-south africa-117g.jpg (Author: Anton Potgieter)

5 Kalahari manganese fields ol

5 x 2 x 2 cm and weighs 35 grams (Author: VRigatti)

5 x 2 x 2 cm and weighs 35 grams

5 x 2 x 2 cm and weighs 35 grams (Author: VRigatti)

5 x 2 x 2 cm and weighs 35 grams

5-7-11 spinels 004.JPG (Author: Glenn Rhein)

5-7-11 spinels 004.JPG

5.jpg (Author: ikram)

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57064232_10155890138682364_3020260795419197440_n (1).jpg (Author: thecrystalfinderBC)

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57485582_10155901658612364_1848876081105338368_n (1).jpg (Author: thecrystalfinderBC)

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58543695_10155902846267364_6496636719557771264_n.jpg (Author: thecrystalfinderBC)

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59_benitoite_3.jpg (Author: jaysminerals)

59_benitoite_3.jpg

59_neptunite_1.jpg (Author: jaysminerals)

59_neptunite_1.jpg

6 13 11 003.JPG (Author: Glenn Rhein)

6 13 11 003.JPG

6 13 11 008.JPG (Author: Glenn Rhein)

6 13 11 008.JPG

6 13 11 015.JPG (Author: Glenn Rhein)

6 13 11 015.JPG

6 6 11 001.JPG (Author: Glenn Rhein)

6 6 11 001.JPG

6 6 11 004.JPG (Author: Glenn Rhein)

6 6 11 004.JPG

6 6 11 005.JPG (Author: Glenn Rhein)

6 6 11 005.JPG

6 cm galena crystal from Bleiwäsche near Brilon, Sauerland, Westphalia. Some 20 or 30 years ago this location gave galena cubes up to 20 cm! (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

6 cm galena crystal from Bleiwäsch

6 cm. or larger, smoky crystal, still in the wall, growing from the roof. (Author: vic rzonca)

6 cm. or larger, smoky crystal, st

6 cm. quartz on fungus. (Author: vic rzonca)

6 cm. quartz on fungus.

6 Kalahari manganese fields olmiite crystal cluster-south africa.jpg (Author: Anton Potgieter)

6 Kalahari manganese fields ol

6 mm ferristrunzite spray from a very rare locality: Langes Tal (long valley) near Neustadt, Harz. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

6 mm ferristrunzite spray from a v

6 x 5 cm brown grossulare from Hohe Waid near Schriesheim, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg. It´s not a beauty, however, but for a German locality this is a huge garnet crystal. Maybe there are more but I only know a single German place that gave bigger garnets: Irchenrieth near Weiden, Bavaria. By 1900 almandin crystals up to 20 cm in diameter were found in a pegmatite mine. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

6 x 5 cm brown grossulare from Hoh

6,5 cm long copper sheet, almost entirely replaced by tiny cuprite octahedrons and malachite. From Mina mine, Niedermarsberg, Sauerland, Westphalia. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

6,5 cm long copper sheet, almost e

6,5 cm malachite sample from Bautenberg mine near Neunkirchen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

6,5 cm malachite sample from Baute

6.6 x 10 x 5 cm and weighs 200 grams (Author: VRigatti)

6.6 x 10 x 5 cm and weighs 200 gra

60 cm X 45 cm X 30 cm - Columbo-tantalite in a nice specimen. - Araçuaí, Minas Gerais (Author: silvio steinhaus)

60 cm X 45 cm X 30 cm - Columbo-ta

60057431_10155938112172364_3091086949318918144_o.jpg (Author: thecrystalfinderBC)

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60588470_10155960808457364_4950973153317748736_n.jpg (Author: thecrystalfinderBC)

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61028021_10155964854127364_896804010516807680_o.jpg (Author: thecrystalfinderBC)

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61064114_10161829343130123_2054579347859177472_o.jpg (Author: thecrystalfinderBC)

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Big Rock Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
FOV = 1.5 mm (Author: Doug)

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65 cm. Garter snake. Harmless. (Author: vic rzonca)

65 cm. Garter snake. Harmless.

65025602_10156039828047364_5641852714854907904_o.jpg (Author: thecrystalfinderBC)

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6682BE7F-47D2-4F7C-8E61-E2135E4163DA.jpeg (Author: Gail)

6682BE7F-47D2-4F7C-8E61-E2135E4163

66_fluorite_2.jpg (Author: jaysminerals)

66_fluorite_2.jpg

6x3.5 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

6x3.5 cm.

Sakoany deposit, Katsepy Commune, Mitsinjo District, Boeny Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province, Madagascar
(Author: Roger Warin)

7 cm

7 Front.JPG (Author: Matt_Zukowski)

7 Front.JPG

7 Kalahari manganese fields olmiite crystals on matrix-south africa.jpg (Author: Anton Potgieter)

7 Kalahari manganese fields ol

7 shaped Calcite on Matrix 95 x 85 mm locality unknown. (Author: nurbo)

7 shaped Calcite on Matrix 95 x 85

7 x 7 x 6 cm and weighs 200 grams. The Aqua is 5 cm tall (Author: VRigatti)

7 x 7 x 6 cm and weighs 200 grams.

7.jpg (Author: ikram)

7.jpg

7551188E-CFC5-42B3-8840-3BACFB10710A.jpeg (Author: Gail)

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7cm X 4 cm, collected in the fall of 1978. . The label is self-explanatory. What makes this crystal so unique is the trigon on the main face of the crystal. the trigon is 20mm X 15 mm, as demonstrated in the following photograph. (Author: Ed Huskinson)

7cm X 4 cm, collected in the fall

7x5cm. quartz (Author: vic rzonca)

7x5cm. quartz

8 cm piece with etched andradite and quartz (Author: Darren)

8 cm piece with etched andradite a

8 cm red hematite "bill" from Rehhübel near Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

8 cm red hematite "bill"

8 cm. quartz in a small pocket. (Author: vic rzonca)

8 cm. quartz in a small pocket.

8 x 4 x 2 cm and weighs 40 grams (Author: VRigatti)

8 x 4 x 2 cm and weighs 40 grams

8 x 6 cm. Honey coloured tabular crystal of barite with minor galena() on dolomite. There is some damage to this piece, hence the price. The piece could be trimmed. The largest barite.jpg (Author: Anton Potgieter)

8 x 6 cm. Honey coloured tabul

8.5 x 6 x 5 cm and weighs 235 grams (Author: VRigatti)

8.5 x 6 x 5 cm and weighs 235 gram

8.5 x 7 x 5 cm and weighs 200 grams (Author: VRigatti)

8.5 x 7 x 5 cm and weighs 200 gram

8.8 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm and weighs 67 grams (Author: VRigatti)

8.8 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm and weighs 67 g

8.jpg (Author: ikram)

8.jpg

80 x 40 mm (Author: nurbo)

80 x 40 mm

8139D-titanite1.jpg (Author: Carles Millan)

8139D-titanite1.jpg

8224M-rhodonite3.jpg (Author: Carles Millan)

8224M-rhodonite3.jpg

8cm. Quartz with iron stain-found in rare gas pocket at Holyoke trapps (Author: vic rzonca)

8cm. Quartz with iron stain-found

9 2 11 001.JPG (Author: Glenn Rhein)

9 2 11 001.JPG

9 2 11 003.JPG (Author: Glenn Rhein)

9 2 11 003.JPG

9.jpg (Author: ikram)

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9188A.jpg (Author: d_hawtho)

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968100_110118080235_k2516a.jpg (Author: Anton Potgieter)

968100_110118080235_k2516a.jpg

968100_110329073358_br607a.jpg (Author: Anton Potgieter)

968100_110329073358_br607a.jpg

968100_110427225443_t259a.jpg (Author: Anton Potgieter)

968100_110427225443_t259a.jpg

96F4C450-7934-459D-BEA4-0288DAE2306C.jpeg (Author: Shawn S)

96F4C450-7934-459D-BEA4-0288DAE230

9822_1.jpg (Author: d_hawtho)

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98368ac677ca4f47834c177a9c06e22d.jpg (Author: crocoite)

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? Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito, California, USA approx 25 mm (max dimension) (Author: nurbo)

? Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito, Cal

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A "Funky" looking Rose quartz. 12 cm tall by 16 cm wide. (Author: Gail)

A "Funky&quo
12 cm tall by 16

A ’stalkers’ path makes life easier on the steeper ground. These paths were made over a hundred years ago by estate workers specifically to allow easier access into the mountains, for the purpose of deer stalking, on the Laird’s estate (land). (Author: Mike Wood)

A ’stalkers’ path make

A 'crosscourse' vein
Penlee Quarry, Mousehole, Penzance Civil Parish, Cornwall, England / United Kingdom
a few metres (Author: markbeckett)

A 'crosscourse' vein
Penlee Qu

A 'crosscourse' vein
Penlee Quarry, Mousehole, Penzance Civil Parish, Cornwall, England / United Kingdom
a few metres width (Author: markbeckett)

A 'crosscourse' vein
Penlee Qu

A 15 cm piece of andradite-hematite-chlorite-quartz. Much cleaner than it appears in the photo! (Author: Darren)

A 15 cm piece of andradite-hematit

A 1940 label (former Vogel collection) of an Eifel hauyne. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A 1940 label (former Vogel collect

A 4 cm "Karlsbad twin" of sanidite in trachyte matrix from Ölberg, Siebengebirge, Rhineland - not far from the sanidite type locality Drachenfels. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A 4 cm "Karlsbad twin" o

A 4 cm Los Lamentos wulfenite that also just came back to me in a trade. (Author: Darren)

A 4 cm Los Lamentos wulfenite that

A 6 cm Epidote from Rock Springs Canyon, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA - in the White Sands Missile Range Museum mineral collection. (Author: Darren)

A 6 cm Epidote from Rock Springs C

A 6 cm Epidote from Rock Springs Canyon, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA - in the White Sands Missile Range Museum mineral collection. (Author: Darren)

A 6 cm Epidote from Rock Springs C

a amethyst crystal from my clearview claim, uncleaned (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a amethyst crystal from my clearvi

A Annabel Lee mine fluorite from Hardin County Illinois, that is light blue with a golden yellow core. This piece also has many small chalcopyrites in the light blue rim. Very gemmy piece that measures 7 cm tall, 7 wide and 5 length. Weighs 150 grams (Author: VRigatti)

A Annabel Lee mine fluorite from H

A beautiful little quartz cluster with the small pocket it came from. Near Robertson, WC. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A beautiful little quartz cluster

A beautiful scenery in San Miguel open pit: Dramatic contact between gossan, in the uppermost zone, and the underlying semimasive, replacive pyrite. (Author: Cesar M. Salvan)

A beautiful scenery in San Miguel

A bit of ore, pyrite and other complex sulfides in situ. I think this was part of an old foundation. (Author: vic rzonca)

A bit of ore, pyrite and other com

A Bulgarian galena on quartz. (Author: Tobi)

A Bulgarian galena on quartz.

a bunch of pockets in the granite clearview claim Passmore BC (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a bunch of pockets in the granite

A bunch of singles uncleaned..sure to be a few enhydros (Author: Jason)

A bunch of singles uncleaned..sure

A calcite helectite that my son Dylan has named "The Horse." Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. About 8 cm across. (Author: Darren)

A calcite helectite that my son Dy

A christmas tree of gypsum - found at the Hammerthal (southern) claypit, Bad Freienwalde, Brandenburg. 6,5 cm high tree. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A christmas tree of gypsum - found

A classic locality for siderite is Lobenstein in Thuringia. This is where the shown oldtimer is from: dark brown crystals with some pyrite scattered on. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A classic locality for siderite is

A classic locality for wavellite is the Wachtelberg quarry, Langenstriegis, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony. 5 cm high specimen. In this quarry grey, yellow, green and blue wavellites occured. A nearly black variety was named "Striegisan". (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A classic locality for wavellite i

A cleaned IMG.2114.JPG. (Author: vic rzonca)

A cleaned IMG.2114.JPG.

a clear quartz crystal in a freshly exposed pocket in the granite, clearview claim Passmore BC (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a clear quartz crystal in a freshl

a clear quartz crystal, clearview claim Passmore BC (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a clear quartz crystal, clearview

A clearer shot of the same specimen, finger for scale. The specimens from this pocket were characterized by tiny distorted (almost spinel-twinned) late stage clear crystals that grew on and near the tips of the octahedrons. (Author: Ed Huskinson)

A clearer shot of the same specime

A close up of one specimen showing well the Kentrolite. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

A close up of one specimen showing

A close up of the above pocket. There are still many crystals waiting to be removed. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A close up of the above pocket. T

A close up of the hole. Note the quartz reef to the right of the picture. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A close up of the hole. Note the

A close up of the pocket in the beginning stages of my dig (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A close up of the pocket in the be

A close up of the pocket which was only a few inches under the surface. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A close up of the pocket which was

A close up of tomorrow’s fruit. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A close up of tomorrow’s fru

A close-up of the large crystal at the end of the specimen, 0.9 cm across. (Author: Tracy)

A close-up of the large crystal at

A closer look at the calcite on fluorite on limestone matrix (Author: k-m.minerals)

A closer look at the calcite on fl

A closer look at the front (Author: k-m.minerals)

A closer look at the front

A closer photo of the hematite from Willis Mountain Mine. (Author: Jessica Simonoff)

A closer photo of the hematite fro

A closer shot of the pyrite-rich matrix. (Author: Tobi)

A closer shot of the pyrite-rich m

A closer shot of the upcoming Fluorite. I forgot the sequencing again. (Author: Jim Prentiss)

A closer shot of the upcoming Fluo

A closer shot of the vug with the calcite twin inside. (Author: Tobi)

A closer shot of the vug with the

A cluster of dark purple, gemmy fluorites on muscovite matrix from Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan province China. It measures 6.5 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm and weighs 65 grams. (Author: VRigatti)

A cluster of dark purple, gemmy fl

A color-zoned fluorite from Okorusu, Namibia. 8.5x6x2 cm (Author: Jessica Simonoff)

A color-zoned fluorite from Okorus

A complex crystal of Cuprite from Chessy 1,8cm trades with the guy who have had the luck to find it at chessy. Only a few guys can go:memebers of the mineralogical group of L’arbresle. (Author: parfaitelumiere)

A complex crystal
1,8cm

A couple of Beryl crystals from Brazil (Author: Fiebre Verde)

A couple of Beryl crystals from Br

A crystal as found from the above pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A crystal as found from the above

A crystal fresh from the earth. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A crystal fresh from the earth.

a crystal pocket in the granite, clearview claim Passmore BC (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a crystal pocket in the granite, c

A curious visitor. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A curious visitor.

A days work cleaning out druzy quartz pockets. (Author: vic rzonca)

A days work cleaning out druzy qua

A days worth of making big rocks into small. (Author: vic rzonca)

A days worth of making big rocks i

A detail of the vivianite crystal (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A detail of the vivianite crystal

A family of Duikers on Blesberg. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A family of Duikers on Blesberg.

A famous location for German barytes is Zobes, Voigtland, Saxony. That´s where these nice platy crystals (up to 2 cm) with marcasite covering on smoky quartz come from. Not as famous as Pöhla barytes but in my opinion the best Zobes pieces can compete with. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A famous location for German baryt

A favorite hunting ground where we have found a number of quartz pockets. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A favorite hunting ground where we

A favourite flower for many butterflies and other insects. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A favourite flower for many butter

A fern grows in soil in a rock cavity. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A fern grows in soil in a rock cav

A few beryls with a monster in the middle... (Author: Fiebre Verde)

A few beryls with a monster in the

A few miniatures. (Author: Darren)

A few miniatures.

A final view of the cubic "backside’ of the specimen. (Author: Ed Huskinson)

A final view of the cubic "ba

A floater! (Author: Gail)

A floater!

A flotilla of Aragonite’s 20 - 30 mm, Tazouta Morocco (Author: nurbo)

A flotilla of Aragonite’s 20

A foot path. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A foot path.

A front view of the specimen (Author: k-m.minerals)

A front view of the specimen

A fruitful trim (or lucky). The quartz is about 6 cm. high. (Author: vic rzonca)

A fruitful trim (or lucky). The qu

A good sample with greenish brown sphalerite crystals and some quartz. Old find (7 cm) from Lautenthal, Harz. There you can find nice crystals even today. But the shown quality I never saw during my visits on the dumps, so I had to buy this nice oldtimer... (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A good sample with greenish brown

A grasshopper sits well camouflaged between pebbles. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A grasshopper sits well camouflage

A group of crystals of cubic fluorite with 2 cm of edge on escalenohedral crystals of calcite, also from the Emilio mine J.R. García photo (Author: jrg)

A group of crysta
J.R. García photo

A group of cubic crystals of yellow honey color, very bright and transparent, skirted by bluish tabular crystals of Barite and covered by little scalenohedra of Calcite. Moscona Mine (Author: Joan Rosell)

A group of cubic
Moscona Mine

A hardly unknown locality for barytes is the Piesberg sandstone quarry, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. The picture shows white plates up to 1 cm on quartz layer in sandstone (a 2001 find). Even pale blue crystals have been found. However, the quarry is far more reputated among fossil collectors. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A hardly unknown locality for bary

A hole which produced a few quartz specimens. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A hole which produced a few quartz

A horned adder; found while looking for crystals; caught, photographed and released. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A horned adder; found while lookin

A kind of my hobbyhorse are German precious stones like this clear quartz (2.5 ct) from the Ossling quarry near Hoyerswerda, Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A kind of my hobbyhorse are German

A label of Charles Otley Groom-Napier ("Museum M&M") of a hematite from Schlema, Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A label of Charles Otley Groom-Nap

A large crystal that was unfortunately already broken before we attempted to remove it. Nevertheless, I will mend it and keep it for ourselves. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A large crystal that was unfortuna

A large deer tick on the prowl. This one was about 4mm long (body) and the red part on it’s abdomen indicates that it is mature and has fed on some thing. Mostly they are a bit smaller and can be very hard to spot when they are <1mm. They hang around in long vegetation (grass, heather, bracken, trees) and wait for prey to walk past. They have caused serious infection in some parts of the UK in the form of Lyme Disease. I’ve been getting bit by these suckers for twenty years or more but I’m still ok (I think). Tick season - probably april to october. (Author: Mike Wood)

A large deer tick on the prowl. Th

A large park running all along the river. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A large park running all along the

A large quartz outcrop but not with much found. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A large quartz outcrop but not wit

A large rock which hosted the calcite pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A large rock which hosted the calc

a large smoky quartz crystal (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a large smoky quartz crystal

A large specimen I left for the next time which Riana removed. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A large specimen I left for the ne

A large thick gem tourmaline from Nuristan, Afghanistan. Measures 5 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches, and is contacted on the back. Weighs 250 grams (Author: VRigatti)

A large thick gem tourmaline from

A larger veiw of one of the crystals. FOV 4 mm. (Author: Jim Prentiss)

A larger veiw of one of the crysta

A light blue coating of Strashmirite from the Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada. Field of view is 1.00" (2.54cm). (Author: Jim Prentiss)

A light blue coating of Strashmiri

A little over an hour later I was back in the sunshine on the other side of the valley. The mountain in the distance is Ben Macdui, which I traversed the day before in a fruitless search for phenakite. (Author: Mike Wood)

A little over an hour later I was

A little Zippeite from the JAckpot Mine, Laguna Dostrict, Cibola County, New Mexico. Field of view a little over an inch (2.54cm). (Author: Jim Prentiss)

A little Zippeite from the JAckpo

A lovely quartz specimen. It still has to be cleaned. Robertson, WC. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A lovely quartz specimen. It stil

A lovely single crystal from the second pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A lovely single crystal from the s

A matrix piece from Jonas with around 20 terminated tourmaline crystals on Lepidolite and Clevelandite. The back side appears to be Lepidolite replacing Feldspar? Measures 12.7 x 10.2 x 3 cm and weighs 200 grams. Two pictures from front and two from back (Author: VRigatti)

A matrix piece from Jonas with aro

A mineralogical trip through the states of USA.jpg (Author: Jordi Fabre)

A mineralogical trip through the s

A model of an ore separator. (Author: vic rzonca)

A model of an ore separator.

A monument to flood disaster victims (some of them heroes that lost their lives trying to save others) (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A monument to flood disaster victi

A most remarkable, unusual mineral for this area (possibly some form of quartz). The host rock looks like basalt. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A most remarkable, unusual mineral

A natural pool (one of two) formed in the quarry after the rain. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A natural pool (one of two) formed

A neat Naica, Chihuahua piece of galena, pyrite, sphalerite and small very pale green fluorite, about 6 cm (Author: Darren)

A neat Naica, Chihuahua piece of g

A new pocket that I discovered a while ago that yields interesting quartz specimens, even light smokies. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A new pocket that I discovered a w

A new pocket which produced some nice, very clear, crystals. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A new pocket which produced some n

A nice Adamite consisting of two radial groups almost perfectly circular, with crystals of lemon yellow color, more intense on terminations. Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 1.0” × 0.5” × 0.5” Extremely fluorescent long & short UV Photo: Reference Specimens -> http://www.fabreminerals.com/specimens/MEC-north-america-mineral-specimens.php#TN36G9 (Author: Jordi Fabre)

A nice Adamite co
Ojuela Mine, Mapi

A nice combination of small dark blue/purple fluorites on sparkly dolomite from the Elmwood mine Tennessee. this piece is 6 cm tall and 5 cm wide and length. One photo is backlit. Weighs 70 grams (Author: VRigatti)

A nice combination of small dark b

A nice cover piece. (Author: Gail)

A nice cover piece.

A nice galena from Neudorf/Harz is hard to get, though. Nevertheless I´d say that getting a good fluorite from there is even harder. I bought this specimen with the declaration "Schönbrunn, Voigtland". But in fact it is an old classic from Neudorf with typical siderite and quartz crystals on the pale blue cubes as well as some sphalerite and galena in the shist matrix. Former collection of Bergdirector Geipel/Eisleben, dating from 1921 (without label, unfortunately). The cubes measure up to 2,5 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A nice galena from Neudorf/Harz is

A nice group of crystals after removal. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A nice group of crystals after rem

A nice sized specimen of Quartz on matrix. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A nice sized specimen of Quartz on

A pair of crossed tourmalines from Pederneira Brazil. The largest crystal is 13.5 cm long x 2.0 cm with 2 repairs. The smaller crystal has no repairs. Weight is 90 grams. Sorry about the photo quality (Author: VRigatti)

A pair of crossed tourmalines from

A panorama shot from the top of the ridge. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A panorama shot from the top of th

A Panoramic view from where I was digging. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A Panoramic view from where I was

A panoramic view of the entrance to the gorge. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A panoramic view of the entrance t

A paragenesis not easy to found in Emilio mine. Fluorite, calcite and Quartz. The fluorite crystals have 1.5 cm of edge. Jeff Scovil photo. (Author: jrg)

A paragenesis not
Jeff Scovil photo

A part of the quartz reef. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A part of the quartz reef.

a phantom crystal I found at my clearview claim (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a phantom crystal I found at my cl

A Phenakite cluster from Mogok 20 x 15 x 15 mm (Author: nurbo)

A Phenakite cluster from Mogok 20

A photo from our neigborhood, taken from a little way up the mountains, about 400 m from our home. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A photo from our neigborhood, take

A photo taken from the same place as the previous one, just more to the right. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A photo taken from the same place

A picture of the hole I dug after removing a big rock. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A picture of the hole I dug after

A picture that shows the structure of the pale green and very clear fluorite. (Author: Tobi)

A picture that shows the structure

A piece of quartz with crystals; not worth keeping, but a good indicator. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A piece of quartz with crystals; n

A piece of smoky quartz from this vein. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A piece of smoky quartz from this

a pile of clear quartz crystals from one pocket, some pockets contain clear quartz crystals some smoky and some amethyst and some pockets contain all three varietys in one (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a pile of clear quartz crystals fr

a pocket in the granite that yeilded many find smokys and a few clear quartz crystals (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a pocket in the granite that yeild

A pocket of quartz crystals is found high up in the mountains. Robertson, WC. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A pocket of quartz crystals is fou

A pocket with the sticks (pointing to the inside) indicating where crystals are. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A pocket with the sticks (pointing

A pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A pocket.

A prominent vein (one of many) on an adjoining hill. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A prominent vein (one of many) on

A prone Scott Werschky and John White tag teaming a pocket with quartz crystals. (Author: Tony L. Potucek)

A prone Scott Werschky and John Wh

A protea flower. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A protea flower.

A quartz cluster from above mentioned pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A quartz cluster from above mentio

A Quartz crystal fresh from the ground. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A Quartz crystal fresh from the gr

A quartz nodule. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A quartz nodule.

A quartz reef exposed and weathered. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A quartz reef exposed and weathere

A quick cleaning, prehnite and babingtonite. about 15 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

A quick cleaning, prehnite and bab

A quick stop in the pear orchard to take a picture. The pear trees are in full bloom. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A quick stop in the pear orchard t

A real beauty from the Jeffrey Mine. (Author: Gail)

A real beauty from the Jeffrey Min

A real German classic are these erythrite sprays (approx. 2,5 cm in diamater) in quartz vugs from Daniel mine, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony (type locality). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A real German classic are these er

A real rock monster, consisting of manganese rich rock and sandstone. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A real rock monster, consisting of

A remarkable insect eating plant with glue on each end; a fairly common sight next to streams. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A remarkable insect eating plant w

A remarkable rock formation on our way back. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A remarkable rock formation on our

A reservoir about an hour’s walk into the mountains. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A reservoir about an hour’s

a rusty crystal pocket at clearview claim (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a rusty crystal pocket at clearvie

a rusty crystal pocket at clearview claim (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a rusty crystal pocket at clearvie

A Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua calcite, about 5 cm across (Author: Darren)

A Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua calcite

a scepter crystal as found uncleaned Clearview claim (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a scepter crystal as found unclean

A second pool in the quarry, which is the result of some good rain. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A second pool in the quarry, which

A simple label (about 1900) of a quartz crystal from Segen Gottes mine, Gersdorf, Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A simple label (about 1900) of a q

A single crystal from above mentioned pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A single crystal from above mentio

A small ’seasonal’ mountain stream. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A small ’seasonal’ mou

A small distance up the gorge; looking back, I can see the tar road in Michells Pass. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A small distance up the gorge; loo

A small gecko found while looking for quartz. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A small gecko found while looking

A small gorge with quartz seams visible. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A small gorge with quartz seams vi

A small mountain stream. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A small mountain stream.

A small pocket found in solid quartzsite. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A small pocket found in solid quar

A small pocket of crystals exposed by weather. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A small pocket of crystals exposed

A small pocket of quartz crystals. Not worth opening up, but beautiful enough to photograph. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A small pocket of quartz crystals.

A small pocket. (Author: John S. White)

A small pocket.

A small quartz pocket. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A small quartz pocket.

A small stream at the bottom of the small gorge with some pools just large enough to cool off in. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A small stream at the bottom of th

a smoky quartz crystal and pocket, clearview claim Passmore BC (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a smoky quartz crystal and pocket,

A smoky quartz vein that has been exploited. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A smoky quartz vein that has been

A so-called "sliced quartz" from the Bor mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 12 cm long. The quartz grew among calcite crystals which accounts for the strange "cuts". Some of the calcite still remains on this piece. (Author: John S. White)

A so-called "sliced quartz&qu

A specimen fresh from the ground. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A specimen fresh from the ground.

A specimen from the "Aurora" mine in the district of Caravia-Berbes. The main cube have 5 cm of edge. Jeff Scovil Photo (Author: jrg)

A specimen from t
Jeff Scovil Photo

A specimen of Rhodochrosite with very few Kentrolite and minor white crystals of probably Calcite or Aragonite. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

A specimen of Rhodochrosite with v

A specimen of the colorless quartz crystals, 6 cm across. (Author: John S. White)

A specimen of the colorless quartz

A specimen showing a Baveno twin (left) with two attached small quartz crystals, a non-penetrating Carlsbad twin (front) and an untwinned crystal of microcline. Biggest crystal (Baveno twin) measures 1.5 cm long. David Soler specimen and photo, 2006. (Author: davidsoler)

A specimen showing a Baveno twin (

A Stassfurt boracite label of the saxonian mineral dealer Albin Jahn/Plauen. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A Stassfurt boracite label of the

A steam manifold at the rear of the winch house feeds the dual cylinders that power the winch. The view is toward the east and Mosquito Pass. The divide follows the ridge line, there is rain over there. (Author: vic rzonca)

A steam manifold at the rear of th

A steam powered winch. The steam cylinder was attached to the flywheel to the left. (Author: vic rzonca)

A steam powered winch. The steam c

A stream in the woods, somewhere on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The stream/creek/small river I spent three hours lying face down in looking for silver nuggets... (Author: Mike Wood)

A stream in the woods, somewhere o

A stunning, large cluster of quartz crystals, waiting to be removed. Robertson, WC. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A stunning, large cluster of quart

A superb specimen for local collectors: very old antimonite ore in quartz from the Alte Hoffnung Gottes mine, Kleinvoigtsberg, Saxony (9 cm wide). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

A superb specimen for local collec

A tabular crystal of titanite from Russia. I wish I had more specific locality information! 3x3x.3 cm. (Author: Jessica Simonoff)

A tabular crystal of titanite from

A tidy work place will soon be a mess. (Author: vic rzonca)

A tidy work place will soon be a m

A tiny group of quartz crystals (largest 5 mm) that are often a nice feature of Schneckenstein topazes. (Author: Tobi)

A tiny group of quartz crystals (l

A Toktokkie beetle (one of the many species of Darkling beetles). The name Toktokkie, refers to the beetle’s habit of knocking the ground to attract a partner. If you knock on the ground next to them, they often respond. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A Toktokkie beetle (one of the man

A trailer wreck washed down the river by floodwaters? (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A trailer wreck washed down the ri

A trillion Triliums. (Author: vic rzonca)

A trillion Triliums.

A trout stream running through our town; a few hundred m from our home. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A trout stream running through our

A true piece of art from Naica! (Author: Darren)

A true piece of art from Naica!

A tunnel under the rocks with a large crystal bearing ridge. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

A tunnel under the rocks with a la

a twin crystal I found at my clearview claim (Author: thecrystalfinder)

a twin crystal I found at my clear