FMF Minerals Gallery

Aegirine & Orthclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
H: 4.4cm x W: 4.2cm x D: 3.5cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Aegirine & Orthclase
Mount

Andradite
Ocna de Fier, Banat Mountains, Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Caraș-Severin, Romania
H:5cm x W:5cm x D:3.5cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Andradite
Ocna de Fier, Banat

Atacamite and chrysocolla
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
FOV 20 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Atacamite and chrysocolla
La F

Atacamite and chrysocolla
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
FOV= 20 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Atacamite and chrysocolla
La F

Barite and Goethite
Mi Marujita Mine, Cabezo de las Norias, De Enmedio Range, Puerto Lumbreras, Comarca Alto Guadalentín, Region of Murcia (Murcia), Spain
FOV 16 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Barite and Goethite
Mi Marujit

Barite
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
H:7.3 cm x W:4 cm x D:3.5 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Barite
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia S

Bournonite
Shaft 6, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
H:5.5cmxW:4cmxD:2.5cm; Largest Crystal: 0.8 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Bournonite
Shaft 6, Baia Sprie

Calcite & Quartz Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș, Romania 130 mm x 90 mm x 50 mm The base of the specimen is made of very fine euhedral quartz crystals on top of which white and light grey, botryoidal calcite is deposited. A lateral look at the specimen shows transition from the metallic mineralization (sphalerite, galena, pyrite and possible chalcopyrite) to crypto crystalline calcite, very fine crystallized quartz and to the botryoidal white calcite (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Calcite & Quartz Baia Sprie Mi

Calcite & Quartz
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
H:6.5 cm x W:5.5 cm x D:5 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Calcite & Quartz
Herja Min

Calcite and Quartz
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
FOV 22 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Calcite and Quartz
Herja Mine,

Cavansite on Stilbite
Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India
H: 7.5cm x W: 5cm x D: 3.5cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Cavansite on Stilbite
Pune Dis

Clinozoisite
Sierra y Lomas Quarry (Los Serranos Quarry), Cabezo Negro, Albatera, Comarca Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante / Alacant, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
H:9cm x W:4.5cm x D:4cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Clinozoisite
Sierra y Lomas Q

Creedite & Fluorite
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
H:10.5cm x W:9.5cm x D:6cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Creedite & Fluorite
Navida

Diopside
Baita Mining District, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania
H:9.5cmxW:5cmxD:6cm; crystals up to 4 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Diopside
Baita Mining District

Edingtonite
Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
FOV 15 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Edingtonite
Ice River Alkaline

Elpidite
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
H:5cm x W:0.8cm x D:0.6cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Elpidite
Mont Saint-Hilaire, L

Epidote, Diopside
Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
H:4.3 cm x W:5.9 cm x D:3.9 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Epidote, Diopside
Khogyani Di

Fluorite
De'an Mine, Wushan, De'an, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
H:2 cm x W:7 cm x D: 5 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Fluorite
De'an Mine, Wushan, D

Goethite (variety limonite) after Pyrite
Pyrite deposit, Llanos de Arenalejos, Carratraca, Comarca Valle del Guadalhorce, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
H:9cm x W:6cm x D:3cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Goethite (variety limonite) after Pyrite
Pyrite deposit, Llanos de Arenalejos, Carratraca, Comarca Valle del Guadalhorce, Málaga, Andal

Gold
Alba, Transylvania, Romania
H:2.7cm x W:2.3cm x D:2cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Gold
Alba, Transylvania, Roman

Hubnerite and Quartz
Mundo Nuevo mining area, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
FOV 20 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Hubnerite and Quartz
Mundo Nue

Mesolite
Kannad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
H:2.2cm x W:9.2cm x D:5.8cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Mesolite
Kannad, Aurangabad Di

Mimetite
Badenweiler mining area, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
H:5.3cm x W:3.2cm x D:1.5cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Mimetite
Badenweiler mining ar

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Prehnite and Quartz
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
H: 6 cm x W: 12 cm x D: 7.5 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Prehnite and Quartz
Brandberg

Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
H: 4cm x W: 4cm x D: 1.6cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gon

Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
FOV 12 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gon

Quartz (var. agate)
Techereu Valley, Apuseni Mountains, Alba, Transylvania, Romania
Boulder 50-60 cm radius (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Quartz (var. agate)
Techereu V

Quartz (var. agate)
Techereu Valley, Apuseni Mountains, Alba, Transylvania, Romania
H:6 cm x L 10 cm x W 3 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Quartz (var. agate)
Techereu V

Quartz (var. agate)
Techereu Valley, Apuseni Mountains, Alba, Transylvania, Romania
H:10 cm x L 8 cm x W 2 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Quartz (var. agate)
Techereu V

Realgar
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
H: 6 cm x W: 5 cm x D: 4.5 cm; Largest Crystal: 1. (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Realgar
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia

Rhodochrosite, Analcime & Natrolite
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
H:8.8cm x W:7cm x D:5cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Rhodochrosite, Analcime & Natrolite
Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québ

Rhodochrosite
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
H:5.2cm xW:3.6cm xD:2.5cm; Largest Crystal: 1.1cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Rhodochrosite
Cavnic Mine, Cav

Rutile and Hematite
Ibitiara, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil
FOV 24 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Rutile and Hematite
Ibitiara,

Stibnite on Barite
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
H: 10.5cm x W: 7.8cm x D: 3.4cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Stibnite on Barite
Herja Mine,

Tetrahedrite
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
H:7.5 cm x W:7.5 cm x D:3.6 cm; Largest Crystal: 2 (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Tetrahedrite
Cavnic Mine, Cavn

Titanite and Epidote
Capelinha, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
FOV = 15 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Titanite and Epidote
Capelinha

Titanite and Epidote
Capelinha, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
H:4.5 cm x W:7.5 cm x D:3.5 cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Titanite and Epidote
Capelinha

Tourmaline Sibiu County, Romania 160 mm x 30 mm x 40 mm During my university years I took a similar sample from a mezometamorphic pegmatite in Sebes-Lotru Serie. The tourmaline is associated with albite, quartz and muscovite. (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Tourmaline Sibiu County, Romania 1

Tourmaline
Chamachu, Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
H:7cm x W:6.5cm x D:4.5cm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Tourmaline
Chamachu, Haramosh

Zinnwaldite and Hematite (variety iron rose)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
FOV 12 mm (Author: Adrian Pripoae)

Zinnwaldite and Hematite (variety iron rose)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomou