FMF Minerals Gallery

Apophyllite-(KF) with Stilbite-Ca Pashan quarries, Pashan, Pune District, Maharashtra, India 4.5 cm tall From another angle. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Apophyllite-(KF) with Stilbite-Ca

Apophyllite-(KF) with Stilbite-Ca Pashan quarries, Pashan, Pune District, Maharashtra, India 4.5 cm tall The apophyllites reach 2.5 cm in length. The very tip of the main crystal is cleaved. Collected in the late 1970s to early 1980s. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Apophyllite-(KF) with Stilbite-Ca

Gold Red Lake Mine, Balmertown, Red Lake Gold District, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada 3.1 x 2.5 cm a sheet of leaf gold on quartz matrix. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Gold Red Lake Mine, Balmertown, Re

Rhodochrosite with Fluorite Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru 8.8 x 6.7 x 5 cm A close-up showing the fluorites a little better (I hope). (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Rhodochrosite with Fluorite Uchucc

Rhodochrosite with Fluorite Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru 8.8 x 6.7 x 5 cm A recent addition found at a mineral show in Brainerd, Minnesota (USA). The rhodochrosites reach 1 cm (most are smaller) and many are doubly-terminated. Small colorless fluorite cubes (to 1 mm) can be seen on close examination. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Rhodochrosite with Fluorite Uchucc

Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA 4.5 cm tall Same specimen from another angle. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Tetr

Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA 4.5 cm tall Rhodochrosite crystals to 5 mm associated with quartz, tetrahedrite and a small amount of bornite. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Tetr

Stibnite Ichinokawa mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan 11.7 cm tall Labels from Dr. Frederick H. Pough and William W. Pinch (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Stibnite Ichinokawa mine, Saijo Ci

Stibnite Ichinokawa mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan 11.7 cm tall Yet another angle. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Stibnite Ichinokawa mine, Saijo Ci

Stibnite Ichinokawa mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan 11.7 cm tall Another angle. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Stibnite Ichinokawa mine, Saijo Ci

Stibnite Ichinokawa mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan 11.7 cm tall A fine cluster of bright, lustrous, silvery stibnite crystals bearing characteristic striations and slight iridescence (more obvious in person) from this famous locality. The primary crystal is nicely terminated. Dating to the 1870s to 1880s. Ex. Dr. Frederick H. Pough and William W. Pinch Collections, with labels. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Stibnite Ichinokawa mine, Saijo Ci

Wulfenite Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA 8.6 x 5.4 x 4.6 cm Another angle. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Wulfenite Red Cloud Mine, Silver D

Wulfenite Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA 8.6 x 5.4 x 4.6 cm This specimen was collected during mining by Wayne Thompson in 1993. It features thick, lustrous, translucent, rich red-orange crystals to 1.5 cm on gossan matrix. Particulate matter present in the solutions from which the crystals formed has resulted in some of the crystals having a brownish center. Ex. James Webb Collection, of Houston, Texas, USA. (Author: Tim Blackwood)

Wulfenite Red Cloud Mine, Silver D