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Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
1.5 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb,
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Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
1.5 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb,
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Mimetite
Congreso-León Mine, León Group, San Pedro Corralitos, Municipio Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.0 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Mimetite
Congreso-León Mine,
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Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
1.7 x 2.4 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí,
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Minerva #1 Mine. 4.5 x 5.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Minerva #1 Mine. 4.5 x 5.5 cm
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Molybdenite
Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Quebec, Canada
4.0 x 4.5 cm.
Lustrous metallic molybdenite crystal measuring 2.0 cm across on a massive quartz matrix. (Author: crosstimber)
Molybdenite
Moly Hill Mine, La Mot
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Molybdenite
Bishop Creek Mine, Aspendell, Bishop Creek District, Inyo County, California, USA
5.1 x 5.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Molybdenite
Bishop Creek Mine,
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Montebrasite
Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.3 x 3.1 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Montebrasite
Telírio claim, L
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Montgomeryite
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Specimen size: 3.7 x 7.5 cm.
Sprays Montgomeryite to 3 mm. (Author: crosstimber)
Montgomeryite
Tip Top Mine, Fourmi
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Mordenite
Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India
6.0 x 8.9 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Mordenite
Ahmadnagar District,
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Mottramite
Ojuela Mine, Level 35, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.8 x 5.2 cm.
Dark green, botryoidal mottramite on limonitic matrix from the find in 2011. (Author: crosstimber)
Mottramite
Ojuela Mine, Level 35,
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Mottramite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.5 x 7.3 cm.
Arborescent olive-green mottramite on flattened rhombs of colorless calcite, some of which have reddish tints due to included hematite. (Author: crosstimber)
Mottramite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Na
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Mottramite ps. wulfenite
Total Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
2.6 x 3.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Mottramite ps. wulfenite
Total
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Mottramite
Ojuela Mine, level 35, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
4.4 x 6.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Mottramite
Ojuela Mine, level
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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
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 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
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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Natrolite
Hurricane Cliffs, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah, USA
FOV 3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Natrolite
Hurricane Cliffs, New Ha
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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
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
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
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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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
1.5 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Neptunite
California State Gem
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Okenite
Kandivali Quarry, Malad, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
17.4 x 29.8 cm.
An elongated cavity in black basalt lined with white spheres of acicular okenite, prismatic white laumontite, and hemispheres of white gyrolite. (Author: crosstimber)
Okenite
Kandivali Quarry, Malad, M
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Olivenite
Ibiajara, Bahia, Brazil
3.9 x 5.8 cm.
Slender green olivenite crystals to 1 cm in length coated with micro-spheres of cornwallite and malachite on a gossanous matrix. From a new find in 2006. (Author: crosstimber)
Olivenite
Ibiajara, Bahia, Brazil
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Olmiite
N’Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, N. Cape Prov., South Africa
4.0 x 6.0 cm
Drusy, colorless calcite with a 1.9 cm group of lustrous, peach-colored olmiite and small white spherical masses of oyelite. (Author: crosstimber)
Olmiite
N’Chwaning II Mine,
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Olmiite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
1.8 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Olmiite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'
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Olmiite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.6 x 4.7 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Olmiite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'
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Opal var. hyalite
Valec, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.0 x 8.1 cm
Glassy botryoidal hyalite opal on a shard of matrix. The opal exhibits a strong green fluorescence under SW light. (Author: crosstimber)
Opal var. hyalite
Valec, Karlovy V
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Opal-(AN)
Tepetate, Municipio Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
5.0 x 5.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Opal-(AN)
Tepetate, Municipio
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Opal-(AN)
Tepetate, Municipio Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
5.0 x 5.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Opal-(AN)
Tepetate, Municipio
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Orpiment
Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
6.6 x 7.1 cm.
Orange and brown orpiment partially covering a matrix of white crystallized calcite. (Author: crosstimber)
Orpiment
Cavnic, Maramures, Romani
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Orpiment
El’brusskiy Mine, Elbrus Mt, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
4.2 x 5.8 cm
Bright orange orpiment crystals with small colorless barite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Orpiment
El’brusskiy Mine, E
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Orpiment
Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago de Chuco Prov., La Libertad Dept., Peru
5.4 x 10.0 cm
Cinnamon-brown orpiment crystals with colorless chisel-shaped barite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Orpiment
Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago
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Orpiment
Twin Creeks Mine, cut 62, Potosi District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
2.0 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Orpiment
Twin Creeks Mine, cut
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Orpiment
Elbrusskiy Mine, Elbrus Mountain, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
1.7 x 2.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Orpiment
Elbrusskiy Mine, Elbr
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Orpiment
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
5.2 x 7.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Orpiment
Getchell Mine, Adam P
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Orpiment
Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
2.2 x 3.3 x 4.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Orpiment
Twin Creeks Mine, Pot
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Orpiment
Twin Creeks Mine, cut 62, Potosi District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
3.0 x 4.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Orpiment
Twin Creeks Mine, cut
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Orthoclase
Montecatini Quarry, Baveno, Piedmont, Italy
4.2 x 6.4 cm
A creamy tan Carlsbad-twinned orthoclase crystal on a granite matrix. (Author: crosstimber)
Orthoclase
Montecatini Quarry, Bav
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Orthoclase ps. leucite
Loucná, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
3.1 x 3.5 cm
A classic pseudomorph of K-feldspar after a trapezohedral leucite crystal. (Author: crosstimber)
Orthoclase ps. leucite
Loucná, Kar
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Orthoclase var. adularia
Tyrol, Austria
7.1 x 9.3 cm
Colorless adularia crystals associated with fibrous white to greenish byssolite. (Author: crosstimber)
Orthoclase var. adularia
Tyrol, Au
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Orthoclase
Takatama Mine, Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
4.9 x 7.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Orthoclase
Takatama Mine, Kori
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Papagoite
Messina Mine, Messina, Limpopo Province, South Africa
3.0 x 6.8 cm
Blue papagoite and black hematite inclusions in quartz associated with drusy green epidote. (Author: crosstimber)
Papagoite
Messina Mine, Messina, L
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Paravauxite
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Prov., Potosi Dept., Bolivia
6.1 x 9.4 cm.
Sharp pale green paravauxite blades to 1.0 cm from the type locality. Ex. Philadelphia Academy Collection. This specimen was collected by Samuel Gordon during one of the Vaux expeditions to Bolivia. (Author: crosstimber)
Paravauxite
Siglo Veinte Mine, Lla
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Parisite
Mt. Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
3.3 x 4.1 cm
A parisite crystal partially altered to limonite. (Author: crosstimber)
Parisite
Mt. Malosa, Zomba Distric
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Pearceite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department, Peru
3.5 x 5.0 cm, FOV = 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pearceite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oy
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Pearceite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department, Peru
3.5 x 5.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pearceite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oy
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Pectolite
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
4.5 x 5.4 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pectolite
Jeffrey Mine, Asbest
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Pentagonite
Quarry #4, Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
6.0 x 6.2 cm., FOV~4.0 cm.
Two groups of pentagonite resting on a crust of blue chalcedony and white mordenite on brown basalt. (Author: crosstimber)
Pentagonite
Quarry #4, Wagholi, Pu
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Phenakite
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
1.0 x 1.7 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Phenakite
Mogok Township, Pyin
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Phlogopite
Benato Phlogopite mines, Benato-Toby Commune, Betroka District, Anosy Region, Tuléar Province, Madagascar
4.5 x 5.4 cm
A thick pseudohexagonal phlogopite crystal. (Author: crosstimber)
Phlogopite
Benato Phlogopite mines
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Phlogopite
Cantin Mine, S. Burgess Township, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada
9.6 x 11.0 cm.
Ex. William W. Jefferis Collection #3583 and Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection. The specimen number dates this piece to the 1860s. (Author: crosstimber)
Phlogopite
Cantin Mine, S. Burgess
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Phlogopite
Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.5 x 6.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Phlogopite
Arandis, Swakopmund
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Phlogopite
Koksha pegmatite field, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
4.2 x 5.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Phlogopite
Koksha pegmatite fi
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Phlogopite
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
6.5 x 8.1 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Phlogopite
Yates Mine, Otter L
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Photo setup.jpg (Author: crosstimber)
Photo setup.jpg
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Plattnerite label.jpg (Author: crosstimber)
Plattnerite label.jpg
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Plattnerite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
3.2 x 3.4 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Plattnerite
Ojuela Mine, Mapim
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Plumbogummite ps. after pyromorphite
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
3.2 x 4.7 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Plumbogummite ps. after pyromorphite
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
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Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
3.5 x 4.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
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Plumbogummite
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
2.4 x 4.4 x 4.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Plumbogummite
Yangshuo / Laohu
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Polylithionite on natrolite
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
5.6 x 6.9 cm
Silvery plates of polylithionite with natrolite and aegirine. (Author: crosstimber)
Polylithionite on natrolite
Mont S
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Polylithionite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
1.7 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Polylithionite
Poudrette Quarr
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Powellite
Savada, Jalgaon Dist., Maharashtra, India
5.0 x 7.0 cm.
A yellowish, pseudo-octahedral powellite crystal on white scolecite. (Author: crosstimber)
Powellite
Savada, Jalgaon Dist., M
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Prehnite
Djouga diggings, Bendougou Village, Bafoulabe Circle, Kayes Region, Mali
3.9 x 4.2 cm
Two intergrown spheres of lime green prehnite on a doubly-terminated crystal of blackish-green epidote. (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
Djouga diggings, Bendougo
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Prehnite
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.5 x 7.1 cm
Two mint green spheres of prehnite implanted on a calcite and quartz matrix. (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg
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Prehnite
Merelani Mines, Lelatema Mts., Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.6 x 5.7 cm
An intergrown group of randomly oriented pale blue prehnite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
Merelani Mines, Lelatema
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Prehnite after Laumontite
Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India
4.2 x 10.0 x 20.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite after Laumontite
Mala
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Prehnite on Epidote
Djouga diggings, Bendougou village, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region, Mali
3.0 x 4.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite on Epidote
Djouga dig
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Prehnite ps. after laumontite
Padanvadi Quarry, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
5.5 x 9.5 cm.
Pale-green, hollow, straws of prehnite to 8 cm epimorphing laumontite. Small pseudocubic apophyllite-KF) crystals are liberally scattered over the surfaces of the prehnite. (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite ps. after laumontite
Pada
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Prehnite ps. anhydrite
Lane Quarry, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
3.3 x 6.0 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite ps. anhy
Lane Quarry, West
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Prehnite pseudomorph after Anhydrite
Lane Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
3.3 x 5.1 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite pseudomorph after Anhydrite
Lane Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachuset
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Prehnite
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.1 x 8.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
Goboboseb Mountains,
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Prehnite
Lane & Son traprock Quarries, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
6.4 x 12.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
Lane & Son traprock Q
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Prehnite
Bendougou village, Commune Diakon, Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region, Mali
2.1 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
Bendougou village, Co
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Prehnite
O&G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
2.2 x 2.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
O&G Southbury Quarry,
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Prehnite
O&G Woodbury Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
2.4 x 2.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
O&G Woodbury Quarry,
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Prehnite
Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
1.7 x 2.9 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
Lower New Street Quar
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Prehnite
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.6 x 5.1 x 7.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
Merelani Hills, Lelat
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Prehnite
Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
5.2 x 6.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
Roncari Quarry, East
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Prehnite
Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
5.2 x 6.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
Roncari Quarry, East
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Prehnite
O&G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
5.5 x 8.5 x 11.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Prehnite
O&G Southbury Quarry,
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Proustite
Imiter Mine, Djebel Saghro, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
5.3 x 8.8 cm.
A closeup view of the above specimen. (Author: crosstimber)
Proustite
Imiter Mine, Djebel Sagh
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Proustite
Imiter Mine, Djebel Saghro, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
5.3 x 8.8 cm.
Micro crystals of ruby red proustite on porous galena with tiny orange
xanthoconite crystals and minor polybasite. (Author: crosstimber)
Proustite
Imiter Mine, Djebel Sagh
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Proustite
Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
5.0 x 5.4 cm
Small carmine-red crystals of proustite in a matrix of massive arsenic. (Author: crosstimber)
Proustite
Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary R
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Pseudomalachite
Star of Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Prov., DR Congo
7.4 x 11.0 cm
Bluish-green botryoidal pseudomalachite overlaying massive black tenorite. (Author: crosstimber)
Pseudomalachite
Star of Congo Mine
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Pyrargyrite
San Luis Mine, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
2.2 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrargyrite
San Luis Mine, Fresnil
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Pyrite
Alimon Mine, Huaron mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru
8.2 x 10.6 cm.
Typical cubic pyrite crystals with colorless quartz crystals and black sphalerite on a massive sphalerite matrix (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Alimon Mine, Huaron mining
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Pyrite
Canutillos Mine, Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Prov., Potosí Dept., Bolivia
3.7 x 5.2 cm.
Brassy pyrite crystals with an unusual habit. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Canutillos Mine, Machacamar
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Pyrite
Dongchuan orefield, Kunming Pref., Yunnan Prov., China
6.5 x 6.7 cm
These things have always fascinated me. Concentric rings of metallic pyrite encircling a spherical slate concretion. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Dongchuan orefield, Kunming
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Pyrite
French Creek Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 x 8.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
French Creek Mines, St. Pet
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Pyrite
French Creek Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 x 8.5 cm
Brassy, cubic pyrite crystals with unusual curved edges on platy to granular, massive black magnetite (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
French Creek Mines, St. Pet
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Pyrite
Gheturi Mine, Turt, Satu Mare, Romania
5.1 x 8.0 cm.
In 2001 a series of small pockets was encountered, and they produced a few nice calcites and these cubic pyrites with siderite. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Gheturi Mine, Turt, Satu Ma
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Pyrite
Mogila deposit, Septemvri Mine, Madan District, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
4.3 x 6.1 cm
Heavily striated cubic crystals to 2.5 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Mogila deposit, Septemvri M
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Pyrite
Murgul Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Murgul, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey
6.0 x 6.5 cm
Sharp brassy octahedral crystals of pyrite to 1.5 cm on a massive pyrite matrix. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Murgul Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Mu
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Pyrite
Murgul, Artvin Province, Turkey
6.1 x 6.5 cm.
Brassy octahedral crystals to 1.6 cm from a seldom seen locality. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Murgul, Artvin Province, Tu
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Pyrite
N’Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, N. Cape Prov., South Africa
2.3 x 3.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
N’Chwaning Mine, Kuru
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Pyrite
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Italy
4.5 x 4.8 cm
A matrix of micaceous hematite hosts a lustrous crystal of pyrite. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Li
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Pyrite
Rio Marina, Val Giove Stope, Elba Island, Livorno Prov., Italy
5.1 x 6.2 cm.
Classic pyritohedral form with hematite. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Rio Marina, Val Giove Stope
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Pyrite
Valle Giove Stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Italy
5.2 x 6.3 cm
Bright metallic pyritohedral pyrite crystal associated with lustrous black specular hematite and minor sphalerite. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Valle Giove Stope, Rio Mine
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Pyrite
Verchniy Mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
5.5 x 8.0 cm.
A floater group of brassy pyrite crystals forming rosettes to 1.5 cm. Difficult to photograph because of the high luster and multitude of crystal faces. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Verchniy Mine, Dal’ne
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Pyrite
Wuzhou Pref., Guangxi Zhuang AR, China
4.5 x 6.5 cm.
An ovoid concretion composed of intergrown cubic pyrite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Wuzhou Pref., Guangxi Zhuan
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Pyrite - Queen Hill Quarry, Plattsmouth, Nebraska Crystal size is 1.75 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite - Queen Hill Quarry, Platts
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Pyrite and bertrandite
Akchatau, Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
4.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite and bertrandite
Akchata
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Pyrite in talc
Carlton Mine, Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA
4.3 x 5.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite in talc
Carlton Mine, Chest
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Pyrite in Talc
Carlton Quarry, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
4.3 x 5.4 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite in Talc
Carlton Quarry,
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Pyrite on magnetite
French Creek Mines, St. Peters, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
4.3 x 8.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite on magnetite
French Creek M
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Pyrite ps. after pyrrhotite
Trepca Complex, Kosovska-Mitrovica, Kosovo
7.6 x 8.7 cm
Thin bladed pyrrhotite crystals replaced by bright micro crystals of pyrite associated with pale tan calcite spheres and minor galena. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite ps. after pyrrhotite
Trepca
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Pyrite ps. after pyrrhotite
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
4.9 x 7.0 x 9.1 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite ps. after pyrrhotite
He
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Pyrite ps. after pyrrhotite
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
4.9 x 7.0 x 9.1 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite ps. after pyrrhotite
He
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Pyrite with galena
Carhuacayan Mine, Carhuacayan District, Carhuacayan Province, Junín Department, Peru
2.0 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite with galena
Carhuacayan
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Pyrite
C. E. Duff & Son Quarry, Huntsville, Logan County, Ohio, USA
3.0 x 4.6 x 6.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
C. E. Duff & Son Quarry
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Pyrite
C. E. Duff & Son Quarry, Huntsville, Logan County, Ohio, USA
3.0 x 4.6 x 6.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
C. E. Duff & Son Quarry
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Pyrite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
7.1 x 8.7 cm, xl = 1.7 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca
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Pyrite
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy
1.4 x 2.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Brosso Mine, Cálea, L
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Pyrite
Wyoming Mine, Gilman, Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
1.5 x 1.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Wyoming Mine, Gilman, G
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Pyrite
Mogilata Deposit, September Mine (9th of September Mine) , Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
1.7 x 2.6 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Mogilata Deposit, Septe
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Pyrite
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.0 x 7.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjran
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Pyrite
Concepción del Oro, Municipio Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
2.0 x 2.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Concepción del Oro, Mu
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Pyrite
Purple Hope No. 4 claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington, USA
1.5 x 2.6 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Purple Hope No. 4 claim
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Pyrite
Buick Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron County, Missouri, USA
1.0 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Buick Mine, Bixby, Vibu
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Pyrite
Ross County, Ohio, USA
1.6 x 2.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Ross County, Ohio, USA
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Pyrite
Buick Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron County, Missouri, USA
1.2 x 2.1 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Buick Mine, Bixby, Vibu
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Pyrite
Ross County, Ohio, USA
0.7 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Ross County, Ohio, USA
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Pyrite
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
1.1 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Gil
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Pyrite
Magma Mine, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
2.3 x 2.4 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrite
Magma Mine, Superior, P
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Pyrochlore Group
Vishnevye Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia
8.5 x 10.8 cm
Closeup of above specimen. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrochlore Group
Vishnevye Mts, Ch
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Pyrochlore Group
Vishnevye Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia
8.5 x 10.8 cm
Lustrous pyrochlore crystals to 0.6 cm showing reddish-brown color in transmitted light. The crystals are sharp octahedrons with cubic modifications and are associated
with black biotite on a white calcite matrix. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrochlore Group
Vishnevye Mts, Ch
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Pyromorphite
Brown’s Open Pit, Rum Jungle, N. Territory, Australia
4.7 x 6.8 cm.
From the "Emerald Pocket" find in 2010 (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Brown’s Open Pi
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Pyromorphite
Browns Open Pit, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia
4.5 x 6.5 cm
Lustrous olive-green hexagonal barrel-shaped crystals to 2 mm coating a bright green malachite matrix. Recovered from the "Emerald Pocket" in 2010. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Browns Open Pit, Rum
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Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Pref., Guangxi Zhuang AR, China
1.6 x 2.5 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongche
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Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Pref., Guangxi Zhuang AR, China
4.2 x 6.7 cm.
Apple-green, hexagonal prisms with hoppered terminations. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongche
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Pyromorphite
Friedrichssegen Mine, Frücht, Bad Ems Dist., Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2.5 x 3.5 cm
A stacked group of slightly offset, light brown pyromorphite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Friedrichssegen Mine,
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Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine, Correze, Limousin, France
5.8 x 7.2 cm.
Olive green barrel-shaped crystals to 1.2 cm. with mustard yellow tips on iron-stained barite. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine, Corr
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Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Limousin, France
5.6 x 7.0 cm
Olive-green, barrel-shaped pyromorphite crystals to 1.0 cm with mustard-yellow tips on iron stained white barite (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine, Usse
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Pyromorphite
Mercur Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.2 x 5.3 cm
Barrel-shaped pyromorphite crystals on a crystallized and massive pyromorphite matrix. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Mercur Mine, Bad Ems,
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Pyromorphite
Pcheloyad Mine, Zvezdel, Kardzali Oblast, Bulgaria
6.1 x 9.0 cm.
Chocolate brown pyromorphite crystals scattered over a crystallized quartz matrix. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Pcheloyad Mine, Zvezd
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Pyromorphite
Society Girl Mine, Moyie, British Columbia, Canada
1.5 x 1.6 cm.
Well-formed hoppered crystals from Canada’s best pyromorphite locality. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Society Girl Mine, Mo
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Pyromorphite
Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
3.0 x 4.5 cm
The Wheatley Mine was a lead-silver mine that operated from 1851 to 1867. Most of the specimens date to the 1850s. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Wheatley Mine, Phoeni
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Pyromorphite
Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
3.0 x 4.5 cm
Olive-green, pyromorphite crystals to 0.7 cm forming a solid crystallized mass. A few crystals are hoppered, but most are terminated with a simple pinacoid. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Wheatley Mine, Phoeni
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Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Pref., Guangxi Zhang AR, China
2.0 x 3.0 x 4.5
I love the sculpural habit of this piece. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin
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Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, 3.7 x 4.7 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, 3
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Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, 4.1 x 5.2 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, 4
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Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, 5.5 x 7.1 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, 5
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Pyromorphite
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
1.6 x 1.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Broken Hill Propr
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Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
2.0 x 2.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine,
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Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Jersey Vein, 9th level, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
1.8 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine,
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Pyromorphite
Madjarovo deposit, Rhodope Mountains, Haskovo Oblast, Bulgaria
1.0 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Madjarovo deposit
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Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Jersey Vein, 9th level, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
3.7 x 4.7 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine,
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Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Jersey Vein, 9th level, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
5.5 x 7.1 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine,
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Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Jersey Vein, 9th level, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
4.0 x 5.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine,
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Pyromorphite
Sherman Mine, Burke, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
1.5 x 2.7 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Sherman Mine, Bur
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Pyromorphite
Resuperferolítica claim, Cerro de la Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Comarca Los Pedroches, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
3.6 x 5.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Resuperferolític
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Pyromorphite
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
1.2 x 1.9 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
San Andrés Mine,
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Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
1.8 x 2.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine (
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Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Jersey Vein, 9th level, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
2.3 x 2.4 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine,
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Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Jersey Vein, 9th level, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
2.3 x 3.1 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine,
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Pyromorphite
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
1.5 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Pyromorphite
Bad Ems, Bad Ems
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Pyrrhotite
El Potosi Mine, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Santa Eulalia Dist., Chihuahua, Mexico
5.0 x 6.5 cm.
Bright brassy metallic floater group of stacked pseudohexagonal crystals
to 4.0 cm with minor white quartz. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrrhotite
El Potosi Mine, Mun. de
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Pyrrhotite
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Da’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
4.5 x 5.0 cm.
Thick hexagonal prisms to 5 cm on a small matrix composed of fine needle-like quartz crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrrhotite
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Da&r
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Pyrrhotite
Trepca complex, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
8.0 x 8.6 cm.
Thin hexagonal plates of brassy pyrrhotite with black sphalerite, colorless quartz and cubic pyrite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Pyrrhotite
Trepca complex, Kosovsk
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Quartz
Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Sandoval Prov., Santa Cruz Dept., Bolivia
3.2 x 8.0 cm.
Partially etched crystal of amethyst with a gemmy interior and zones of yellow citrine. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Anahi Mine, La Gaiba Distri
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Quartz
Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland
2.0 x 7.8 cm
A doubly terminated smoky quartz crystal with two smaller crystals attached to the prism faces and a fine coating of chlorite. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland
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Quartz
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
3.5 x 5.5 cm.
Transparent quartz, light tan dolomite and small metallic galena cubes. Collected in the 1980s. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramu
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Quartz
Cantera Quesga, Ancash Department, Peru
4.9 x 8.0 cm.
Colorless transparent quartz crystals scattered over a matrix of platy, mint green fuschite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Cantera Quesga, Ancash Depa
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Quartz
Colle Vaccera, Val Pelice, Torino Prov., Piemonte, Italy
3.5 x 4.3 cm
A small group of transparent quartz crystals associated with small specks of dark green epidote (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Colle Vaccera, Val Pelice,
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Quartz
Da Paccio Quarry, Val Bedretto, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
5.8 x 7.8 cm
Hedgehog group of transparent quartz crystals to 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Da Paccio Quarry, Val Bedre
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Quartz
Dara Ismael Khan District, S. Waziristan, FATA, Pakistan
2.6 x 8.1 cm.
A faden of rock crystal typical of this location. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Dara Ismael Khan District,
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Quartz
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Pref., Hubei Prov., China
8.2 x 10.4 cm
Opaque white quartz crystals included with reddish brown iron oxides, preferentially coated with white dolomite and associated with chalcopyrite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co.,
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Quartz
Goboboseb Mts. Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.6 x 4.5 cm
Several intergrown quartz crystals with amethystine and smoky zones as well as gas/fluid inclusions. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Goboboseb Mts. Brandberg ar
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Quartz
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania
5.2 x 6.6 cm.
Transparent quartz crystals to 1 cm. associated with lustrous, gray calcite spheres to 1.2 cm. which are uniformly included with jamesonite. Mined in 2001. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Mara
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Quartz
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu, Liangshan Pref., Sichuan Prov., China
7.5 x 9.0 cm
Bladed, dark green epidote crystals scattered over a matrix of quartz crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu,
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Quartz
Huanggang Mine No. 2, Keshiketeng Co., Chifeng Pref., Inner Mongolia AR, China
6.6 x 10.7 cm.
A divergent spray of gray-green quartz crystals with smoky to amethystine cores and sceptered terminations. The prism faces consist of hundreds of small rhombohedral faces. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Huanggang Mine No. 2, Keshi
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Quartz
Iovitra Mine, Itrema, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
1.8 x 5.2 cm
A single crystal of translucent to transparent quartz that exhibits a sharp mint green fuchsite-coated phantom just below the termination. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Iovitra Mine, Itrema, Fiana
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Quartz
Jamner, Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
10.1 x 14.0 cm.
Slender fingers of milky white chalcedony with minor stilbite. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Jamner, Jalgaon District, M
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Quartz
Kruchev dol Mine, Madan District, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
7.1 x 8.3 cm.
Quartz crystals to 4.0 cm. with a second generation of smaller crystals arising from the prism faces, with chalcopyrite and sphalerite. Mined in 2008. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Kruchev dol Mine, Madan Dis
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Quartz
Kruchev dol Mine, Madan District, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
5.5 x 7.2 cm.
A flat quartz plate with a couple of Japan Law twins mined in 2007. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Kruchev dol Mine, Madan Dis
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Quartz
Kruchev dol Mine, Madan Orefield, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
5.0 x 7.1 cm.
An undamaged group of slender transparent quartz crystals mined in 2008. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Kruchev dol Mine, Madan Ore
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Quartz
Les Droites, Mt. Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
4.0 x 6.1 cm
A floater of sharply-formed, tabular smoky quartz crystals in parallel growth with minor chlorite coating several crystal faces. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Les Droites, Mt. Blanc Mass
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Quartz
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Greece
3.5 x 6.5 cm
Tapered crystals of hedenbergite included quartz. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Mega Horio, Serifos Island,
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Quartz
Messina Mine, Limpopo Prov., South Africa
6.0 x 7.3 cm
Doubly-terminated quartz crystals colored reddish-brown by hematite inclusions with small black hematite crystals coating several prism faces. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Messina Mine, Limpopo Prov.
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Quartz
Messina Mine, Messina, Limpopo Province, South Africa
6.0 x 7.3 cm
Doubly-terminated quartz crystals colored reddish-brown by inclusions of hematite with micro black hematite crystals coating several prism faces. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Messina Mine, Messina, Limp
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Quartz
Mina Morro do Cristal, Tomaz Gonzaga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.5 x 6.3 cm.
Two transparent quartz crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Mina Morro do Cristal, Toma
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Quartz
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, La Libertad, Peru
3.3 x 4.5 cm.
Doubly terminated Japan law twin associated with small black hübnerite crystals. Collected in 2011. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuc
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Quartz
Serra Negra deposit, São João da Serra Negra, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.8 x 10.6 cm.
A cluster of sceptered quartz crystals to 6.3 cm with dull white prism faces and tan scepters. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Serra Negra deposit, São Jo
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Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hunan Prov., China
5.3 x 7.0 cm
Two intersecting blue-gray crystals with secondary crystal growth along the length of the prism, creating an "artichoke" habit. Collected in 2007. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co.,
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Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hunan Prov., China
5.5 x 6.5 cm.
A divergent group of silky-lustered quartz crystals with a bluish-gray coloration due to microscopic inclusions of an unknown mineral. Prismatic silver bismuthinite crystals are present as well as minor purple fluorite and pyrite. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co.,
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Quartz
Stari Trg Mine, Trepca Complex, Kosovska-Mitrovica, Kosovo
7.0 x 9.0 cm
Divergent group of colorless quartz crystals to 8 cm with small colorless calcite crystals on the back side. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Stari Trg Mine, Trepca Comp
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Quartz
Suior Mine, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
8.2 x 10.1 cm.
Milky quartz crystals with transparent terminations associated with small brassy chalcopyrites. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Suior Mine, Cavnic, Maramur
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Quartz
Tole, South Waziristan, FATA, Pakistan
5.1 x 7.0 cm
Glassy, transparent, tabular quartz crystals in parallel growth with a prominent milky faden line visible roughly perpendicular to the c-axis. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Tole, South Waziristan, FAT
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Quartz
Tornadei Valley, Malenco, Sondrio Prov., Lombardy, Italy
4.5 x 6.6 cm
Glassy colorless quartz crystals included with green chlorite. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Tornadei Valley, Malenco, S
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Quartz
Trepca Complex, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
3.4 x 6.6 cm
A jackstraw group quartz crystals covered with rhombic micro calcites and dark green to black spherical chlorite. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Trepca Complex, Kosovska Mi
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Quartz
Trepca complex, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
6.1 x 7.3 cm
Transparent quartz crystals with minor pyrite and chlorite. Mined in 2012. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Trepca complex, Kosovska Mi
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Quartz
Vtoroy Sovietskiy mIne, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kary, Russia
9.0 x 12.0 cm.
A jackstraw group of slender orange quartz crystals partially coated with a second generation of colorless quartz from the find in 1996. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Vtoroy Sovietskiy mIne, Dal
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Quartz
Zhengzhou Prefecture, Henan Prov., China
6.5 x 7.4 cm.
Three intergrown quartz crystals colored green presumably by fibrous actinolite or byssolite inclusions. In spite of doing quite a bit of research on a more definitive location, I have been unable to find out much more about exactly where this is from. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz
Zhengzhou Prefecture, Henan
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Quartz (variety Amethyst)
Kakamunurle Quarry, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
3.0 x 3.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety Amethyst)
Kaka
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Quartz (variety amethyst)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico
4.5 x 5.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Pied
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Quartz (variety amethyst)
Soliva Quarry (AVE Quarry works), Can Sala, Riudarenes, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya, Spain
8.3 x 10.9 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Soli
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Quartz (variety amethyst)
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.0 x 6.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Gobo
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Quartz (variety amethyst)
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.0 x 6.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Gobo
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Quartz (variety amethyst)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico
2.3 x 2.4 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Pied
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Quartz (variety amethyst)
Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
0.9 x 2.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Anta
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Quartz (variety amethyst)
Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
1.7 x 2.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Karu
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Quartz (variety amethyst)
Ametista do Sul, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
10.5 x 11.3 cm, FOV ~ 5.0 x 6.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Amet
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Quartz (variety amethyst)
Kakamunurle Quarry, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
5.1 x 7.2 xm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Kaka
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Quartz (variety amethyst)
Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
1.9 x 2.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst)
Reel
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Quartz (variety Amethyst)
Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
4.6 x 4.7 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety Amethyst)
Reel
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Quartz (variety Amethyst)
Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
4.6 x 4.7 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety Amethyst)
Reel
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Quartz (variety amethyst/smoky quartz)
Quartz locality, Moosup, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
1.7 x 2.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety amethyst/smoky quartz)
Quartz locality, Moosup, Windham County, Connect
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Quartz (variety chalcedony) with Mordenite
Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra, India
7.7 x 11.6 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety chalcedony) with Mordenite
Nashik District (Nasik), Mahar
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Quartz (variety prase)
Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon), Greece
3.5 x 6.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety prase)
Serifos
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Quartz (variety prase)
Sinerechenskoe, Primorsky Krai, Russia
2.3 x 8.1 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety prase)
Sinerec
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Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Globe Mine, Springfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
3.7 x 6.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
G
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Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Pitorra claim, Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.8 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
P
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Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Pitorra claim, Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.0 x 3.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
P
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Quartz (variety smoky) and Microcline
Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
5.9 x 6.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety smoky) and Microcline
Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampsh
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Quartz (variety smoky) and Microcline
Government Pit, Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
2.7 x 4.6 x 7.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety smoky) and Microcline
Government Pit, Albany, Carroll County, New Hampsh
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Quartz (variety smoky)
Tiro Estrella Mine, El Capitan Mountains, Capitan District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
1.5 x 2.6 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz (variety smoky)
Tiro Es
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Quartz and Hematite
Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom
2.5 x 2.8 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz and Hematite
Egremont,
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Quartz and Pyrite
Spruce claim, Goldmyer Hot Springs, King County, Washington, USA
3.1 x 6.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz and Pyrite
Spruce claim
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Quartz and Pyromorphite
Manhan Mines (Loudville Mine), Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
1.1 x 2.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz and Pyromorphite
Manhan
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Quartz casts after calcite
Droujba Mine, Laki District, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
7.1 x 10.0 cm.
Scalenohedral calcite crystals to 3.5 cm. epimorphed by quartz. The calcite has been completely dissolved away leaving thin hollow shells. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz casts after calcite
Droujba
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Quartz included with elbaite
Artur Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.6 x 5.0 cm.
Transparent quartz crystals included with what I thought was schorl when I acquired this specimen. However, the inclusions are definitely green in strongly transmitted light. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz included with elbaite
Artur
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Quartz on hematite
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
7.8 x 9.7 cm.
Collected in Feb. 1957. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz on hematite
Florence Mine,
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Quartz ps. afte gypsum
Crawford, Dawes County, Nebraska, USA
7.2 x 9.2 cm.
Rosette of flattened quartz blades replacing gypsum. At one time this piece was in the E. M. Gunnell and Ed Swoboda pseudomorph collection. Gunnell’s label indicates he received it as a gift in 1959. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz ps. afte gypsum
Crawford, D
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Quartz ps. anhydrite
Irai, Alto Uruguai Region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
5.5 x 8.5 cm.
Fan-shaped casts of anhydrite crystals completely replaced by cream-colored quartz. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz ps. anhydrite
Irai, Alto Ur
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Quartz ps. calcite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
7.5 x 9.9 cm.
Colorless quartz epimorphing calcite associated with stalactitic chalcedony and peach-colored stilbite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz ps. calcite
Jalgaon Distric
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Quartz var. amethyst
Ametista do Sul, Alto Uruguai Region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
14.1 x 24.5 cm. FOV=5.0 cm.
Part of a large plate of amethyst crystals, some of which are included with sprays of gold-colored goethite. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Ametista do S
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Quartz var. amethyst
Boekenhoutshoek, Mkobola Dist., Mpummalanga Prov., South Africa
5.5 x 6.5 cm
A small group of lilac-colored amethyst crystals with prism faces overgrown by small amethyst crystals, locally known as “cactus quartz” (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Boekenhoutsho
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Quartz var. amethyst
Diamond Willow Mine, Pearl Station, Ontario, Canada
6.5 x 7.2 cm.
A mounded plate of amethyst crystals included with reddish brown hematite. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Diamond Willo
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Quartz var. amethyst
Djurkovo Mine, Laki District, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
5.4 x 7.8 cm
In June 2005 a large pocket was breached which produced some wonder amethyst specimens. Some of the individual plates were nearly a meter across. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Djurkovo Mine
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Quartz var. amethyst
Gheturi Mine, Turt, Satu Mare, Romania
9.0 x 9.0 cm.
Pale lilac amethyst crystals to 4.5 cm on a matrix of colorless quartz and pyrite. Mined in 2000. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Gheturi Mine,
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Quartz var. amethyst
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu, Liangshan Pref., Sichuan Prov., China
6.5 x 7.0 cm
Glassy amethyst crystals with groups of small, dark-green epidote crystals included within and on the surface of the quartz. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Hongquizhen Q
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Quartz var. amethyst
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
5.8 x 9.3 cm.
Pale amethyst crystals sprinkled with dark green to black blebs of goethite and colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Irai, Rio Gra
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Quartz var. amethyst
Piedra Parada, Mun. de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico
2.2 x 2.7 cm. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Piedra Parada
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Quartz var. amethyst
Tonglushan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Pref., Hubei Prov., China
3.3 x 4.8 cm
A single amethyst crystal with a partial jacket of small scalenohedral calcite crystals with reddish-brown tinged terminations. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Tonglushan Mi
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Quartz var. amethyst
Valenciana Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico
3.3 x 6.7 cm.
Amethyst crystals in parallel growth with grape-purple zones at the base grading to colorless at the terminations. (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Valenciana Mi
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Quartz var. amethyst
Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
6.5 x 7.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Boekenhou
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Quartz var. amethyst
Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
2.0 x 3.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. amethyst
Jacksons
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Quartz var. citrine
Madagascar
0.7 x 0.8 x 8.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)
Quartz var. citrine
Madagascar