3910 Boussingaultite from The Geysers, California, USA
Colourless/yellowish Boussingaultite from The Geysers, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA. 45 x 25 x 17mm.
North and Central Americas
ANKL51 Linarite, Galena, Anglesite, Quartz, Brochantite, Blanchard Mine, New Mexico, USA
Galena crystal overgrown by (royal blue) Linarite, colourless Anglesite and associated with Quartz and minor (green) Brochantite.
3735 Native Silver, Batopilas, Andrés del Rio mining district, Chihuahua, Mexico
Native Silver with Calcite from Batopilas, Andrés del Rio mining district, Chihuahua, Mexico. Dimensions: 20 mm x 16 mm x 15 mm
3902 Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho, USA
Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho, USA. Dimensions: 55 mm x 30 mm x 18 mm.
3898 Hemimorphite, Potosí Mine, Mexico
An aesthetic miniature specimen of Hemimorphite from the Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. These finds dat to the 1980s. 48 mm x 35 mm x...
3819 Trinitite, Trinity site, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA
Not strictly a mineral but a rare man-made glass known as trinitite from the Trinity Site on White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, USA which was the site of the first atomic bomb blast...
3148 Topaz, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Utah, USA
3148 Topaz | Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA | 28x15x13mm.
3079 Wulfenite with Mimetite and Chrysocolla, Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mts, Arizona, USA
3079 Wulfenite with Mimetite and Chrysocolla | Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA | 25x15x13mm.
3447 Alumohydrocalcite, Contra, California, USA
Alumohydrocalcite – Contra, Contra Costa Co., California, USA. Specimen measures 50x35x17mm.
3446 Spadaite, Alvarado Mine, Gold Hill, Utah, USA
Spadaite – Alvarado Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Utah, USA. Field of view is 25mm.
3443 Gageite, Pennsylvania Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain, California, USA
Gageite – Pennsylvania Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain, Black Wonder Mining District, Santa Clara Co., California, USA. Specimen measures 33x20x10mm.
3442 Beaverite-(Cu), Bristol mine, Bristol Silver Mines, Nevada, USA
Beaverite-(Cu) – Bristol mine, Bristol Silver Mines Inc., Bristol and Jackrabbit Mining Districts, Nevada, USA. Specimen measures 40x35x23mm.
2700 Hardystonite (TL), Bustamite, Franklinite (TL), Willemite, Franklin Mine, New Jersey, USA
Hardystonite (TL), Bustamite, Franklinite (TL), Willemite – Franklin Mine, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Specimen measures 40x35x15mm.
2731 Manganbabingtonite, Johannsenite, Landsman Camp, Arizona, USA
2731 Manganbabingtonite in green-brown Johannsenite – Landsman Camp (Landsman group), Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA. FOV 17mm.
3058 Baryte (Var: Baryte Rose), Lake Thunderbird area, Oklahoma, USA
3058 Baryte (Var: Baryte Rose)- Lake Thunderbird area, Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma, USA. Specimen measures 100x73x48mm.
3503 Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho, USA
Pyromorphite from Jersey Vein 9th Level, Bunker Hill Mine, Yreka Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA. 45x35x25mm.
1946 Wulfenite, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
1946 Wulfenite – Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico. 43x30x15mm.
3078 Mimetite, San Pedro Mine, Mexico
3078 Mimetite, San Pedro Mine, San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico. 65x54x34mm.
3022 Axinite-(Fe), New Melones Spillway (Dam site), California, USA
3022 Axinite-(Fe), New Melones Spillway (Dam site), Calaveras County, California, USA. 50x35x30mm. 1970’s find.
3183 Orientite, Manganese Mine, Michigan, USA
3183 Orientite, Manganese Mine, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA. FOV 30mm.
3176 Vonsenite, New City Quarry, California, USA
3176 Black crystalline Vonsenite, New City Quarry, Riverside, Riverside Co., California, USA. 50x23x16mm.
3165 Santaclaraite (TL), Pennsylvania Mine, California, USA
3165 Santaclaraite (Type Locality), Pennsylvania Mine, Sugarloaf Mountain, Black Wonder Mining District, Santa Clara Co., California, USA. 40x30x22mm.
3496 Talmessite, Gold Hill Mine, Utah, USA
3496 Talmessite, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah, USA. 39x24x2mm.
3491 Phoenicochroite, Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Arizona, USA
3491 Phoenicochroite, Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa, Arizona, USA. 35x28x12mm.
3374 Microcline (Var: Amazonite), Glacier Peak Claims, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA
3374 Microcline (Var: Amazonite), Glacier Peak Claims, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA. 33x30x20mm.
3173 Cuproroméite, Comanche Mine, California, USA
‘Cuproroméite’ from the Comanche Mine, Blind Spring Mining District, Benton Range, California, USA. Originally named partzite. Partzite discredited in IMA proposal: 16-B. Found to be a very fined grained mixture of a plumboroméite-like oxide phase...
3180 Chevkinite-(Ce), Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, USA
3180 Chevkinite-(Ce), Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, USA. 46x32x15mm.
3187 Barylite, Seal Lake, Canada
3187 Barylite, Mann 1 (Letitia Lake), Seal Lake alkaline complex (Letitia Lake), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 35x30x24mm.
ANKS200 Stibiconite, San José Mine, Wadley, Mexico
ANKS200 Stibiconite pseudomorphing Stibnite from San José Mine, Wadley, Catorce Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. FOV 25mm. Largest crystal 21mm.
ANKP139 Paulingite-Ca (TL), Three Mile Creek, Oregon, USA
3305 Paulingite-Ca (TL), Three Mile Creek, Oregon, USA. FOV 3mm.
ANKC46 Conichalcite, Ojuela Mine, Mexico
3298 Conichalcite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. 30x25x20mm.
ANKH75 Howlite, Iona, Canada
Howlite – Bras D’Or Lake howlite locality, Iona, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. 15x10x8mm.
ANKP250 Pseudoboleite, Anglesite, Rowley Mine, USA
3288 Pseudoboleite, Anglesite – Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. 30x15x20mm.
ANKE27 Eudialyte, Tabor Island, Canada
Eudialyte – Tabor Island, Nain Complex, Labrador, Cananda – 30x15x20mm.
ANKK1 Kinoite, Fluorapophyllite-(K), Christmas Mine, Arizona, USA
3276 Kinoite, Fluorapophyllite-(K), Christmas Mine, Arizona, USA. 25x20x15mm.
ANKC366 Cumengeite, Amelia Mine, Mexico
Cumengeite – Amelia Mine, Boleo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. 7mm.
ANKB145 Boleite, Amelia Mine, Mexico
3256 Boleite, Amelia Mine, Boleo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. 8x4x4mm.
ANKB50 Boleite, Amelia Mine, Mexico
3256 Boleite, Amelia Mine, Boleo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. 5mm.
ANKP200 Pectolite, Jeffrey Mine, Quebec, Canada
3251 Pectolite, Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Quebec, Canada. 30x25x10mm.
3167 Trona, FMC Green River Trona Mine, USA
Trona | FMC Green River Trona Mine, Green River Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA | 35x33x25mm |
2652 Narsarsukite, Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada
Narsarsukite from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada. 25×15×18mm.
2651 Rhodochrosite, Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada
Rhodochrosite from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada. 20x15x12mm.
2730 “Ellsworthite” Pyrochlore Group (Var: Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)), Columbite-(Fe), Bancroft Area, Ontario, Canada
Old specimen of “Ellsworthite” from Bancroft Area, Ontario, Canada, later discredited and found to be Pyrochlore Group (Var: Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)) with Columbite-(Fe). 50x30x25 mm.
2741 ‘Crestmoreite’, Tobermorite, Ellestadite, Crestmore quarries, California, USA
Old-school specimen of “crestmoreite” (white) in blue Calcite. Originally reported from Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA. Taylor (1953) showed that crestmoreite is a submicroscopic intergrowth of “wilkeite” and tobermorite. This specimen hosts snow-white...
2742 Colusite (TL) with Quartz, East Colusa Mine, Butte Mining District, Montana, USA
Colusite (TL) with Quartz, East Colusa Mine, Butte Mining District, Montana, USA. 50x40x35mm.
2729 Stevensite after Pectolite, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Stevensite after Pectolite, Paterson, New Jersey, USA. 45x35x25mm.
3080 Wulfenite on Baryte, Rowley Mine, USA
Wulfenite on Baryte, Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. 32x20x30mm.
3081 Mimetite on Quartz, Rowley Mine, Arizona, USA
Hemispheres of bright vibrant red Mimetite, orange Wulfenite on a Quartz coated matrix. Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. FOV 25mm.
2706 Shattuckite, Ajoite (Type Locality), New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), USA
Dark blue Shattuckite with blue-green Ajoite (Type Locality) | New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona , USA | 40x40x35mm | No. 2706
2634 Copper in/on Calcite with Epidote, Quincy Mine, Michigan, USA
Copper in/on Calcite with Epidote | Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA | 45x40x30mm | No. 2634