Rare Mineral Samples

Detailed images of unique mineral specimens including hemimorphite and talc, highlighting their formations and textures.

A sample of radiating mass of crystals on gneiss. Dated 20th Century

Hemimorphite originated from Djebel Dhaylan Arabia

Frankeite, sulphide.

Nodule of amber from the Albian of Provence. 40cm. Luc Ebbo collection. Paleogalerie, Salignac. Ebbo collection

Minerals - Talc

Dark brown Epidote, silicate.

gray crystals of Molybdenite on Glaucophane stone macro shooting of natural mineral stone - steel gray crystals of Molybdenite on Glaucophane Amphibole stone with Magnetite and pyrite crystals isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 9078408

Pulaskite, Magmatic, Grenville, Quebec Pulaskite is a variety of nepheline-bearing-alkali-feldspar-syenite containing alkali feldspar and varying amounts of sodic pyroxenes and amphiboles, fayalite, biotite and minor amounts of nepheline

A sample of radiating mass of crystals on gneiss. Dated 20th Century

Domeykite, Acton Vale, Quebec Domeykite is a copper arsenide mineral

Chlorite, silicate.

Alteration of peridotite to serpentinite.

Geiss, metamorphic rock, from Lukmanier Pass, Switzerland.

Demantoid, silicate, from Valmalenco, Sondrio, Italy.

Allanite, silicate.

Cordierite. minerals. North America; USA; Connecticut; Middlesex; Chester; 400 m past Cockaponset Forest Rd. bifurcation, along N Cedar Rd.; then 200 m east

Lamprophyre, Magmatic, Grenville, Quebec Lamprophyre is a porphyritic igneous rock consisting of a fine-grained feldspathic groundmass with phenocrysts chiefly of biotite

Scapolite variety Wernerite in White Light Grenville, Quebec, Canada, North America

Minerals: Babingtonite (Calcium Iron Manganese Silicate Hydroxide)

Muscovite originally from Correze France

Copper in the rock

Tennantite

Cornetite, phosphate.

gray crystal of Molybdenite on Glaucophane rock macro shooting of natural mineral stone - steel gray crystal of Molybdenite on Glaucophane Amphibole rock with Magnetite and pyrite crystals isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 9078314

Titanclinohumite, silicato.

Phonolite, igneous rock, from Ischia, Italy.

Andradite Garnet originated from Val Malenco in Italy

Ilvaite, silicate.

Minerals: Enargite (Copper Arsenic Sulfide) with Pyrite (Iron Sulfide)

A sample of schist, a medium to coarse-grained, foliated, metamorphic rock typically containing muscovite, biotite, chlorite, and quartz. Feldspar, usually albite or oligoclase, also commonly occurs. Dated 20th Century

Hematite, oxide.

Chromite, oxide.

Hornblende Granite, Plutonic, Ottawa A granite containing hornblende, a felsic plutonic rock, generally adamellite or granodiorite, containing an amphibole

Braunite, silicate.

Spessartite garnet originated from Broken Hill Australia

Sphalerite, sulphide, in Calcite, carbonate.

Hematite. minerals. Europe; Germany; Saxony, Altenberg

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Titanite originated from Minas Gerais in Brazil

Calcite variety Cobaltian, Musononi mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Breccia, sedimentary rock, with molluscs.

Black Tourmaline, silicate.

Chromite, oxide.

Augelite, phosphate.

Teepleite. minerals. North America; USA; California; San Bernardino County; Borax Lake

A sample of Miserite, a lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics. Dated 20th Century

Blende or sphalerite from Kansas in United States

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Galena,from Oklahoma, USA, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead (II) sulfide. It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver.

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Davidite, Estrie, Quebec Davidite is a rare earth oxide mineral with chemical end members La and Ce

Siderite. minerals. Europe; France; Dauphine Province; Isere Department; Allevard

Gedrite. minerals. North America; USA; Connecticut; Middlesex; Chester; 400 m past Cockaponset Forest Rd. bifurcation, along N Cedar Rd.; then 200 m east

Molybdenite in Glaucophane stone on dark macro shooting of natural mineral rock specimen - Molybdenite crystal with pyrite and Magnetite in Glaucophane stone on dark granite background from Kalgutinskoye mine in Altai Mountains, Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 11383449

Galena. minerals

Cylindrite, sulphide.

Dannemorite, also Manganogrunerite, Amphibole, Montauban, Quebec

Andesine, silicate.

Crystals showing pyritohedral and octahedral faces. Rio Marina, Elba.

Minerals: Phosphates - Carnotite (Hydrated Potassium Uranyl Vanadate)

Bituminous Coal South Eastern Virginia, USA Date:

Erytrite native of Hesse-Cassel in Germany

Tetrahedrite from Romania

Jarosite, sulphate.

Souzalite-Gormanite, phosphate.

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Calcite Viewed in White Light: Franklin, New Jersey, USA, North America

A sample of brick-red tabular crystals. Dated 21st Century

Continental Breccia, sedimentary rock.

Hornblende, Ottawa Hornblende is a complex inosilicate series of minerals, ferrohornblende & magnesiohornblende

Apatite - Ca5(PO4)3F. Yates mine - Otter lake - Quebec - Canada. Used in the production of phosphate fertilizers and the production of salts of phosphoric acid and phosporous - a common mineral.

Hemimorphite specimen from the Wenshan Mine, Yunnan Province, China.

Model of the Chicxulub Asteroid of which the impact resulted in the CretaceousPaleogene extinction event which caused the demise of the planet's non-avian dinosaurs and other species. Dated 21st Century

Minerals: Minium (Lead Oxide)

Orpiment, Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad, Peru, South America

Sample of deep-pink crystals on dolomitic matrix. Dated 20th Century

Minerals: Silicates - Cummingtonite (Magnesium Iron Silicate Hydroxide) with Biotite (Potassium Iron Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide Fluoride)

Minerals: Kimberlite (Rock)

Green Muscovite, silicate.

Hypersthene from Labrador Canada

Olivenite, phosphate.

Apophyllite originated from Poonah in India

Obsidian, igneous rock.

Crab fossil, Decapoda.

Specular Hematite Marquette County Michigan, USA Date:

Clinohedrite. minerals. North America; USA; New Jersey; Sussex County; Franklin District

Andradite Garnet originated from Val Malenco Italy

Gneiss is formed from other rocks (both igneous and sedimentary) by strong heat and pressure. This piece of gneiss is made up of crystals of quartz (clear), feldspar (white) and mica (black).

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Calaverite in small crystals, sulphide, from Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.

Minerals: Tetrahedrite (Copper Antimony Sulfide) and Quartz (Silicon Oxide) - Capnic, Romania

Chondrite, Bluff stony meteorite, from Texas (United States), thin section, using crossed Nicols, x19x1,5.

k/t boundary impact evidence boundary clay marking the end of the cretaceous contains shocked quartz and iridium anomaly near the top.

Aurichalcite. minerals. North America; USA; New Mexico; New Magdalena

A sample of Ferruginous Quartz, a variety of quartz coloured red, brown, or yellow by inclusions of hematite or limonite, and usually massive and opaque. Dated 21st Century

Modified pseudo cubic crystal Itabira, Minas Gerals, Brazil.

Minerals: Galena (Lead Sulfide)

Calcite (calcium carbonate) crystals.

Tarbuttite, phosphate.

Bustamite, silicate.

Red Rutile in Muscovite Mica, Boiling Springs, North Carolina, USA, North America

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