Bob Kukiel's Photo Gallery
T15-CUWClinochlore Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
The specimen rock is about 20 cm long.
The clinochlore is found in layers in the feldspar.
The other photos show closeups of the individual clinochlore crystals.
YHL-QE6Pyrite FeS2
Mass of pyrite balls found inside pocket on a boulder.
12 cm x 10 cm x 8 cm (height).
There is a secondary crystallization of unknown brownish translucent mineral "ribs" growing on and around pyrite.
6KQ-8LMManganese Oxides (Var: Manganese Dendrites)
Field of view is about 14 cm.
This shows the entire field found on a quartz rock.
4ER-DEQSchorl NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Specimen is about 32 cm wide. This spray of schorl came off a large piece of pegmatite that was a stepping stone over a stream.
E2P-Q4HScapolite
Total specimen is 20 cm. in length. Scapolite crystals in vein.
8KN-TXEChlorite Group
Nice crystals of chlorite. The specimen is about 20 cm wide.
The chlorite crystals are all of the same height and some seem to be a little flattened, as if they grew against the other side of the vein that they were attached to.
J7M-5M6Beryl Be3Al2(Si6O18)
This is a closeup of the photo of the beryl I found at Case Quarry. See the preceding photo of the whole rock on which this crystal is located. It is about 2 cm long.
TVK-HAYBeryl Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Nice 2 cm long beryl in feldspar. Small garnets are nearby.
MTE-JFVBeryl Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Beryl is on a matrix of quartz. It's about 1.5 cm in length. An empty trough indicates beryl was originally about 4 cm long.
E6Q-6KQCalcite CaCO3
Ball of calcite from previous photo, showing other calcite and pyrite cubes. Ball is approx. 1 mm in width. The pocket is at least 2 cm deep, in the back of which is a purple fluorite crystal. Many calcite crystals inside, including a field of 4-5 more of these balls behind and below this one.
