Diederik Visser's Photo Gallery
DP0-Y5JIce H2O
Gelderland, NetherlandsIce crystals up to 1 cm on leaflets and twigs. Kopse Hof, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Photograph taken 28-12-2008. Unfortunately not in my collection :-(
Q8E-60QRhodesite KHCa2Si8O19·5H2O
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyNice spray of transparent to white rhodesite crystals in vug. Field of view 1.5x1.5 mm
0WC-HQ3Bredigite Ca7Mg(SiO4)4
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyColourless sparkling grains with a red rim in matrix. Field of view ca. 1.5x1.5 mm
9J9-VEVLavendulan NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O
Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech RepublicIntensive blue kidney-shaped aggregates and thin crusts of Lavendulan on matrix; rare species at this locality
Field of view 1.5x1.5 cm
K68-74MKostylevite K2Zr(Si3O9)·H2O , Feldspar Group
Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaElongated colourless Kostylevite(<1 mm) in cavity on potassian feldspar. Field of view 1.5x2 mm
UU6-JUEDorfmanite Na2(PO3OH)·2H2O , Ussingite Na2AlSi3O8OH
Kedykverpakhk Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaPowdery white dorfmanite in ussingite matrix. field of view ca. 1x1 cm
4G4-WJRCuprosklodowskite Cu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O , Gypsum CaSO4·2H2O
Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech RepublicField of View: 10 mm
Green to yellowgreen botryoidal aggregates of cuprosklodowskite with gypsum.
TAT-YT0Hemimorphite Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, SwitzerlandAggregates of small colourless transparent Hemimorphite crystals in cavity in matrix. Field of view is 1.5x2 mm
2YR-AHCBottinoite Ni2+Sb5+2(OH)12·6H2O , Ullmannite NiSbS
Concordia Mine, Niederfischbach, Kirchen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyLight bluegreen bottinoite crystals with ullmanite in matrix. Field of view is ca. 2x2 mm
JHM-X05Freudenbergite Na2(Ti,Fe)8O16 , Rutile TiO2
Kaskasnyunchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaBlack grains with redbrown rutile grains in matrix. Field of view 1.5x2 mm