Andrew Hodgson's Photo Gallery
XQT-YUDChalcostibite CuSbS2 , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Field of View: 50 mm
Metallic, grey, bladed chalcostibite veins in calcite/dolomite with malachite.
Older material, purchased from Richard Barstow in 1974.
LLH-236Pentlandite (NixFey)Σ9S8 , Quartz SiO2
Field of View: 25 mm
Bronze-coloured, metallic, granular pentlandite in quartz, possibly with other Fe sulphides.
Old material, purchased direct from the mine by my father for a school project in 1964.
Q69-EWVAnalcime Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O
Field of View: 9 mm
Sharp, greyish-colourless analcime crystals in a vug in matrix from the type locality.
Purchased from Luigi Chiappino in 2023.
9G6-4C0Gonnardite (Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O
Field of View: 35 mm
Rich, cream-coloured aggregates of gonnardite with radial structure on one end of basalt matrix.
Purchased in 1992.
K44-G1RViolarite Fe2+Ni3+2S4
Field of View: 20 mm
Indistinct brown, submetallic violarite, intermixed with other sulphides in matrix.
Older material with a 1980s label.
Purchased in 2023.
UR2-TQJWittichenite Cu3BiS3 , Quartz SiO2
Field of View: 30 mm
Iridescent to black reticulated groups of wittichenite crystals with some terminations, on matrix.
Older material, purchased in 1984.
4E1-5FWHellandite-(Y) (Ca,REE)4Y2Al◻2(B4Si4O22) (OH)2 , Kainosite-(Y) Ca2(Y,Ce)2(Si4O12)(CO3)·H2O
Field of View: 40 mm
Pale yellow-beige hellandite-(Y) with rich alteration of brick-red kainosite-(Y) and doubtless other REE species.
Purchased in 2012.
E1Y-H5NAmmonioleucite (NH4)(AlSi2O6) , Analcime Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O
Field of View: 40 mm
White surface layers of ammonioleucite replacing trapezoidal analcime crystals on matrix of grey-green dolomitized schist.
Purchased from Richard Tayler in 1987.
QRA-MMPBaryte BaSO4
Field of View: 9 mm
Complex, tabular crystals of greyish baryte in a cavity in matrix.
An old specimen with a label dated June 1991.
Purchased in 2023.
A27-C2UPyrargyrite Ag3SbS3 , Galena PbS
Field of View: 25 mm
Rich, microcrystallised black pyrargyrite with galena on matrix. There are two tiny aggregates of an unidentified green secondary mineral on the pyrargyrite (child photo to follow).
Purchased in 2023.
