Alan Jenkins' Photo Gallery
9KK-T0PWulfenite Pb(MoO4)
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Cucurpe Municipality, Sonora, MexicoDimensions: 8.5 cm x 6.0 cm
Striking and vibrant San Francisco mine material is some of the nicest around, with this wulfenite coming from the last period of mining in the mid-1990s. Gem windowpanes of stunning color.
J7J-R3XFluorite CaF2
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USADimensions: 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 7 cm
Zoned Fluorite. Denton Mine, Hardin County, Illinois.
D28-8YJWulfenite Pb(MoO4) , Mimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Cucurpe Municipality, Sonora, MexicoDimensions: 3.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm
Wulfenite with Mimetite. San Francisco Mine, near Cucurpe, Municipio de Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico.
Ex. Harold Michel Collection.
GYH-G89Wulfenite Pb(MoO4) , Calcite CaCO3
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoDimensions: 10 cm x 6 cm
Butterscotch wulfenite crystals enclosed in a white calcite "flow" on a limonite-gossam matrix. Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Ex. Dan Evanich Collection. Illustrated in Mineralogical Record, Vol. 44, No. 6.1., Page 32, Nov-Dec 2013.
W6Y-WA1Fluorite CaF2
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USADimensions: 5 cm x 4 cm x 3.7 cm
Glassy, Light Blue Fluorite with Purple Phantoms. Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois.
Ex. Bob Reynolds Collection
FGV-KQ5Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USADimensions: 8 cm x 4 cm
Azurite Rose on Matrix. Northwest Extension, Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona.
Ex. Bob Reynolds Collection. Collected in 1991 by Mark Kielbaso
EC2-N2YFluorite CaF2 , Baryte BaSO4
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USADimensions: 17 cm x 8.8 cm x 5 cm
Zoned Fluorite (dissolution) with Baryte. Minerva #1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois.
1FP-X2EFluorite CaF2 , Baryte BaSO4
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USADimensions: 7.5 cm x 6.5 cm
Baryte in Fluorite. Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois.
Ex. Roy A. Smith Collection (No. M1732); Ex. Aaron F. Miller Collection.
TML-YUJAzurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USADimensions: 12.5 cm x 10 cm x 2.5 cm
Azurite Crystals with Malachite. Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona.
L89-ENGAzurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USADimensions: 10 cm x 10 cm
Azurite Crystals. Holbrook Extension, Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona.
Mined 1969-1971 during the Phelps Dodge Expansion of the Lavender Pit northwest.