Herwig Pelckmans' Photo Gallery

polished slabs with labradorite from ?

Field of View: 160 mm

Labradorite samples found on a construction dump site in the Province of Castellón.
These are 20 x 8 x 2 cm slabs, with one surface polished and photographed.
The matrix is a tiny bit darker than shown in the photo.
I have no idea where these were extracted/quarried, but would love to know.
They are somewhat unusual because of the greenish, almost jade-like matrix and the fairly few labradorite crystals that are in the matrix (compared to other labradorite slabs I've seen).

3rd IMZL in Maastricht (NL) on September 1st

Field of View: 50 mm

Poster voor de derde editie van deze internationale mineralenbeurs.
Deze editie zal er ook een derde zaal met standhouders zijn; nog meer aanbod dus!

Peter Chin

Koko Craters, Koolau Range, Oahu Island, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

Peter Chin kindly provided this photo for the mindat page on peterchinite: https://www.mindat.org/min-470885.html

Unknown micromineral

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Field of View: 5 mm

At the moment I'm not sure about the FOV, the 5mm is an estimate.

On the label is also mentioned:
Specimen 4.
John R Kress.


Rene Allegaert specimen and photo.

Jim Nizamoff

Hayes Ledge Quarries, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA

James "Jim" W. Nizamoff (b. 1971) holding a plate of quartz crystals that he collected in the Mother Mary pocket at Hayes Ledge Quarries, Greenwood, Maine in 2017.

The phosphate mineral nizamoffite https://www.mindat.org/min-43593.html
was named in his honor in 2013:
Kampf, A. R., Falster, A. U., Simmons, W. B., Whitmore, R. W. (2013) Nizamoffite, Mn2+Zn2(PO4)2(H2O)4, the Mn analogue of hopeite from the Palermo No. 1 pegmatite, North Groton, New Hampshire. American Mineralogist, 98 (10) 1893-1898.
The type description can be found here: https://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/AM98_1893.pdf

Cynara "plumbumus"

Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain

Field of View: 15 cm

see photo.

H83-6A6Gold Au

Kilo-Moto, DR Congo

Field of View: 60 cm
Weight: 64797 g

Historical photo of a large gold nugget from "Lukala", located in the Kilo Moto Mining region.
Weight of the nugget is 64.797 kg !!
The person holding it most likely has a similar weight!

Guide for Gold Prospectors

Kilo-Moto, DR Congo

French booklet for prospectors looking for gold in the Kilo Moto Mining region, former Belgian Congo, now DR Congo.

The child photo shows a large gold nugget found in that area.

David Torrico CD cover - inside view

The inside view of the CD cover of David Torrico's "La primera piedra".

David Torrico CD cover

The outside view of the CD cover of David Torrico's "La primera piedra".