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Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

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Altaite : PbTe, Dolomite : CaMg(CO3)2

Organ Mts, Organ District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

Patches of bright metallic altaite, replacing galena. Field width: 12 mm. P Haas photograph and collection (no. 23-088).
 © Peter HaasPhoto ID: 12026    View Count: 1939

Altaite : PbTe

Hilltop Mine, Organ District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

Size: 2,5 x 1,5 cm

Collection and photo: Arliguie M
 © Arliguie MPhoto ID: 92058    View Count: 271

Altaite : PbTe

Hilltop Mine, Organ District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

Width of field 2.5 mm. Collection of and photo by Jesse Crawford. Compositing program CombineZP. Equipment Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope.
 © 2008 Jesse CrawfordPhoto ID: 199414    View Count: 184

Altaite : PbTe, Silver : Ag

Hilltop Mine, Organ District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

Altaite (galena-like cleavages, showing the cubic symmetry) with the typical blue hue around, topped by some silver spreckles, FoV 0,7 mm, found by Virgil Lueth, photographed by W. Stoll
 © 1Photo ID: 198369    View Count: 183

Multiple photos availableAltaite : PbTe

Hilltop Mine, Organ District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

3.5 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm. Rich silvery veins and flecks of this rare lead telluride mineral, throughout the matrix. Old material, hard to find today in verified specimens. Ex Dr. Georg Gebhard collection.
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 170094    View Count: 167

Multiple photos availableAltaite : PbTe

Organ Mts, Organ District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

Crystal sections steel gray a bit yellowish in matrix. 2x1,5 cm the field in photo. In my personal systematic suite. Photo Simone Citon.
 © Simone CitonPhoto ID: 224041    View Count: 42

Altaite : PbTe

Hilltop Mine, Organ District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

Rich bright metallic micro crystalline altaite are partly covering a 6.2 x 4.5 x 1.6 cm matrix. Very good for the species. There could be some rickardite present as well. Ex Peter Gillis collection.
 © Dan & Diana Weinrich MineralsPhoto ID: 237663    View Count: 33

Multiple photos availableAltaite : PbTe, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S

Hilltop Mine, Organ District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

This specimen consists of a massive Sphalerite matrix that hosts several masses and rich veins of silvery Altaite. It was difficult capture just how rich the Altaite was in the pictures since the Sphalerite is so lustrous; it is, however, very apparent in person. Specimen measures 6.15cm x 3.64cm x 3.33cm.
 © Jasun McAvoyPhoto ID: 255523    View Count: 15

Anapaite : Ca2Fe2+[PO4]2 · 4H2O

Hilltop Mine, Organ District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

Anapaite, piece 28x16 mm, 11 gr., photo and collection J.C.Mañuz.
 © AkhenatonPhoto ID: 103667    View Count: 150

Multiple photos availableAndradite : Ca3Fe3+2[SiO4]3

Modoc Mine, Modoc District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA

A 2.54 cm specimen of green andradite from the south end of the Organs near the Modoc mine. Collected about 1960 by Charles Creekmur.
 © Charles CreekmurPhoto ID: 243022    View Count: 18
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