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Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

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Multiple photos availableAlluaudite : (Na,Ca)Mn2+(Fe3+,Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)2(PO4)3, Triplite : (Mn2+,Fe2+)2[(F,OH)|PO4]

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

Greenish tiny grains of alluaudite covering and beeing surrounded by flesh-coloured massive triplite. The small cavity close to the photo center is 1 mm wide. Specimen obtained at Tisnov show, May 2008.
 © Ł Kruszewski 2007Photo ID: 176426    View Count: 120

Multiple photos availableApatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3]

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

Fluorapatite crystals to 4 mm from Viitaniemi, Eräjärvi, Finland. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
 © Knut EldjarnPhoto ID: 57480    View Count: 262

Multiple photos availableApatite-(CaF) (Var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)) : (Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn3+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH), Fluorite : CaF2, Quartz : SiO2

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

Fluorapatite-Mn, in purplish crystals, with fluorite and quartz. Collected by A. Österlöf 5/20/77. Alan Goldstein specimen (#8170) and photo. FOV = 1 cm
 © Alan GoldsteinPhoto ID: 93891    View Count: 165

Apatite-(CaF) (Var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)) : (Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn3+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH), Quartz : SiO2

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

Another slightly bigger apatite crystal (5 mm) in a qz and kaolin filled cavity-Viitaniemi, Finland. AÖ specimen and photo.
 © AÖPhoto ID: 163290    View Count: 111

Apatite-(CaF) (Var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)) : (Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn3+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH), Albite (Var: Cleavelandite) : Na[AlSi3O8]

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

A number of small (3-4mm) blue Apatite crystals with cleavelandite from the wellknown Viitaniemi pegmatite, Finland. Full specimen is around 60x80x120 mm, AÖ specimen and photo.
 © AÖPhoto ID: 163294    View Count: 89

Beryllonite : NaBe[PO4], Hurlbutite : CaBe2[PO4]2, Albite (Var: Cleavelandite) : Na[AlSi3O8]

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

Beryllonite and hurlbutite in the same specimen, exchanged with F. Sandström (-79). The beryllonite (blue arrow, area ~8x8 mm) show typical cross-cleaveges, hurlbutite (red arrow) the different brown shades depend on material thickness. Cleavelandite under the arrows (upper right) and the more brownish 5 mm in bottom. Specimen ~45x45x50 mm, A. ...
 © AÖPhoto ID: 94621    View Count: 229

Columbite-(Fe) : FeNb2O6

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

Size of crystal 2x2 cm.
 © B. OtterPhoto ID: 22663    View Count: 605

Columbite-(Fe) : FeNb2O6

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

A 1 cm crystal of Ferrocolumbite from Viitaniemi, Eräjärvi, Finland. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
 © Knut EldjarnPhoto ID: 61086    View Count: 242

Multiple photos availableCrandallite (Var: Strontian Crandallite) : (Ca,Sr)Al3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O, Morinite : Na2Ca4Al4[(F,OH)5|(PO4)2]2 · 3H2O, Montebrasite : LiAl[(OH,F)|PO4]

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

White spherulitic agregates of strontian crandallite (yellow arrowed) on boundary of large grey montebrasite monograin and pink coarse-grained agregate of morinite. Composition of the crandallite is (Ca.59Sr.39Ba.03)1.01Al3[PO4]2(OH)5*H20. Specimen size is 4.5x3x2 cm. Collected by Ilkka Mikkola before 2008. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 198591    View Count: 129

Dravite : [Na][Mg3][Al6][(OH)3|OH|(BO3)3|Si6O18]

Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland

Group of crystals in schist. Field of veiw 2cm across. Photographed by, and in the collection of, Karl Volkman
 © Karl VolkmanPhoto ID: 7680    View Count: 456
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