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Breitenbrunn, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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Andradite : Ca3Fe3+2[SiO4]3

Breitenbrunn, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Andradite. Specimen is from the collection of the British Museum of Natural History #44134 (1975). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
Photo ID: 217180    View Count: 41

Andradite : Ca3Fe3+2[SiO4]3

St Christoph Mine, Breitenbrunn, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Irregular aggregate of crystals with dodecahedron and trapezohedron.
An "old timer" piece.
Size: 5,2 x 4,6 x 2,6 cm. (main crystal: 1,0 x 1,0 x 0,8 cm).
 © CCURTO09Photo ID: 226892    View Count: 19

Andradite : Ca3Fe3+2[SiO4]3

St Christoph Mine, Breitenbrunn, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

5 x 5 x 3.5 cm. A sharp, lustrous, very well-formed garnet crystal measuring just over 2.5 cm across, here lays well-exposed on a nicely trimmed matrix. I had never seen one of these before myself, and so I showed it to a few people who know better the more uncommon European material - and they were very impressed. It was mined from the Upper ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 258956    View Count: 11

Brianyoungite : Zn3[(OH)4|(CO3,SO4)]

Fortuna Mine, Breitenbrunn, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Small white crystals of brianyoungite. Picture size 1 mm. Photographer and collection Thomas Witzke.
 © Thomas WitzkePhoto ID: 16369    View Count: 397

Multiple photos availableHelvite : Mn2+4Be3[S|(SiO4)3]

Breitenbrunn, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

5.6 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm. Sharp, textbook-like yellow crystals to 3 mm or so are protected inside a natural crevasse in this matrix specimen from an old German locale.
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 189281    View Count: 79

Posnjakite : Cu4[(OH)6|SO4] · H2O

St Christoph Mine, Breitenbrunn, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Blue crystals of posnjakite. Picture size 6 mm. Photographer and collection Thomas Witzke.
 © Thomas WitzkePhoto ID: 8461    View Count: 544

Sphalerite (Var: Marmatite) : (Zn,Fe)S

St Christoph Mine, Breitenbrunn, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Christophite. The item has 2 " x 1 1/4" or 5.2 x 3.2 cm. Picture and collection T.C. Klinger; abc-minerals.com
 © abc-minerals.comPhoto ID: 92782    View Count: 184
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