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Djurleite : Cu31S16 | |
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Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Sample size: 5 X 3 cm Collection and photo:Arliguie M |
| © Arliguie M | Photo ID: 197122 View Count: 98 |
Graemite : Cu[TeO3] · H2O | |
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Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Acicular crystals of graemite on djurleite. Field of view, 1mm x 1mm. Material from this locality has been analyzed and shown to be graemite. This specimen has not been analyzed by me. It came from Sid Williams. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph. |
| © Brent Thorne | Photo ID: 25291 View Count: 438 |
Hematite : Fe2O3, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA 4.3 x 4.0 x 1.8 cm. An Arizona CLASSIC. A gorgeous and aesthetic miniature of mirror-bright, tabular hematite blades nicely set on needle quartz-covered matrix. The large hematite crystal is 1.7 cm. This very fine piece is from the 1978 find at the Veta Grande Claim at Quartzsite. Ed Ruggiero was Johnny-on-the-spot and bought this super piece from ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 120764 View Count: 127 |
Hematite : Fe2O3 | |
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Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA We have been to this location a couple times. This was found the time that Justin showed our buddy Derik Bowers (jackstraw922msncom on ebay) from back east around Arizona. I found this on the dump, wraped it in tissue, put it in my purse; promptly forgetting about it for 6 months. Upon moving back to LA, I was cleaning out my purse, and found it ... |
| © 2008 Brandy Naugle | Photo ID: 151564 View Count: 94 |
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Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Neat thin metallic platy hematite crystal is studded on the end of a small colorless quartz crystal. Measures 2.1 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm in size overall. Complete all around and very clean of damage. Ex Anna Mae Anderson collection. |
| © Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals | Photo ID: 267476 View Count: 5 |
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Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA 6.5 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm. The Veta Grande Claim, Dome Rock Mountains of La Paz County, Arizona has produced what are generally considered to be among the finest United States hematite specimens. This fine plate consists of mirror-bright hematite plates nicely scattered amongst a "forest" of water-clear quartz crystals. The 3.1 cm quartz “sentinel" is ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 201684 View Count: 87 |
Zunyite : Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Glassy, translucent, gray-tan, pseudohexagonal (flattened octahedra) crystals to 3 mm of the rare silicate zunyite richly cover the nicely contrasting milky quartz matrix. Very minimal bruising, overall, to this very fine, rare specimen from the Big Bertha Mine, near Quartzsite, Arizona. 3.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 62278 View Count: 537 |
Zunyite : Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl | |
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Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA EXTREMELY RARE ONE-TIME FIND: A Superb and sharp 1.1 cm zunyite crystal jauntily perched on the top edge of a blade of matrix from the world''s best find of the species. Discovered in an erratic boulder, literally sitting in a farm field, by mineral dealers Jim and Mary Walker in the 80''s as they hiked to another locality, this single productive ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 26413 View Count: 599 |
Zunyite : Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl | |
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Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Crystals of zunyite up to 3 mm across. Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli |
| © Antonio Borrelli | Photo ID: 50564 View Count: 417 |
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Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Zunyite crystal. Associated minerals include pyrophyllite. Photo is about 2.2 mm in length. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart. The zunyite fluoresces red under SW UV light. |
| © SMS 2006 | Photo ID: 54827 View Count: 357 |
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