Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

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Arsenopalladinite : Pd₈(As,Sb)₃
	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Minute crystal, about 0.1 cm. S023-35 Excalibur Mineral specimen.
© 2007, JGW	Photo ID: 139724 View Count: 236
Atheneite : (Pd,Hg)₃As
	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Crudely formed tarnished crystal, 0.15 cm. S276-04 Specimen courtesy of Excalibur Mineral Company.
© 2007, JGW	Photo ID: 139929 View Count: 251
Beryl (Var: Emerald) : Be₃(Al,Cr)₂Si₆O₁₈
	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil 3.4 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm. Not from Columbia, but from BRAZIL - a cluster of maybe a DOZEN tightly intergrown crystals of bright green emerald! They are completely joined at one end, so you could probably call this a compound crystal. The crystals are not gemmy enough to cut, but they definitely qualify as "translucent to transparent" rather than opaque ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 166739 View Count: 145
Gold (Var: Porpezite) : Au
	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil A complete and pristine example of this palladian rich gold species, measuring 9.5mm x 2.5mm x 1.3mm. Jasun McAvoy photo
© Jasun McAvoy	Photo ID: 107709 View Count: 326
Hematite : Fe₂O₃
	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil A colorful 4.5 by 2.0 cms specimen of so called "rainbow" Hematite in which the play of colors is caused by a thin film of phosphates. JSS specimen and photograph.
© JSS	Photo ID: 75120 View Count: 257
Hematite : Fe₂O₃
	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil This is an old Brazilian hematite that came out of the Hauck Collection, a lamellar compound crystal of flat plates with gunmetal luster, complete all around (with the matrix attachment contact along one edge). Another old label accompanying this specimen shows it to have passed to Hauck from an old collection in New York. 3.0 x 2.4 x 0.4cm
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 59252 View Count: 235
Hematite : Fe₂O₃
	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil This is a clean sharp single crystal with good luster. The specimen displays very nicely without a stand. Size: 45mm x 35mm x 40mm Collection: Ex- Martin Zinn Collection
© Collectors Edge	Photo ID: 137892 View Count: 106
Hematite : Fe₂O₃
	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Very choice large blocky mirror-bright lustrous metallic hematite crystals are forming a 4.5 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm cluster without matrix. Very slight chipping is present as seen in the photos. Quite nice for this species! Ex Gene and Sally LaBerge collection.
© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals	Photo ID: 236916 View Count: 21
Hematite : Fe₂O₃
	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil A loose lustrous well formed metallic complete hematite crystal measuring 3.4 x 3.0 x 1.0 cm in size overall. No damage. Ex Gene Tribbey collection.
© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals	Photo ID: 268309 View Count: 8
Hematite (Var: Martite) : Fe₂O₃
	Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Crystal with 1cm - September of 1999
© Martins da Pedra	Photo ID: 68622 View Count: 287