Mindat Logo

Quartz Gallery

To view 3d wall of images click here

Quartz : SiO2

Nant Helen opencast coal mine, Onllwyn, Neath-Port Talbot (West Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK

3cm quartz crystal. Steve Rust photo, Christine Rust collection
 © Steve RustPhoto ID: 1761    View Count: 533

Quartz : SiO2, Ankerite : Ca(Fe2+ ,Mg,Mn2+)(CO3)2

Nant Helen opencast coal mine, Onllwyn, Neath-Port Talbot (West Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK

Area 8cms x 7cms. Steve Rust photo & collection
 © Steve RustPhoto ID: 1756    View Count: 477

Quartz : SiO2, Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Ankerite : Ca(Fe2+ ,Mg,Mn2+)(CO3)2

Nant Helen opencast coal mine, Onllwyn, Neath-Port Talbot (West Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK

Quartz crystals to 2.5cms, with 2-3mm chalcopyrite's, on ankerite. Steve Rust photo & collection
 © Steve RustPhoto ID: 1870    View Count: 437

Quartz : SiO2

Nant Helen opencast coal mine, Onllwyn, Neath-Port Talbot (West Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK

2cm double terminated quartz crystal. Steve Rust photo & collection
 © Steve RustPhoto ID: 1760    View Count: 411

Quartz : SiO2, Ankerite : Ca(Fe2+ ,Mg,Mn2+)(CO3)2

Nant Helen opencast coal mine, Onllwyn, Neath-Port Talbot (West Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK

Quartz crystals to 2.3cms on Ankerite. Area 6 x 7cms. Colleen Thomson collection
 © C.Thomson.2003Photo ID: 7383    View Count: 392

Quartz : SiO2, Ankerite : Ca(Fe2+ ,Mg,Mn2+)(CO3)2

Nant Helen opencast coal mine, Onllwyn, Neath-Port Talbot (West Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK

40mm doubly terminated quartz crystal with ankerite crystals. Ian Jones collection, collected May 2000.
 © Ian JonesPhoto ID: 5350    View Count: 388

Quartz : SiO2, Ankerite : Ca(Fe2+ ,Mg,Mn2+)(CO3)2

Nant Helen opencast coal mine, Onllwyn, Neath-Port Talbot (West Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK

Slightly smokey quartz crystals to 2.5cms, with creamy rhombs of ankerite. Collected 1999.
 © Christine RustPhoto ID: 15052    View Count: 301

Quartz : SiO2, Ankerite : Ca(Fe2+ ,Mg,Mn2+)(CO3)2

Nant Helen opencast coal mine, Onllwyn, Neath-Port Talbot (West Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK

Doubly-terminated quartz crystal, 6cm, with ankerite.

Collected 30th May 2009 from a cavity in the sandstone beds at the bottom of the pit. This is the second massive opencast at Nant Helen, the first having been backfilled in the early 2000s.
 © ian jonesPhoto ID: 242173    View Count: 21

Quartz : SiO2, Ankerite : Ca(Fe2+ ,Mg,Mn2+)(CO3)2

Nant Helen opencast coal mine, Onllwyn, Neath-Port Talbot (West Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK

Quartz crystal, 7cm, with ankerite. The crystal is actually doubly-terminated, the bottom consisting of numerous intergrown small parallel crystals.

Collected 30th May 2009 from a cavity in the sandstone beds at the bottom of the pit. This is the second massive opencast at Nant Helen, the first having been backfilled in the early 2000s.
 © ian jonesPhoto ID: 242174    View Count: 18
Page 1 of 1 (1 to 9 of 9 total)
Page: 1

Mineral and/or Locality
Google
 
www.mindat.org Web
Copyright © Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau 1993-2009. Site Map. Locality, mineral & photograph data are the copyright of the individuals who submitted them.Further information contact the Site hosted & developed by Jolyon Ralph. Mindat.org is an online information resource dedicated to providing free mineralogical information to all. Mindat relies on the contributions of hundreds of members and supporters. If you would like to add information to improve the quality of our database, then click here to register. Current server date and time: 29th Nov 2009 18:46:35