Tungsten Queen Mine and plant, Tungsten, Hamme Tungsten Mining District, Vance County, North Carolina, USA
Very rare light green cubic fluorite crystals with druzy white quartz from the Hamme (Tungsten Queen) Vance Co. N.C. USA. The overall size is 9.5 cm X 8 X 4.5 cm with the largest crystal being 18 mm by 20 mm.
© Keith Williamson
Powellite on top of Magnetite.Second picture taken under short wave UV.5x3x2 cm.
© Mike Dennis
Magnetite with Powellite in first picture.Second picture taken under short wave UV,makes the Powellite really glow.10x8x4 cm.
Rich tungsten ore showing a top layer of subhedral hübnerite (reddish-brown) bladed masses in an off-white matrix. Scheelite occurs as small, fl bluish-white (SWUV), elongated, scheelite blebs among the non-fl hübnerite masses. The ore’s bottom layer (not shown) shows foliation with trace dark-gray tetrahedrite & tarnished yellow ...
© Bill Hamel
This picture was taken looking down from the collar of a shaft at the mine. A rough estimate of the collar's dimensions would be around 8'+ wide and 16'+ long. The shaft continues to a great depth, with water at the bottom.