Neal Luppescu's Photo Gallery
D5L-9E8Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Dimensions: 56 mm x 60 mm x 39 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 25 mm
Highly lustrous crystals of azurite, partially transformed to malachite with a resultant brilliant “electric blue” color, standing up from a substrate of malachite.
MTJ-M41Hambergite Be2(BO3)(OH)
Dimensions: 48 mm x 14 mm x 8 mm
A sharp gemmy colorless double-terminated crystal.
XFG-YTTSmithsonite ZnCO3 , Galena PbS
Dimensions: 105 mm x 65 mm x 50 mm
Lustrous bright pink rhombohedra up to 1.8 cm, on a galena matrix.
73F-AJ5Corundum Al2O3
Dimensions: 62 mm x 15 mm x 14 mm
A long pale yellow dipyramid, with pale blue tips, bright orange fluorescence under LWUV.
5RP-WY0Copper Cu
Dimensions: 62 mm x 24 mm x 17 mm
FEN-8MRFluorapatite Ca5(PO4)3F , Muscovite KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Dimensions: 59 mm x 35 mm x 26 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 18 mm
Pale pink transparent tabular crystals of fluorapatite up to 18mm in size on a matrix of muscovite
0PJ-Y2WKësterite Cu2ZnSnS4 , Mushistonite (Cu,Zn,Fe2+)[Sn(OH)6] , Beryl Be3Al2(Si6O18) , Muscovite KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Dimensions: 65 mm x 45 mm x 35 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 10 mm
A cluster of sharp kesterite crystals, the largest measuring just over 1.0 cm in size, the cluster measuring 4.0 cm across, set up on a matrix of crystallized muscovite and small light blue gemmy crystals of beryl. The kesterite crystals are in turn coated with a thin green coating of mushistonite.
CXV-EKXAdamite (Var: Manganese-bearing Adamite) (Zn,Mn)2(AsO4)(OH) , Adamite Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Dimensions: 40 mm x 37 mm x 22 mm
A small aggregate of pale yellow chisel-shaped crystals with lavender terminations. The lavender zoning is caused by manganese.
PN7-K2YAzurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 , Zincolivenite CuZn(AsO4)(OH) , Arsentsumebite Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)
Dimensions: 38 mm x 42 mm x 22 mm
A very sharp lustrous rosette of azurite on an olive-green matrix of zincolivenite, with arsentsumebite underneath.
0A5-WTAElbaite Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Dimensions: 48 mm x 40 mm x 27 mm
Two intergrown double-terminated crystals
