Christian Klein's Photo Gallery
11F-YQ6Topaz Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Largest Crystal Size: 15 mm
Light brown "imperial" topaz from Ouro Preto.
Came to me via Jaroslav Hyrsl.
See also https://www.mindat.org/photo-965262.html
4F5-6QKTopaz Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Largest Crystal Size: 12 mm
Pink "imperial" topaz from Ouro Preto.
Came to me via Jaroslav Hyrsl.
See also https://www.mindat.org/photo-965262.html
E33-JFCTopaz Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Largest Crystal Size: 13 mm
Light brown "imperial" topaz from Ouro Preto.
Came to me via Jaroslav Hyrsl.
See also https://www.mindat.org/photo-965262.html
5D0-VC6Forsterite Mg2SiO4
Field of View: 10 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 5 mm
"Olivine" crystal. Collected in the dirt and gravel on a footpath in the outskirts of Gerolstein.
Panoramic view on the Masua mine, II
Panoramic view on the surface operations of the Masua mine and the Porto Flavia bay. View towards the north.
Panoramic view on the Masua mine
Panoramic view on the Masua mine. Tailings piles, old buildings, etc. View is towards the north. Porto Flavia is on the right side. See other panoramic photo, which includes the port.
Masua mine, seen from the Porto Flavia pier
A view on some of the Masua mine buildings and tailings piles from the Porto Flavia pier. In the foreground, my valued companion; remnants of some old mining-related buildings; and a beach bar that was closed (to the disappointment of my companion) and in the process of getting an overhaul.
0NF-RJ4Galena PbS
Dimensions: 20 mm x 20 mm x 30 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 2 mm
Specimen of massive galena. Found in 2019 while hiking near the Masua mine, close to an undocumented, open adit.
One of the large holes on the hill
A young explorer looking down one of the big shafts on the S'Argentera hill. No trace of lead or silver minerals to be found here. If anything was ever present, then the old-timers must have removed it with a vacuum cleaner.
Hill / Helle near Herzogenhuegel
Hilltal in April 2014. A rather late spring. Looking for tonalite, and for what was once considered the crystalline basement of the Stavelot/Venn massif.
