Douglas Merson's Photo Gallery

TLP-PV9Vanadinite Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl

WS Prospect, Stedman District, Bullion Mts, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Field of View: 2.51 mm

Four vanadinite crystals on quartz matrix.
Collected by Robert Walstrom.

Doug Merson photo and collection.

38N-2KMVanadinite Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl , Mimetite Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl

Ambush Canyon Mine, Stedman, Stedman District, Bullion Mts, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Field of View: 3.52 mm

Orange vanadinite with yellow mimetite associated with light blue chrysocolla.
Collected by Robert Walstrom.

Doug Merson photo and collection.

6UF-FEARutile TiO₂ , Quartz SiO₂ , Clinochlore Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈

Tungsten Hill shaft, Victorio District, Victorio Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA

Field of View: 2.68 mm

Two stout rutile crystals, one toward left edge above horizontal centerline and one towards the right edge below the horizonal centerline. The right-hand crystal has three smaller crystals below it. There are two quartz crystals and numerous pseudo hexagonal monoclinic clinochlore crystals.
Collected by Robert Walstrom.

Doug Merson photo and collection.

GGD-T43Tremolite ◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂ , Spessartine Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃

Tungsten Hill shaft, Victorio District, Victorio Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA

Field of View: 1.22 mm

White to colorless tremolite crystals on a matrix primarily composed of spessartine.
Collected by Rober Walstrom.

Doug Merson photo and collection.

80H-VW0Dioptase CuSiO₃·H₂O

Independence lode, Victorio District, Victorio Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA

Field of View: 1.43 mm

Dioptase on quartz.
Collected by Robert Walstrom.

Doug Merson photo and collection.

2XC-X0WDescloizite PbZn(VO₄)(OH)

Commercial Cramer Mine, Mimbres mines group, Georgetown Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA

Field of View: 1.39 mm

Golden brown descloizite on a quartz matrix.
Collected by Robert Walstrom.

Doug Merson photo and collection.

QT2-084Aurichalcite (Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆

Wampoo Mine, Wampoo Wash, Twin Peaks Mining District, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA

Field of View: 2.99 mm

Light blue aurichalcite with dark blue azurite and white botryoidal smithsonite.
Collected by Robert Walstrom.

Doug Merson photo and collection.

VCU-D2TAurichalcite (Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆

Granite Gap, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Field of View: 3.51 mm

Sprays of blue green aurichalcite on a goethite matrix.
Collected by Robert Walstrom.

Doug Merson photo and collection.

J7H-FALHemimorphite Zn₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂·H₂O

Ruby Hill, Eureka Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA

Field of View: 1.77 mm

Hemimorphite.
Collected by Rober Walstrom.

Doug Merson photo and collection.

3HE-4QQHemimorphite Zn₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂·H₂O

Bob Montgomery Mine, Granite Gap, San Simon Mining District, Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Field of View: 2.95 mm

Colorless hemimorphite crystals.
Collected by Robert Walstrom.

Doug Merson photo and collection.