Frank Karasti's Photo Gallery
QJ0-PDTCopper Cu , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Knife River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USAField of View: 3 mm
A sharp cubic copper encrusted by green malachite in a prehnite vug.
1C5-1VLCalcite CaCO3 , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Copper Cu , Volborthite Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2·2H2O , Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Knife River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USAField of View: 7 mm
A colorful aesthetic view into a prehnite vug. Featuring, green malachite, white frosty calcite, a green malachite coated copper cube, yellow volborthite. With copper glowing underneath the prehnite host rock.
KM1-Q95Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Calcite CaCO3 , Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Knife River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USAField of View: 2.5 mm
A green malachite sphere taking a bite out of a calcite rhomb on a prehnite host rock. Mother nature's pac-man rock.
9MT-80MMalachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Knife River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USAField of View: 2.5 mm
A cluster of spherical aggregates of green malachite on white prehnite.
K9Q-KPEChalcocite Cu2S , Calcite CaCO3 , Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Knife River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USAField of View: 2.5 mm
A needle of black chalcocite protruding from calcite with white prehnite. The chalcocite shows evidence of having the end broken off, at some point in time.
ULD-RUFCopper Cu , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Volborthite Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2·2H2O , Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Knife River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USAField of View: 4.2 mm
A composite photo of copper cubes coated with a variety of green copper secondarys, yellow volborthite, white calcite on a prehnite host rock,
M4H-58QCopper Cu , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Calcite CaCO3 , Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Knife River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USAField of View: 5.0 mm
A trio of cubic copper partially encrusted by green malachite. (Which makes them a little bit hard to make out) with white calcite and prehnite.
T1J-YAJPrehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Knife River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USAField of View: 2.5 mm
Colorless delicate plates of prehnite.
FTR-T3VMalachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Copper Cu , Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Knife River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USAField of View: 2.5 mm
Green malachite on prehnite with some minor copper.
QLX-4K3Chalcocite Cu2S , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 , Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Knife River, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USAField of View: 2.5 mm
Dark gray chalcocite lightly coated by what appears to be light blue chrysocolla with green malachite on prehnite.