Lompret quarry, Lompret, Chimay, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Baryte.
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Baryte with Calcite.
Baryte mine, Doische, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
"Golden" Baryte specimen.
Baryte with Marcasite inclusions and multiple zoning.
Golden brown Baryte.
Cimetière quarry, Seilles, Andenne, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Marcasite on Schalenblende.
Marcasite with Galena on Sphalerite. Underneath is a layer of Schalenblende.
A large plate of Schalenblende covered with Sphalerite and octahedral Galena crystals.
Fond des Vaulx quarry, Wellin, Wellin, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Very nice Fluorite crystal (1,2 cm.) together with salmon-pink Dolomite and needlequarz on Calcite matrix.
Fluorite (2 cm on edge) with Calcite.
Limestone with Calcite and Dolomite lined Brachiopod fossils.
Baron quarry, Salet, Warnant, Anhée, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Calcite, 7,5 cm high.
Calcite.
La Sambre quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Very nice Calcite crystal with phantom inside.
Beautiful green (a colour quite rare for the locality) prismatic Calcite crystal on a 10 x 9,5 cm large specimen.
6 cm tall Calcite twin
A large Calcite. Multiple penetration twin.
Calcite. The specimen is 5 cm tall.
Olive green Calcite. The specimen measures 4 cm.
Calcite crystal with phantom. The main crystal measures 8 cm wide, 4,5 cm thick, 6 cm high.
Calcite, 6cm wide specimen.
Calcite, the largest crystal measures 3,5 cm.
Calcite. The larger Calcite (with Marcasite inclusions) measures 4 cm on a 9,5 x 6 cm matrix.
Calcite, 22 cm wide specimen.
Calcite crystal measuring 3x3cm.
A very clear 2 cm. double terminated "Kanonenspat" Calcite crystal on Calcite.
Lead mine, Longvilly, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Pyromorphite on Limonite stained Quartz.
Large twinned prismatic Calcite grown over a first generation Marcasite included Calcite twin. Accompanied by minor Baryte.
Limites quarry, Ave-et-Auffe, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Fluorite with Calcite.
Fluorite on Calcite.
A specimen with water clear Fluorite and Calcite.
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A specimen with Fluorite and Calcite.
Colour zoned Fluorite on Calcite, with Dolomite, Marcasite and Chalcopyrite. The Fluorite measures a little over 1 cm on edge.
Fluorite, 1,2 cm crystal, on Calcite with Marcasite.
Marcasite included Fluorite, 2 cm crystal, on Calcite.
Double terminated Calcite crystal, overgrown with smaller phantom Calcites grown oriented along the main crystal.
Calcite crystals grown oriented along a spiralling tread of Marcasite crystals.
Phantom Calcite group.
A group of Calcite crystals grown oriented along a Marcasite tread.
Quite big Dolomite crystals for the locality, covered with Marcasite.
Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Quartz group, 15 cm tall.
Quartz group.
Quartz group, 21 cm tall.
Quartz group, 14 x 10 x 7 cm tall.
Large Quartz cluster, 22 cm tall, 26 cm wide.
Quartz point.
Distorted Dauphine Quartz twin on matrix.
Rock crystal.
A large Quartz crystal included with up to 5 cm long Rutile needles.
A rutilated Quartz crystal.
Rutilated Quartz.
Leffe quarry, Leffe, Dinant, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Pink Calcite.
Porphyry quarries, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium
Epidote.
Epidote with Oligoclase.
Epidote with Calcite and Quartz.
Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium
Quartz with preferential Hematite. Several inclusions of a carbonate can be seen just below the surface of the crystals, most likely they're Dolomite crystals (visible in the lower part of the specimen, as squarish white spots). On the surface of the crystals only casts of dissolved Dolomite crystals remain. The dark patches are Chlorite ...
Rock crystal with preferential Hematite growth.
Rock crystal with preferentially grown Hematite and some Chlorite.
Chlorite included, Hematite stained, Muzo habit Quartz.
Rock Crystal, up to 8 cm tall, partly included with Chlorite and with preferential Hematite grown on some of the faces. Many crystals have a Muzo habit on a porphyry matrix.
Hematite stained Quartz.
Fadenquartz cluster.
Fadenquartz.
Fadenquartz showing a very nice, near perfect, quarter-circle shaped faden.
Quartz.
Quartz on porphyry, collected in March 2015.
Double terminated rock crystal.
Tabular rock crystal.
Quartz crystal. The Hematite dusting is oriented on specific faces of a phantom crystal. Over this first crystal a later stage growth resulted in a water-clear outer crystal that doesn't show any of the Hematite dusted faces, making these red faces appear to float just under the surface of the crystal.
Quartz with pyrite.
Chlorite included Quartz with Pyrite.
Quartz with minor pyrite. An interesting mix of common habit, transitional, tabular and muzo habit (3 of them on the left side) crystals on one specimen.
Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Beatiful cluster of rock crystal grown along a "Faden". The photograph is taken by my daughter Sarah.
Quartz (Rockcrystal) group.
Crupet, Assesse, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Quartz geode.
