Beth Schaefer's Photo Gallery

NTW-TY0Fluorapatite Ca₅(PO₄)₃F

Tollgate Quarry, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA

Field of View: 0.8 cm

Dark Green crystal of fluoroapatite in matrix (looks like calcite) from Toll Gate Mine, Maine. FOV 0.8 cm. #3709, acquired in 1960.

YFV-5MRFluorapatite Ca₅(PO₄)₃F , Muscovite KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA

Field of View: 1 cm

Fluoroapatite crystals perched on top of mica sheets. Specimen 2906 from Mt Mica. I liked the contrast between the two minerals.

83T-HD4Fluorapatite Ca₅(PO₄)₃F

Noyes Mountain Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA

Field of View: 1 cm

I just love the color in this crystal. It is listed as apatite, but is fluoroapatite from Harvard, Maine. Speciment #2946, FOV 1 cm. Record states specimen from Helen Louders.

31M-JH1Jamesonite Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄

Noche Buena Mine, Mineral de Noche Buena, Melchor Ocampo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico

Field of View: 0.5 cm

Jamesonite crystals on matrix. Specimen #5777, bought at Baltimore m/m symposium in 1966 (for $1.00). I like this one due to the colored tints in the crystals.

8GQ-PVRQuartz SiO₂

Copper Bar Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA

Dimensions: 10 mm x 5 mm x 4 mm

old thumbnail: Label says: "210 Quartz, Copper Bar M., Organ, N.M, collected 10/8/36"

It's in orginal cardboard box with professionally printed name: "Charleton A. Siemer, Staten island, NY"

Siemer was associated with the Staten island Institute of Arts and Sciences (called Staten Island Museum), I found out from an pdf'd document from the Mineralogical Association listing every member, and he is listed as a member in a 1938 publication.

#552

T6R-VETQuartz (Var: "Herkimer-style" Quartz) SiO₂

Herkimer County, New York, USA

Field of View: .8 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 3 mm

Herkimer quartz crystals, looks like from a vug. Some are lying horizontally, some are vertically straight up. I can't tell if the vertical ones are doubly terminated. I thought this specimen was interesting since most of the pictures on mindat are of single crystals not in matrix, or single crystals in matrix. This specimen has many tiny crystals crowded together on top of each other. FOV about .8 cm. Whole specimen is about 3 cm long, 1.3 cm wide.

#5733 Knoll collection

1QE-DE9Harmotome Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O

Ossining, Westchester County, New York, USA

Old Neil Yedlin-boxed micromount. Crystals clear to slightly yellowish.

FOV 1 cm.

#6375

K5T-T8CTyuyamunite Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O

Grants Mining District, New Mexico, USA

Specimen around 1 cm in length, 0.7 cm shown in image. Bright yellow crust. USed Helicon focus.

#1739 Knoll collection

E3M-UD8Diamond C

South Africa

Specimen listed from Paul Seel, interesting etched surface on this macle diamond. I used Helicon focus to get better view of surface.

Very small, 2-3 mm on each side.
#4876

J61-6G9Laumontite CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O , Prehnite Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂

Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA

Crystals of laumontite on prehnite with some unknown reddish brown staining or crystals. FOV 1 cm.

#255 Knoll collection