Fred Kruijen's Photo Gallery
JW8-PGNKottenheimite Ca 3Si(SO4)2(OH)6·12H2O
Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyField of View: 6 mm
White Kottenheimite crystals from the Bellerberg volcano, Caspar quarry. Collection: Jochen Tschörtner.
Photo: Fred Kruijen.
W47-JKNHematite Fe2O3
Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyField of View: 1.5 mm
The Wannenköpfe is a great quarry for nice different Hematite specimens. Here a nice Hematite skeleton.
Collection / Photo: Fred Kruijen.
FE4-80THematite Fe2O3
Nickenicher Sattel, Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyField of View: 2 mm
Black shiny hematite crystals. Collection: Günter Blass.
Photo: Fred Kruijen.
PPV-930Lileyite Ba2(Na,Fe,Ca)3MgTi2(Si2O7)2O2F2 , Götzenite NaCa6Ti(Si2O7)2OF3
Löhley, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyField of View: 2 mm
Brown tabular Lileyite crystals, with colorless long prismatic Götzenite crystals. Collection: Bernd Ternes.
Photo: Fred Kruijen.
RDE-UVVBixbyite-(Mn) Mn3+2O3
Rothenberg Quarry, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyField of View: 2.5 mm
Two black, lustrous crystals of bixbyite from the Rothenberg quarry. Collection: Günter Blass.
Photo: Fred Kruijen.
PW2-8UFClinoenstatite MgSiO3
Rothenberg Quarry, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyField of View: 2 mm
A rare yellow orange colored Clinoenstatite crystal from the Rothenberg quarry. Collection: Jochen Tschörtner.
Photo: Fred Kruijen.
95X-Y8KSchäferite (NaCa2)Mg2(VO4)3
Rothenberg Quarry, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyField of View: 2 mm
Nice red orange colored Schäferite crystals from the Rothenberg quarry. Collection: Günter Blass.
Photo: Fred Kruijen.
UFU-MN4Sodalite Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Rothenberg Quarry, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyField of View: 5 mm
Very interesting and rare: a skeleton formed Sodalite crystal from the Rothenberg quarry. Collection: Jochen Tschörtner.
Photo: Fred Kruijen.
LMM-VHNPerovskite CaTiO3
Rother Kopf, Roth, Gerolstein, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyField of View: 4 mm
Perovskite aggregate from the quarry Rother Kopf. Collection: Willi Schüller.
Photo: Fred Kruijen.
5XJ-JXTGünterblassite (K,Ca,Ba)2(Fe,Ca,Mg,Na)[(Si,Al)13O25(OH)4]·7H2O·
Rother Kopf, Roth, Gerolstein, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyField of View: 3 mm
Günterblassite crystals from Rother Kopf quarry. Collection: Günter Blass.
Photo: Fred Kruijen.