Ginés López García's Photo Gallery
267-3W8Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl , Quartz SiO2
Minas del Horcajo, Almod贸var del Campo, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, SpainField of View: 7 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 3 mm
Small pyromorphyte thorn on matrix from Horcajo Mines, Almod贸var del Campo, Ciudad Real, Spain. Hard to get now.
Col./photo: Gin茅s L贸pez Garc铆a.
AU5-FL1Franklinite Zn2+Fe3+2O4
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USAField of View: 20 mm
Nice frankilinte specimen from a typical locality.
Ex. Dan Irwin Col.
Photo and collection: Gin茅s L贸pez.
LG3-T9THemimorphite Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O , Hydrozincite Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
San Valent铆n Mine, La Uni贸n, Murcia, SpainField of View: 12.9 mm
Rare hemimorphyte with hydrozincite specimen from old mine dumps at San Valent铆n Quarry, La Uni贸n, Murcia, Spain. The hydrozincite is a uncommon mineral at san Valentin Quarry.
Photo and collection: Gin茅s L贸pez Garc铆a.
FDX-UEPPyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl
La Vidale mine, Aspri猫res, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, FranceField of View: 10 mm
Small pyromorphyte crystals on vug.
Ex. Col. Marcel Valladares. Traded 2016.
Col. and photo: Gin茅s L贸pez Garc铆a
JYQ-78DPyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Minas del Horcajo, Almod贸var del Campo, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, SpainField of View: 5.3 mm
Small pyromorphyte crystals on vug at massive quartzite.
Uncommon specimen from these mines presently.
Col. and photo: Gin茅s L贸pez Garc铆a
3TR-FV5Quartz SiO2
Brunita open pit, La Uni贸n, Murcia, SpainDimensions: 70 mm x 70 mm x 40 mm
Field of View: 7.7 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 5 mm
Small quartz from Brunita Quarry.
Image stacked and processed using GIMP software.
V4G-5Y9Titanite CaTi(SiO4)O , Clinozoisite (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Los Serranos Quarry, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, SpainDimensions: 55 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
Field of View: 11 mm
Titanite crystal with epidote-clinozoisite series from a classic spanish locality for this mineral: Los Serranos Quarry, an ophite rock quarry near Albatera, Alicante, Spain.
Photographed using a Canon EOS400D and stacked & processed using GIMP Software.
8KC-HTRSmithsonite (Var: Monheimite) (Zn,Fe)CO3 , Quartz (Var: Chalcedony) SiO2
San Valent铆n Mine, La Uni贸n, Murcia, SpainDimensions: 55 mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
Field of View: 11 mm
A Fe-Zn carbonate (moheimite) ball over quartz (chalcedony) from silicate mantle from Sierra de Cartagena, finds at a ravine between San Valentin open pit and San Jos茅-Gloria quarries. Uncommon habit for this specimen.
Image processed and stacked using GIMP software.
3LH-DN7Fluorite CaF2 , Quartz SiO2
Rio Ricet mine, Vignola-Falesina, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalyDimensions: 60 mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
Field of View: 10.5 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 4 mm
Fluorite over quartz from Rio Menegol Mine, Trento, Italy.
Ex Dario Cericola Collection.
Image stacked and processed using GIMP software.
1W3-PM2Cerussite PbCO3 , Goethite 伪-Fe3+O(OH)
San Valent铆n Mine, La Uni贸n, Murcia, SpainField of View: 6.7 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 5 mm
Cerussite ps anglesite on goethite matrix. This kind of specimens was relatively usual at San Valent铆n Open Pit, La Uni贸n, Sierra de Cartagena, Murcia, Spain. At this moment is not usual to find this samples.
Image stacked and processed using GIMP software.