Rob Schnerr's Photo Gallery
Q62-ATVBaryte BaSO4
Châtel-Guyon, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceDimensions: 90 mm x 70 mm x 20 mm
Field of View: 10.0 cm
Weight: 237.8 g
Honey-coloured Baryte, typical for this locality.
Acquired in 2022.
Photo and collection : Rob & Annemieke Schnerr
UQU-PMJGypsum CaSO4·2H2O
Montmartre, Paris, Ile-de-France, FranceDimensions: 130 mm x 95 mm x 80 mm
Field of View: 14.0 cm
Weight: 435.7 g
An old piece from a quarry that's no longer there. Brown Gypsum crystals with one twinned crystal.
Acquired in 2022.
Photo and collection : Rob & Annemieke Schnerr
R0U-LPTBaryte BaSO4
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, RomaniaDimensions: 180 mm x 110 mm x 40 mm
Field of View: 19.4 cm
Weight: 526.0 g
Blue-white Baryte crystals.
Acquired in 2022.
Photo and collection : Rob & Annemieke Schnerr
L1A-K6HGoethite α-Fe3+O(OH) , Quartz SiO2
Barros Cassal, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilDimensions: 20 mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
Field of View: 25.7 mm
Clear Quarz crystals wiht a bunch of Goethite needles.
Acquired in 1976.
Photo and collection : Rob & Annemieke Schnerr
M94-QY5Goethite α-Fe3+O(OH) , Quartz SiO2
Barros Cassal, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilDimensions: 20 mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
Field of View: 37.6 mm
Goethite needles on Quartz and with Quartz on top of the needles.
Acquired in 1979.
Photo and collection : Rob & Annemieke Schnerr
PL3-Y16Ferberite FeWO4
Panasqueira Mines, São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, PortugalDimensions: 64 mm x 63 mm x 28 mm
Field of View: 82.7 mm
Weight: 520.5 g
Group of highly lustrous stepped crystals, coated by minor tan Siderite.
Acquired in 2020.
Photo and collection : Rob & Annemieke Schnerr.
R0X-FMYBeryl (Var: Aquamarine) Be3Al2Si6O18 , Schorl NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) , K Feldspar
Bergsig Farm 167, Omaruru Constituency, Erongo Region, NamibiaDimensions: 80 mm x 60 mm x 55 mm
Field of View: 87.2 mm
Weight: 157.1 g
Aquamarine with black Schorl on white K-Feldspar.
Acquired in 2020.
Photo and collection : Rob & Annemieke Schnerr
VKP-UGMCerussite PbCO3 , Baryte BaSO4
Les Dalles Mine, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoDimensions: 60 mm x 60 mm x 35 mm
Field of View: 66.5 mm
Weight: 150.3 g
Clear Cerussite crystals on white Baryte crystals. The Cerussite x-tals fluoresce yellow and the matrix, to my surprise, fluoresce strongly red. Under short wave. See child photos.
Acquired in 2022.
Photo and collection : Rob & Annemieke Schnerr
5K2-5PWErythrite Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O , Karibibite Fe3+3(As3+O2)4(As3+2O5)(OH)
Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoDimensions: 140 mm x 95 mm x 50 mm
Field of View: 15.2 cm
Weight: 972.6 g
Pink Erythrite with yellow Karibibite. So many x-tals of both minerals on such a big specimen is rather rare.
Acquired in 2022.
Photo and collection : Rob & Annemieke Schnerr
L6L-DW4Hematite Fe2O3
Cumbria, England, UKDimensions: 72 mm x 20 mm x 12 mm
Field of View: 18.8 cm
Weight: 58.4 g
A “pencil ore” from one of the Cumbria mines.
Acquired in : 2021
Photo and collection : Rob & Annemieke Schnerr