Hideaki Kobayashi's Photo Gallery
A19-KK9Fluorite CaF2
Kudubis Farm 19, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, NamibiaDimensions: 11 cm
A very nice "Alien Eye" fluorite. However seems rather "Owl Eye" to me.
11cm tall.
Photo by Kiyoshi Kiikuni of Key's Mineral
QR6-CATFluorite CaF2 , Quartz SiO2 , Siderite FeCO3
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, RussiaDimensions: 22 mm x 22 mm x 21 mm
An absolutely clear ice like fluorite is penetrated by siderite coated quartz. Ex Pearl Freeman collection.
She acquired this piece in 1987 from Don Edwards who used to travel USSR before Glasnost. That indicates, mined between 1982 to 1987.
834-NRXFluorite CaF2
Cäcilia Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyDimensions: 62 mm x 42 mm x 15 mm
A finely purple phantomed fluorite, partially coated with tiny quartz.
Came with H. Maucher's old label, that indicates this specimen was collected in 1936 to 1944.
1DX-LRDFluorite CaF2 , Chalcopyrite CuFeS2
Bergmännisch Glück Flacher vein, Frisch Glück adit, Bergmännisch Glück Mine, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, GermanyDimensions: 28 mm x 22 mm x 17 mm
Superbly zoned fluorite with minor chalcopyrite.
Found in early 2016.
QUT-V95Fluorite CaF2 , Quartz SiO2
Panasqueira Mines, São Jorge da Beira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, PortugalDimensions: 60 mm x 30 mm x 29 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 7 mm
An aesthetic specimen from recent working of Panasqueira Mines. Bright and vividly phantomed violet fluorites are scattered on chlorite coated quartz. With minor pyrite crystals.
Found in May/2015.
QF2-G7XFluorite CaF2
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USADimensions: 50 mm x 50 mm x 35 mm
An absolutely clear blue fluorite with tiny calcite xls.
Rosiclare Level, Minerva #1 mine, Illinois. Mined in 1993