Joseph Polityka's Photo Gallery
CLF-X75Millerite NiS
Gap Mine, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USAMillerite, 5 cm by 7 cm. Formerly in the Florian A. Cajori collection. Cajori was a famous Swiss-American mathematician who acquired this specimen in 1927. Currently in the collection of Joseph Polityka.
The University of Delaware Campus
This is the University of Delaware Campus in Newark, Delaware home of DuPont Museum of Natural History.U6U-LL9Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 , Pyrite FeS2
French Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USAChalcopyrite with pyrite, French Creek Mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania, approximately 18 cm in width. On display in the DuPont collection at the University of Delaware Mineral Museum in Newark. Photo taken on March 3, 2013. A huge specimen from and extinct location.
A Display Case of Mixed Locality Minerals at the University of Delaware Mineral Museum
A case of large mixed locality minerals in the DuPont Collection at the University of Delaware Mineral Museum in Newark, Delaware. Photo taken on March 3, 2013.H2V-AR0Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, NamibiaAzurite-malachite, 12 cm in width. In the DuPont Collection at the University of Delaware Mineral Museum in Newark, Delaware. Photo taken on March 3, 2013.
A Display Case of Beryl at the University of Delaware Mineral Museum
Beryl. This case of beryl specimens is in the DuPont Collection at the University of Delaware Mineral Museum in Newark, Delaware. The large crystal in the center is approximately 20 cm tall. Photo taken on March 3, 2013.RPT-NFRCuprite Cu2O
Onganja Mine, Helen Farm 235, Seeis, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, NamibiaCuprite with a malachite coating, Emke Mine, Namibia, 12 cm in width. These huge crystals are in the DuPont collection at the University of Delaware Museum of Natural History in Newark, Delaware. Photo taken March 3, 2013.
2CR-164Wulfenite Pb(MoO4)
Stevenson-Bennett Mine, Organ Mining District, Organ Mountains, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USAWulfenite from the Stevenson Bennett Mine, New Mexico, 30 cm in width. This magnificent specimen is in the DuPont Collection at the University of Delaware Mineral Museum in Newark, Delaware. Photo taken on March 3, 2013.
C0P-CVWSilver Ag
Kongsberg silver mining district, Buskerud, NorwaySilver, Kongsberg, Norway, 15 cm tall. In the DuPont collection at the University of Delaware Mineral Museum in Newark, Delaware. Photo taken March 3, 2013.