Alexander Gehrlein's Photo Gallery
5XT-50RMimetite (Var: Campylite) Pb5(AsO4)3Cl , Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKDimensions: 70 cm x 6 cm x 5 cm
Nice matrix specimen with perfect Campylite (up to 3mm) from Dry Gill Mine with some smaller green Pyromorphites.
T2C-K1GFluorite CaF2 , Quartz SiO2
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyThis is a 15mm light blue cube on Quartz-matrix. Weak zoning by Hematite. (size:11x7x7cm)
HEE-7APGypsum (Var: Selenite) CaSO4·2H2O
Schnorpfeil Quarry, Eisenach, Südeifel, Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyThis clear Selenite crystals builds a 30mm long, terminated S-shape-crystal. Crystal is terminated.
WYF-3EWWulfenite Pb(MoO4)
Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, City of Karratha, Western Australia, AustraliaLustrous 4mm big dipyramidial Wulfenite-xx from Australia. Classic shape for this locality. (size:6x4x3cm)
MAG-QQ4Realgar As4S4 , Sphalerite ZnS
No. 5 Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, RomaniaVery clear, perfectly double terminated Realgar-xx up to 13mm. This specimen was found in 2001 at Schacht 5, Sohle 10. (size:18x16x5cm)
H5N-55LFluorite CaF2
Newlandside Quarry, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UKVery showy, pink penetration twin of 10mm crystals on a matrix specimen. (size:17x10x5cm)
C3H-69HBoulangerite Pb5Sb4S11 , Sphalerite ZnS , Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 , Sphalerite ZnS
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, RomaniaRare Boulangerite pseudo after Fizelite-xx (up to 10mm). (size:8x8x2.5cm)
LQF-J09Crocoite PbCr6+O4 , Mimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Callenberg North open cut No. 1, Callenberg, Zwickau District, Saxony, GermanyVery nice paragenesis of the two minerals. Small yellow Mimetesites on Crocoite-xx. (size:6x4x4cm)
WDD-VP2Galena PbS , Siderite FeCO3 , Quartz SiO2
Turț Mine, Turț, Satu Mare County, RomaniaVery lustrous Galenite-xx up to 15mm, sitting on Siderite covering Quartz-twin. (size:6x6x3.5cm)
61C-7EEFluorite CaF2 , Quartz SiO2
Ödsbach Mine, Oberkirch, Oberkirch, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyNice Fluorite cubes (10mm) associated with Quartz from a classic location. (size:9x8x8cm)