309 Road, Waiau, Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
This agate is a moa stone collected by Jocelyn Thornton near the 309 Road. Polished in the gizzard of a moa, New Zealand's extinct giant bird.
© Judy Rowe
Waingaro Stream, Waiau, Coromandel peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Stibnite crystals black,p.w. 3.81 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.
© Ko Jansen
Stibnite crystals surrounding with Quartz,p.w. 2.84 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.
Stibnite crystals on right side thick built up by a lot of Stibnite segments, p.w. 3.30 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.
Spray of valentinite with stibnite and quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Semi Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Arsenopyrite on quartz 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Semi Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Yellow valentinite with quartz and stibnite. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Semi Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Bundle of fine stibnite needles on quartz Sony NEX-5 with bellows, extension tubes and "2np" Reichert objective (approx equal to a plan 5-5.5x). Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Scorodite on quartz 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Semi Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Valentinite crystal with a number of smaller secondary crystals associated with quartz and needles of stibnite. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Semi Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Valentinite on quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Semi Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Secondary quartz crystals. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Semi Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Pyrite crystals on quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
© R. J. Martin
Dolomite cube on quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Interpenetrant cubes of dolomite on quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Stibnite needles on quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Semi Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Valentinite on quartz 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Semi Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Stibnite on quartz 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Semi Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
Aitkin Creek, Waiau, Coromandel peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Goethite on quartz 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and Nikon 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Galena in quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and Nikon 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Yellow sphalerite with minor galena in quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and Nikon 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Thin coating of calcite on yellow sphalerite. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and Nikon 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Corroded pyrite on quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and Nikon 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin