Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Hetaerolite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Black, bi-pyramidal hetaerolite crystals in the collection of Ray Demark.

Hemimorphite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Hemimorphite from Carnahan Mine, Specimen 7 cm In collection of and photo by Frank L. Murray

© Frank L. Murray

Hetaerolite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Minute, black, shiny, pyramidal to bipyramidal crystals of Hetaerolite. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

Hetaerolite, Siderite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Small lustrous black hetaerolite crystals with some brownish green botryoidal siderite on a matrix of black manganese oxides. JSS specimen and photo.

© 2023 JSS

Rosasite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Blue-green rosasite pseudomorphing octahedral cuprite crystals. In the collection of Ray Demark.

Native Copper, Malachite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

A grain of native copper in the center of a mass of Fe-oxides and malachite.

Adamite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Green clusters of adamite crystals. In the collection of Ray Demark.

Siderite, Hetaerolite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Pale brown translucent siderite with black beads of hetaerolite. Personally collected, in the Saathoff collection.

© Don Saathoff

Calcite, Chrysocolla

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

White to cream calcite "wafers", minor green chrysocolla. personally collected, in the Saathoff collection.

© Don Saathoff

Hemimorphite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Bright, glistening mounds of radial hemimorphite on a dark matrix. Purchased in 2015 at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum spring garage sale.

Gibbsite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Off-white botryoidal gibbsite on dark brown matrix. JSS specimen and photo.

© 2025 JSS

Hemimorphite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Bright, glistening mounds of radial hemimorphite on a dark matrix. Purchased in 2015 at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum spring garage sale. The attached child photo is a 2.0 mm FOV showing close detail of the terminated, bladed hemimorphite crystals.

Chalcophanite, Hemimorphite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Black botryoidal chalcophanite with lesser amounts of small groups of clear to white hemimorphite crystals on several sides of a brownish matrix. JSS specimen and photo.

© 2026JSS

Hetaerolite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Black, bi-pyramidal hetaerolite crystals in the collection of Ray Demark.

Hemimorphite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Hemimorphite from Carnahan Mine, Specimen 7 cm In collection of and photo by Frank L. Murray

© Frank L. Murray

Hetaerolite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Minute, black, shiny, pyramidal to bipyramidal crystals of Hetaerolite. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

Native Copper, Malachite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

A grain of native copper in the center of a mass of Fe-oxides and malachite.

Hetaerolite, Siderite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Small lustrous black hetaerolite crystals with some brownish green botryoidal siderite on a matrix of black manganese oxides. JSS specimen and photo.

© 2023 JSS

Rosasite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Blue-green rosasite pseudomorphing octahedral cuprite crystals. In the collection of Ray Demark.

Adamite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Green clusters of adamite crystals. In the collection of Ray Demark.

Siderite, Hetaerolite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Pale brown translucent siderite with black beads of hetaerolite. Personally collected, in the Saathoff collection.

© Don Saathoff

Calcite, Chrysocolla

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

White to cream calcite "wafers", minor green chrysocolla. personally collected, in the Saathoff collection.

© Don Saathoff

Hemimorphite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Bright, glistening mounds of radial hemimorphite on a dark matrix. Purchased in 2015 at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum spring garage sale.

Gibbsite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Off-white botryoidal gibbsite on dark brown matrix. JSS specimen and photo.

© 2025 JSS

Hemimorphite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Bright, glistening mounds of radial hemimorphite on a dark matrix. Purchased in 2015 at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum spring garage sale. The attached child photo is a 2.0 mm FOV showing close detail of the terminated, bladed hemimorphite crystals.

Chalcophanite, Hemimorphite

Carnahan Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Black botryoidal chalcophanite with lesser amounts of small groups of clear to white hemimorphite crystals on several sides of a brownish matrix. JSS specimen and photo.

© 2026JSS