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3LV-5U8Scheelite Ca(WO₄) , Quartz SiO₂

Pari, Kharmang District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Dimensions: 112 mm x 73 mm x 39 mm

Several pegmatitic scheelite crystals on a bed of needles of quartz.

Billy Creek State Wildlife Area from Ouray County Road 4B, on 10 July 2019

Billy Creek State Wildlife Area, Eldredge, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA

The extensive Mancos Shale bluffs at the Billy Creek State Wildlife Area have occasional exposures of fractured harder rock sills containing calcite crystals of varying quality. The slopes are steep here, the footing is loose, and on the day this picture was taken it was 95° F. in the shade. With some perseverance, however, decent specimens may occasionally be found.

Dan A. Polhemus photo, 10 July 2019.

XK9-9D5Scheelite Ca(WO₄) , Quartz SiO₂

Gharmung area, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Dimensions: 28 mm x 28 mm x 25 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 28 mm

Isolated tetragonal scheelite crystal with quartz, from a pegmatitic genesis pocket, uncommon for the species, found in year 2007 in the Kharmang Valley, southeast of Skardu. Overall size: 28mm x 28mm x 25mm.

4U3-2ACMountain Minerals International label Pari (Paari; Bari), Kharmang District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Pari, Kharmang District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Dimensions: 60 mm

Label from Mountain Minerals International.

EMM-58PBastnäsite-(Ce) Ce(CO₃)F

Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Field of View: 8 mm

Bastnaesite from the Trimouns Talc Mine. Image width: 8 mm
Collection: Wilfred Moorer.
Photo: Fred Kruijen.

NAG-HEWQuartz SiO₂ , Hematite Fe₂O₃

Hebei, China

Dimensions: 93 mm x 58 mm x 37 mm
Field of View: 45 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 20 mm

XDG-U8VApophyllite, Mordenite (Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Dimensions: 230 mm x 140 mm x 27 mm
Field of View: 30 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 17 mm

9LC-43NQuartz SiO₂

Tole, Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Dimensions: 40 mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
Field of View: 25 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 20 mm

Faden quartz!

M17-MGEBog Iron FeO(OH)·nH₂O

Grove Point, Cecilton, Cecil Co., Maryland, USA

Dimensions: 9.7 cm x 8.5 cm x 4.7 cm

Botryoidal limonite "bog iron" from the shore of Chesapeake Bay at Grove Point, Cecilton, Maryland, USA.

46L-UR7Olivenite Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)

Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK

Field of View: 1.25 mm