Brander Robinson's Photo Gallery
Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Az.
Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USAPhoto of workings at mine 5-24-14. Photo by Brander Robinson
Commonwealth Mine Current Mining
Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USAAnother photo taken 5-24-14 of Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Az. Photo by Brander Robinson
Current Mining at Commonwealth Mine
Commonwealth Mine, Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USAPhoto taken 5-24-14 of mining at Commonwealth Mine in Pearce, Az. Photo by Brander Robinson
4VR-FU0Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USADimensions: 150 mm x 140 mm x 50 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 5 mm
Azurite and Malachite on basalt collected in mid 1990s and confirmed at JMU by Lance Kearns. Brander Robinson specimen and in my collection.
YQH-L7GFluellite Al2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O
Morefield Mine, Winterham, Amelia County, Virginia, USALargest Crystal Size: 1.5 mm
Collected on the dump in the mid 1990s.Associated minerals are Bermanite(prismatic) and spheres of opaline material. Found associated with Strengite and was identified by Lance Kearns at James Madison University in Virginia. Fluellite crystal is about 1.5mm per Dr. Kearns. Collected by Brander Robinson and remained at JMU for study.
HAW-Y20Galena PbS , Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USAGalena crystal 2mm on light green prehnite. Collected and in collection of Brander Robinson. Photo by owner also.
Courtland Az. 2010
Courtland, Turquoise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USACourtland,Az. Old workings of several mines and prospects in the area. Old jail in background. Picture taken 5-24-10 Brander Robinson
PAX-73MWulfenite Pb(MoO4) , Calcite CaCO3 , Psilomelane, Hematite Fe2O3
Glove Mine, Glove Mine group, Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAWulfenite with Calcite frosting on Psilomelane and a few specks of red Hematite specks. Size is about 4cm x 3cm. Specimen mined about 3-1-07 and is from the same pocket as the chrysocolla matrix specimens come from. Photo and specimen by Brander Robinson 2007
E6V-2UAWulfenite Pb(MoO4) , Chrysocolla Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O, x < 1 , Calcite CaCO3 , Psilomelane
Glove Mine, Glove Mine group, Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USANew find of thin pale yellow wulfenites up to 2.5cm sprinkled with black psilomelane and clear calcites on chrysocolla matrix. These are very thin wulfenites and shipping is not possible in my opinion. Some other specimens have more calcite that supports them for shipping.There is a tint of pale pink hematite on some of the calcites. Specimen is 9cm x4cm and 8cm high. Specimen is from the North Fault 200 level and was extracted by Jim Ricker ,owner of the Glove Mine. Photo and collection of Brander Robinson.
EQP-R8XCalcite CaCO3
Fletcher Mine, West Fork, Reynolds County, Missouri, USASpecimen is about 17cm x 10cm with the largest xl being about 9cm x 4cm. The red "phantoms" are thought to be hematite. Found by Joe Hartsel of Virginia when he collected for Brass Rooster and now in collection of Brander Robinson. A very choice specimen. This one and a few others will be displayed at Tucson in Feb.