Saturday, April 17, 2010

I am sad seeing these beauties in women's rings / collars!

In order of appearance:

Tourmalines on Cleavelandite blades from the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

Linarite from the Grand Reef Mine in Graham County, Arizona

Prousite sitting atop a Polybasite cluster from the Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru.

Tourmaline from the 1974 Pocket, Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, California

Galena from the Tsumeb Mine in Tsumeb, Namibia, SW Africa.

Adamite from the Ojuela mine in Mapimi, Durango Mexico

For sure, these crystals ore from another galaxy!

By order of appearance:

Beryl var. Emerald from a locality near Alabashka, Ural Mountains, Russia

Amazonite crystals with Smoky Quartz and Albite from Sentinel Rock, El Paso County, Colorado

Silver from Imiter Mine in Morocco

Scheelite with fluorite and muscovite from the Mt. Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu, Sichuan Province of China

Red beryl from the Wah Wah Mountains near Delta, Utah

Mimetite from San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua Mexico

Spessartine garnets from Nani, Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania