Harris Mason's Photo Gallery
KYY-XEWApatite Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Nicely terminated 1 inch long single apatite crystal. Taken in natural sunlight and looks a bit more purple in the picture. Nice termination.
UEL-J77Fluorapatite (Var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite) Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
This particular piece holds a special meaning for me for many reasons. It's provenance is excellent (From the collections of Sir. Warington Smyth, Sir. Arthur Russell, and Albert McGuiness). However, this piece was given to me by my PhD adviser upon the successful defense of my degree in geosciences since I had published a paper on the apatite defect structure of different piece from the same locality (Mason et al. Am. Mineral 2009). It is 4 cm wide and 4.5 cm tall. The child photo is a picture of all the labels associated with the piece.
MY6-2VFChrysocolla Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O, x < 1
Light blue crust of chrysocolla covering an unknown olive green mineral (perhaps volborthite or tangeite). Field of view is approximately 1 cm by 0.8 cm.
R7E-0MNKulanite Ba(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)2(PO4)3(OH)3 , Siderite FeCO3
Flat plates of deep green kulanite with rhombs of honey yellow siderite. The siderite rhomb is 2mm in length.
1FK-YATAlmandine-Pyrope Series
Small orangish red 1 mm diameter almandine-pyrope garnets in glaucophane bearing eclogite collected in a dry creek bed while hiking in Henry W. Coe.
A3J-A1KMarcasite FeS2
A nice brassy marcasite crystal on calcite matrix. Crystal is just over 1 cm in diameter. Obtained on trade from Scott Reinholz
9A7-E67Metacinnabar HgS
Largest Crystal Size: 1 mm
Well formed metacinnabar crystals on matrix. Picture taken through loupe with my fujifilm point and shoot. Minor adjustments have been made to sharpen the image.
YL1-77APhillipsite Subgroup
Bright red prismatic phillipsite crystals contained in weathered basalt vessicles. Collected this specimen in the spring of 2010 on my way from Spokane to Richland. The outcrop is a section of porous weathered Snake river basalt along 395 south of Mesa, WA. For scale the top right most vessicle is 0.4 by 0.4 cm in dimension.
This is one of my first attempts at "macro" mineral photos by taking pictures with my point and shoot through my 10X loupe. Not the best quality picture.
Note: went back and adjusted some of the levels on the pic. Looks a little better and closer to real life.
AQ7-KPAKolbeckite ScPO4·2H2O
Small ball of the rare scandium phosphate kolbeckite. Area photographed is about 1.5 by 1.5 cm
LD5-XE3Whiteite-(CaFeMg) {Ca}{(Fe2+,Mn2+)}{Mg2}{Al2}(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O , Lazulite MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
1 cm cream colored whiteite crystal on lazulite matrix.
