Marc Dolivet's Photo Gallery
7C0-CDVTourmaline (Var: Chrome-Tourmaline) AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Saint-Béat, Saint-Béat-Lez, Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, FranceDimensions: 105 mm x 70 mm x 30 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 8 mm
A partial view of a 105x70x30mm white marble plate inside which chrome tourmaline crystals up to 8mm have been partially etched to make them appear. I found this specimen during year 1997 in the quarry near Saint-Beat (Haute-Garonne). I found only one specimen. unfortunately no other similar find.
This ocurrence is described in 'Mineralogie de la France et de ses anciens territoires d'outre mer', Volume 1, Edition 1962, page 108.
In my collection.
LYR-NMRVesuvianite Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Aosta Valley, ItalyDimensions: 20 mm x 8 mm x 8 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 20 mm
Isolated vesuvianite crystal from Val d'Aoste, Italy, 20x8x8mm perfect gem, green, as shiny striated quadratic prism ending in a pyramid truncated by a small pinacoid. Ex Coll HJ Schubnel / Ecole des Mines de Paris.
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WLQ-1CJIndicolite A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z , Quartz SiO2
Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, BrazilDimensions: 130 mm x 100 mm x 70 mm
A translucent blue-green streaked prismatic crystal of Indicolite with reddish termination and flat termination lying flat on a large translucent smoky Quartz head. Size 130x100x70mm. Ex Coll Breitenborn.
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FWL-PRNEpidote (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Kharan District, Balochistan, PakistanDimensions: 87 mm x 45 mm x 30 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 70 mm
An 87x45x30mm sheaf weighing 72g composed of elongated flattened green crystals (70mm) of epidote with chisel point termination from Raskoh Mts, Kharan.
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QJK-2GFQuartz SiO2 , Hematite Fe2O3
Jinlong Hill, Longchuan Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, ChinaDimensions: 130 mm x 80 mm x 45 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 50 mm
Transparent quartz crystals up to 50mm, reddish (hematite), on brown hematite rosettes. Size 130x80x45mm.
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KGE-3LCRhodochrosite MnCO3
Moanda, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, GabonDimensions: 120 mm x 95 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 4 mm
120x95mm plate covered with scalenohedral crystals of red mm rhodochrosite. Most of them being 2-3mm. Max crystal size 4mm.
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EE8-4Q8Witherite BaCO3
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USADimensions: 100 mm x 70 mm x 55 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 50 mm
Two beige hexagonal cushion-shaped crystals (50x33x25mm and 34x25mm) on white matrix in vacuolar places with scattered mm crystals of purple fluorite, Specimen 100x70x55mm. Ex Coll Paul Muse.
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J01-HJXHematite Fe2O3
Dom Bosco, Cachoeira do Campo, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, BrazilDimensions: 100 mm x 72 mm x 50 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 100 mm
An isolated crystal of hematite: a thick iron rose with a shiny gray metallic luster, 100x72x50mm, with micro xx of micas (?) at the base. Ex Coll Paul Muse.marked MP574.
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38X-702Hematite Fe2O3
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, BrazilDimensions: 110 mm x 105 mm x 40 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 42 mm
A 110x105x40mm plate covered with shiny metallic black hexagonal tablets of hematite up to 42mm. Ex Coll Gendrault.
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CWV-JNUHematite Fe2O3 , Andradite Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South AfricaDimensions: 90 mm x 80 mm x 65 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 50 mm
Multi-cm thick tabular Hematite crystals 20 to 50mm covered in places with red micro Andradite crystals, Size 90x80x65mm. Ex Coll Paul Muse.
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