Uwe Haubenreisser's Photo Gallery
8K9-7VGEulytine Bi4(SiO4)3
Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, GermanyField of View: 3.5 mm
These dark brown to almost black spherical radial aggregates of Eulytine are typical of the Johanngeorgenstadt mining district, Saxony, Germany.
J77-KK8Flurlite Zn3Mn2+Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2·9H2O , Stewartite Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyField of View: 1.6 mm
Brick-red Flurlite crystals associated with yellow Stewartite.
TV5-X91Miargyrite AgSbS2
St Andreasberg Mining District, Lower Saxony, GermanyField of View: 7.0 mm
Radially arranged spike-shaped distorted Miargyrite crystals from St.Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany.
D52-LP5Hedyphane Ca2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, NamibiaField of View: 3.8 mm
Unusually barrel-shaped Hedyphane crystal from Tsumeb, Namibia. Obtained from Steffen Michalski.
T6N-G2PLautite CuAsS , Arsenic As , Chalcopyrite CuFeS2
Vater Abraham Mine, Lauta, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, GermanyDimensions: 35 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
Lautite in irregularly radiating, flaky masses with the typical reddish metallic luster together with arsenic and chalcopyrite from its type locality Lauta near Marienberg,Saxony,Germany. The piece could come from the original find of 1880, the enclosed and much younger label comes from the Freiberg Mining Academy Dealership and gives the more exact location of the find with the "Amandus Flacher" vein of the Vater Abraham mine.
M4H-H6LColumbite-(Fe) Fe2+Nb2O6
Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, GreenlandDimensions: 15 mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
A small group of columbite crystals from Ivigtut, Greenland with an old label from Nérée Boubée (1806-1862), a French mineral dealer.
WRF-UWDVivianite Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2·8H2O
Ichocollo Mine, Monserrat-Antequera mining district, Poopó Province, Oruro, BoliviaDimensions: 95 mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 95 mm
An old specimen of vivianite from the Monserrat Mine,Poopo,Bolivia. The piece comes from the private collection of Austrian mineral dealer Anton Berger (1870-1956) and was a gift for Christmas 1950 from Willard Perkin (1907-1991), a friend, mineral dealer and inventor of the "Perky boxes".
6EE-6LQAcanthite Ag2S , Quartz SiO2 , Rhodochrosite MnCO3
Rejang Lebong District, Bengkulu Province, IndonesiaDimensions: 80 mm x 55 mm x 50 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 5 mm
An interesting old specimen of acanthite crystals on quartz and rhodochrosite from the Redjang Lebong Mining District,Sumatra,Indonesia. The piece comes from the private collection of Austrian mineral dealer Anton Berger (1870-1956).
AUH-W0ADravite NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Qaarusulik, Ameralik Fjord, Nuuk, Sermersooq, GreenlandDimensions: 25 mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
A nice group of double terminated Dravite crystals from Qaarusulik ("Karosulik"), Greenland. Old sample from the former collection of Senator Friedrich Jakob Kessler (1805-1889), a German banker. The label is from the Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
LGG-7P3Fluorite CaF2 , Quartz SiO2
Markus Röhling Mine, Schreckenberg, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, GermanyDimensions: 55 mm x 35 mm x 35 mm
Honey-yellow fluorite crystals associated with quartz from the old Markus Röhling Mine near Annaberg, Saxony, Germany. This sample is probably found in August 1926 as written on the backside of the enclosed label from Friedrich Otto Wilhelm Nindel (1887-1960), a German pharmacist.