Timothy Cardella's Photo Gallery

HJ3-655Calcite CaCO₃ , Quartz SiO₂

Cerro Colorado Mine, Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

Dimensions: 8.5 cm x 7.0 cm x 6.5 cm
Field of View: 10 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 8 mm

Massive calcite after quartz. Collected from tailings pile adjacent to leach area.
Self collected by Tim Cardella February 2017.
Tim Cardella collection and photo.

JXW-NRXGalena PbS , Chalcopyrite CuFeS₂

Idaho Mine group, Ruby, Oro Blanco Mining District, Oro Blanco Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Dimensions: 30 mm x 27 mm x 25 mm
Field of View: 50 mm

Galena with bright, shiny, freshly exposed surfaces accompanied with chalcopyrite, pyrite, quartz, and calcite. Self collected from dump pile in Ferbuary, 2017 by Tim Cardella.
Tim Cardella collection and photo.

H6T-DH9Quartz (Var: Chalcedony) SiO₂ , Chalcedony (Var: Agate) SiO₂

Ligier Marble Quarries, Dragoon District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Dimensions: 70 cm x 35 cm x 25 cm
Field of View: 1 m

Massive banded agate pocket in quarry wall. Beautiful! Please enlarge to see detail.
Tim Cardella photo, January 2017.

TER-XXWQuartz (Var: Chalcedony) SiO₂ , Chalcedony (Var: Agate) SiO₂

Ligier Marble Quarries, Dragoon District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Dimensions: 35 cm x 25 cm x 15 cm
Field of View: 1 m

Interesting view of agate "fingers" on-site. Photo by Tim Cardella taken January, 2017.

Inside looking out

Sunrise and Sunshine Mines, Papago Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

View from the mine interior looking toward daylight. This mined cavern is very wide and very high although it is only about 20 meters from the entrance to the back wall of the mine.
Tim Cardella photo taken February, 2016.

Mine entrance

Sunrise and Sunshine Mines, Papago Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

Tim Cardella standing in the largest of the mine openings at this location. The mine is more of a large cavern than a shaft that was excavated behind this opening.
Photograph by Steven Leganski February, 2016.

Material in crevice

Green Chip Marble Quarry, Dragoon Marble Quarries, Dragoon District(Golden Rule District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Gorgeous material exposed in a crevice at the juncture of two veins of different material near the base of the quarry wall. Material was wetted to enhance its color. Area of image is approximately 30x20cm.
Tim Cardella photo taken April, 2016.

On quarry floor

Green Chip Marble Quarry, Dragoon Marble Quarries, Dragoon District(Golden Rule District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Large block of interesting material on the quarry floor. It is unclear whether the block was mined or brought down by gravity. The trekking pole in the photo is 110cm long.
HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPH. Viewers should enlarge to see detail.
Tim Cardella photo taken April, 2016.

Quarry wall Close-up

Green Chip Marble Quarry, Dragoon Marble Quarries, Dragoon District(Golden Rule District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Close-up image of interesting material observed in the quarry wall. Standard rock pick shown at bottom of photo for size reference.
HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPH. Viewers should enlarge to see detail.
Tim Cardella photo taken April, 2016.

Quarry wall

Green Chip Marble Quarry, Dragoon Marble Quarries, Dragoon District(Golden Rule District), Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Interesting material observed in back wall of quarry. Image shows an area approximately 2.5 meters in length vertically.
HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPH. Viewers should enlarge to see detail.
Tim Cardella photo taken April, 2016.