Eric Page's Photo Gallery
GAV-PW9Quartz SiO2
Mt Gee, Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, AustraliaDimensions: 6 cm x 3 cm x 43 cm
Large piece of reddish stained milky white quartz showing multiple small square "nail holes" and laumonite molds; obtained in the 1960s/1970s by my grandmother
QYU-2L2Dolomite CaMg(CO3)2
Lindberg Quarry, Goose Lake area, Negaunee, Marquette County, Michigan, USADimensions: 8 cm x 10 cm x 8 cm
Small cabinet sized section of pink and cream Kona dolomite with gray ribbons giving a marble appearance; from type location in Kona Hills; obtained by my grandmother in the 1960s/1970s.
Y2E-GUCCalcite CaCO3 , Quartz SiO2 , Chalcopyrite CuFeS2
Casteel Mine, Bixby, Iron County, Missouri, USADimensions: 14 cm x 8 cm x 3 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 3 cm
Small, 3 cm double terminated rhomb of nearly clear calcite on a bed of quartz with small gold chalcopyrite flecks. Very showy piece, representative of this location.
FY7-D50Baryte BaSO4
Diamond Lake Barite occurrence, Odell, Gage County, Nebraska, USADimensions: 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm x 0.1 cm
A single tiny barite crystal 5 mm/side, approximately 1 mm thick; collected in the 1970's; part of a collection of several specimens
6GG-16NBeryl Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USADimensions: 5 cm x 3 cm x 3 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 2 cm
Small single-terminated blue beryl crystal (0.5 cm x 2 cm long) in quartz/feldspar matrix, collected in the 1970's
Quartz Dike with Azurite showing
Silver King Mine, Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak area, Pinal County, Arizona, USAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Mine Equipment
Silver King Mine, Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak area, Pinal County, Arizona, USAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Mine Workings with Sign on Drawworks
Silver King Mine, Comstock Wash, Kings Crown Peak area, Pinal County, Arizona, USAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
87V-67NCalcite CaCO3
Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, USADimensions: 5 cm x 5 cm x 3 cm
Nice size piece with multiple clusters of scalenohedral calcite crystals on dark matrix, possibly dolomite; originally labeled as pineapple calcite; common of Knoxville area; self-collected by my grandmother in the 1960's/1970's
M49-R6DQuartz SiO2
Keswick quarry, Keswick, Keokuk County, Iowa, USADimensions: 6 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 1 mm
Old specimen of a pink, drusy quartz crystal-lined pocket in light gray chert matrix with traces of agate banding. From a historical collection. Keswick Agate