Jean Dehaye's Photo Gallery

TL5-C9FCalcite CaCO₃ , Mordenite (Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O

Aurangabad District, Aurangabad Division, Maharashtra, India

Dimensions: 8.5 cm x 5 cm

Nice yellow/orange calcite crystals on a bed of mordenite.

QC2-M6TQuartz SiO₂ , Elbaite Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)

Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Dimensions: 6.2 cm x 3.7 cm

New photo of the specimen....

100-YX5Phlogopite KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂ , Diopside CaMgSi₂O₆

Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Dimensions: 6 cm x 6 cm

Diopside on calcite matrix, with phologopite

44K-Q21Elbaite Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH) , Quartz SiO₂

Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Dimensions: 6.2 cm x 3.7 cm

Elbaite and quartz
Paprok
6,2 x 3,7 cm

0TG-LQPCalcite CaCO₃

Restaumont quarry, Écaussinnes, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Dimensions: 8 cm x 6.5 cm

CJK-FR1Quartz SiO₂ , Hematite Fe₂O₃

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Dimensions: 10.5 cm x 6 cm

4UN-FJHQuartz (Var: Rock Crystal) SiO₂

La Gardette Mine, Villard-Notre-Dame, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Dimensions: 15 cm x 11 cm

EGL-T89Fluorite CaF₂ , Quartz SiO₂

De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China

Dimensions: 21 cm x 18 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 2 cm

Close up a of a large plate of fluorite.
Like most of the similar specimens from that locality, the quartz has been removed by acid.
21 x 18 cm, biggest crystals up to 2 cm

WD3-24AAlbite Na(AlSi₃O₈) , Elbaite Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH) , Lepidolite, Quartz SiO₂

Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Dimensions: 11 cm x 9 cm

Tourmaline with a sweet blue/green color....
On quartz, albite and lepidolite....
Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Afghanistan
11 x 9 cm

TV0-UU3Fluorite CaF₂ , Baryte BaSO₄

Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China

Dimensions: 17.5 cm x 10 cm