Michael B. Moore's Photo Gallery

L20-06KHeulandite Subgroup (Na/Ca/K)_5-6[Al_8-9 Si_27-28 O₇₂]· nH₂O

Eagle Eye Mine, Moore Mine group, New Water Mining District, New Water Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA

Heulandite, width of crystal 1/2mm in small Vug. Photo taken with my Canon Rebel
with bellows and additional lenses for further enlargement. Michael Moore photo.

98V-KEQPhillipsite Subgroup

Opal Hill Mine, Mule Mountains District, Riverside County, California, USA

Phillipsite, approx.1/2 millimeter in width, Identified by Mr Anthony Kampf
using ( XDR ) method. Photo taken by Mike moore, using my Canon Rebel, with
bellows. Material originally collected by John Jenkins.

JGT-D6NFluorapatite Ca₅(PO₄)₃F

Opal Hill Mine, Mule Mountains District, Riverside County, California, USA

Secondary growth of Hexagonal Fluorapatite, on thin columnar Fluorapatite xls.
width of photo less than 1/2mm. Mike Moore Photo. and specimen.

3FD-X22Chalcophanite ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O , Clinoptilolite Subgroup M_3-6(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O

Opal Hill Mine, Mule Mountains District, Riverside County, California, USA

gray-black ,fibrous aggregate. on Clinoptilolite, over Celadonite ,photo width
about 6mm, Id Made by Mr Anthony Kampf using (XRD) Method. Mike Moore photo.

WFW-KUTClinoatacamite Cu₂(OH)₃Cl

Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA

Twinned clinoatacamite ("anatacamite", discredited in 2015) photo 1/2 mm. The emerald-green xls are extremely small. "Anatacamite" originally verified by Mr Anthony Kampf using XRD method. Mike Moore Photo.

FQT-98XFornacite Pb₂Cu(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)

Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA

brown Fornacite xls, Id. verified by Mr Anthony Kampf using (XRD) method
width of picture approx.1mm, Mike Moore Photo

DX4-JMRFornacite Pb₂Cu(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)

Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA

picture covers 1mm in width, The Fornacite was verified by Mr Anthony Kampf
using (XRD) method to identify. photo taken with Canon rebel,bellows and
ext. tubes, Mike moore photo.

NK2-WCJBindheimite Pb₂Sb₂O₆O

Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA

Oxyplumboroméite with cerussite. The oxyplumboroméite ID is based solely on powder XRD by Dr Anthony Kampf. The oxyplumboroméiteis a dull earthy mustard yellow. The image is approx 4 mm across.
Taken with my Canon Rebel, and bellows

JA5-JN9Axinite-(Fe) Ca₂Fe²⁺Al₂BSi₄O₁₅OH

Jensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA

entire specimen is 1/2 inch long, given to me in 1981 by Al Ordway.
associated with Brucite (vibrous Var.)but untested. photo taken with a Canon
Rebel XTI, with Macro Lens, by Mike Moore

TVJ-TYEMuscovite KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂

Jensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA

this 5mm Muscovite Book,was origionally photographed by me, for Al Ordway, and appears in the Mineralogical Record in 1984, #5, volume 15, Sept.-Oct.Pg.284
now in my collection, and recently rephotographed. Associated with small
Schorl Tourmalines