Dewey-White Swan prospects, Caballo Mountains Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Brown prisms of vanadinite with colorless calcite crystals. In the collection of Ray Demark.
Group of cuprian descloizite crystals. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.
© Brent Thorne
Vanadinite, Palomas Gap area, FOV 8 mm.
© Frank L. Murray
Vanadinite crystals Enrico Bonacina photo Paolo Capitanio collection
© Enrico Bonacina
These dark brown to black crystals belong to the descloizite-mottramite series. They were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
These green mottramites are replacing vanadinite. Their streak is a green-yellow. They were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
These orange wulfenites were collected on 6/9/2017 at the White-Swan prospect.
These very dark descloizites were picked up from the give-away table at the 2017 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show micromineral room.
These orange vanadinites were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
These three orange vanadinite crystals and white calcite were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
This brown wulfenite was collected on 6/9/2017 at the White-Swan prospect.
This white calcite and orange vanadinites were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
This green malachite was collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
These dark brown to black descloizites and white calcite rhombs were collected on 6/9/2017.
These yellowish wulfenites were collected on 6/9/2017.
This orange wulfenite and white calcite were collected on 6/9/2017 at the White-Swan prospect.
These light yellow vanadinites were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
These hollow brown vanadinites on white calcite were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
These brown vanadinites and white calcites were obtained from the give-away table at the 2017 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show micro room. Some of the calcites are quite heavily etched.
These light yellow vanadinites and white calcites were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
These white vanadinites and colorless calcites were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017. I'm really not sure if the white prismatic crystals are still vanadinite or not. They are hollow with shredded faces.
These brown vanadinites on white calcite were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
This orange/brown wulfenite was collected on 6/9/2017 at the White-Swan prospect.
These dark brown/black spears of descloizite-mottramite series and white quartz were collected at the Dewey prospect on 4/19/2021.
Dense cluster of intergrown vanadinite crystals collected on 30 September 2020 from the Dewey Mine dumps
These orange vanadinites and white baryte were collected from the Dewey Mine dumps on 3/19/2021.
Botryoidal goethite coating calcite. Collected on 30 September 2020 from the White Swan Mine dumps. I initially thought this might be manganese oxides, but the streak is yellowish brown.
These yellow vanadintes on calcite were collected at the White Swan prospect on 6/9/2017.
These green spears of malachite were collected at the White Swan prospect on 4/19/2021.
These brown vanadinites and white calcites were collected on 10/29/2021 at the Dewey prospect.
These black balls of goethite were collected at the White Swan prospect on 4/19/2021.
Fine vanadinite needles in calcite. Collected on 30 September 2020 from the White Swan Mine dumps.
This irridescent goethite was collected at the White Swan prospect on 4/19/2021.
These vanadinite crystals were collected at the Dewey Mine on 3/19/2021.
Hoppered vanadinite crystals collected on 30 September 2020 from the Dewey Mine dumps
These two yellowish-brown vanadinites and the black galena were collected at the Dewey prospect on 10/29/2021.
These brown wulfenites were collected at the Dewey prospect on 4/19/2021.
This stack of brown wulfenite crystals was collected at the Dewey prospect on 4/19/2021.
These whitish/yellowish vanadinite crystals were collected at the White Swan prospect on 4/19/2021.
These yellow/brown crystals of wulfenite were collected at the Dewey prospect on 4/19/2021.
These yellowish bipyramidal wulfenites were collected at the Dewey prospect on 4/19/2021.
These brown vanadinite crystals were collected at the White Swan prospect on 4/19/2021.
These brown bi-pyramidal crystals of wulfenite were collected at the Dewey prospect on 4/19/2021.
These yellowish wulfenites were collected at the Dewey prospect on 4/19/2021.
This is a view of some of the dumps with the Caballo Mountains in the background.
This is a view of a shaft.