Sounion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Nice colorless sparys of Nesquehonite. Picture width is 2,5mm.

© Elmar Lackner 2009

Malachite in an interesting crystal form. Field of view: 6,0 mm Collection: Heinz Förch Phot: Gerhard Niceus

© geni

Crystals of (meta-)sideronatrite (depending on outside temperature and humidity).

© Branko Rieck

Picture width 3 mm. Collection and photo Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 11/2008

Nice light blue kapellasite from the type locality

© Branko Rieck

Well-formed crystals of metasideronatrite (SXRD- and EDS-analysed) from the first discovery of this mineral from the Lavrion mining district. This material was described in: Kolitsch, U., Rieck, B., Brandstätter, F., Schreiber, F., Fabritz, K. H., Blaß, G. & Gröbner, J. (2014): Neufunde aus dem altem Bergbau und den Schlacken von Lavrion ...

© K.H. Fabritz

FOV 2mm light green morenosite included in white aragonite from the locality that yielded great nesquehonite specimens.

© Branko Rieck

Blue-green masses of takovite with some smithsonite crystallizing in vugsö Picture width 15 mm.

© Elmar Lackner 2005

Collection Miguel Ángel F. Périz and photograph Juan Miguel.

© Branko Rieck

Very aesthetic specimen of coral-like branches of aragonite stained blue-green likely by copper compounds. No damage. Originally acquired from V. Yount. Ex. Dr. E. Sensel collection #M1096.

© 2002 John H. Betts

White and gray crystals of penfieldite, in slag. To the left and to the right, down, dominating the prismatic shape, while in the center there is a crystal that has a steep pyramid. Collection and photo of Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D610, bellows, Schneider Kreuznach 35mm; f: 4. Focal using 5.6.

Transparent prismatic nesquehonite with minute nickelhexahydrite dots. Collection and photo: Stephan Wolfsried. Sony Alpha 7R ii, bellows, Mitutoyo 20x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, Stack-Master linear actor, stack shot control.

© Stephan Wolfsried 12/2017

SEM micrograph (BSE) of sharp, pseudohexagonal tabular natrojarosite crystals. Representative sample of golden brown glittering masses several metres in size.

© Uwe Kolitsch

SEM micrograph (BSE) of sharp, pseudohexagonal tabular natrojarosite crystals. Representative sample of golden brown glittering masses several metres in size.

© Uwe Kolitsch

Yellowish, lath-shaped metasideronatrite crystals on crusts of brown-yellow natrojarosite (both XRD- and EDS-analysed). Collection Branko Rieck, photo Harald Schillhammer.

© Harald Schillhammer

1.96 mm tuft of Hemimorphite crystals. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

© Chinellato Matteo - Chinellatophoto.com

© Branko Rieck

Transparent prismatic nesquehonite. Collection and photo: Stephan Wolfsried. Sony Alpha 7R ii, bellows, Mitutoyo 20x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, Stack-Master linear actor, stack shot control.

© Stephan Wolfsried 12/2017

Bindheimite as a porous pseudomorph after bournonite. Found 2011 by myself.

Sheaf-like colourless fluorapatite aggregate (ca. 0.8 mm) on limonite. The brown-red aggregate on the upper left is a pseudomorph after an unknown precursor mineral. This material was described in: Rieck, B., Kolitsch, U., Voudouris, P., Giester, G., Tzeferis, P. (2022): Neubestimmungen aus dem Bergbaubezirk Lavrion, Griechenland. ...

© Uwe Kolitsch

SEM micrograph (BSE mode) of an aggregate of subparallel hexagonal prisms of fluorapatite. For a colour photo of similar aggregates see https://www.mindat.org/photo-1324515.html This material was described in: Rieck, B., Kolitsch, U., Voudouris, P., Giester, G., Tzeferis, P. (2022): Neubestimmungen aus dem Bergbaubezirk Lavrion, Griechenland. ...

© Uwe Kolitsch

Colorless platy hexagonal crystals.

© Italo Campostrini

SEM image of a tiny fragment of the specimen from the main picture. The image was taken with a JEOL SEM/EDX of the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography of the University of Vienna with the much appreciated help of Dr. Michael A. Götzinger. Size information included in the picture.

© Branko Rieck

Bubbly to botryoidal crystals/crystalline crust of dypingite (easily confused with brianyoungite), field of view approx. 3 mm, shot at 38X. A. Plante collection.

© 2002 by Alan Plante. All rights reserved.

Field of view is 7mm. Photographer and collection O. Dziallas

© O. Dziallas 2005

FOV 5mm Sep.2000

© Branko Rieck

Blue-green rosasite on “Wad” matrix FOV: 5mm

© Branko Rieck

Malachite sprays to 1mm. Colleen Thomson collection & photo.

© Colleen Thomson 2002

Needles of kapellasite. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne

Specimen width 9 cms. Aurichalcite on smithsonite. Collected by Dr. Henry Johnston-Lavis. Photographed by Daniel Howard.

© Geology Collections. University College London.

Pale-blue mass of Takovite. Size: 2,5 x 2 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M

© Arliguie M

Picture width is 5mm. Pale green masses of Morenosite.

© Elmar Lackner 2007

Image width 2mm. Crystalline masses of rounded duftite on a druse of azurite crystals. Collected 2005.

© Steve Rust

Numerous small prismatic crystals, with the typical morphology, of phosgenite aggregates in order to recreate a previous crystal, larger, probably of phosgenite. So you can think of a case of phosgenite after phosgenite. Collection and photo of Gianfranco Ciccolini. Nikon D610, bellows, Schneider Kreuznach 35mm; f: 4. Focal using 5.6.

Blue acicular xls of Kapellasite. Field of view 6 mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.

© Leon Hupperichs

3.05 mm group of Hemimorohite crystals. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato

© Chinellato Matteo - ChinellatoPhoto.com

Malachite sprays to 1mm. Colleen Thomson collection & photo.

© Colleen Thomson 2002

Exceptionally well developed spray of aurichalcite crystals.

© Branko Rieck

Image width 6mm. Divergent lath-like crystals of aurichalcite on a goethite matrix. Collected 2005.

© Steve Rust

FOV 12mm Aug.1994

© Branko Rieck

Smithsonite totally covering fluorite crystals. The yellow color of smithsonite is due to μm scale greenockite inclusions detected using SEM-EDS. Size of sample: 5x3,7x3,5 cm Self collected on August 2011.

© Michael Samouhos lavrionminerals.com

Dendritic, intense blue sky to turquoise Kapellasite with dark green spheroidal Paratacamite, from the TL. 4x3 mm the field in photo. In my personal Laurion Suite. Photo Simone Citon.

© Simone Citon

FOV 10mm Aug.1990

© Branko Rieck

FOV 8mm

© Branko Rieck

White needles of artinite and an undefined light blue mineral. FOV: 1.5mm

© Branko Rieck

Diaboleite crystal associated with langite. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne 2007

SEM image of a tiny fragment of the specimen from the main picture. The image was taken with a JEOL SEM/EDX of the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography of the University of Vienna with the much appreciated help of Dr. Michael A. Götzinger. Size information included in the picture.

© Branko Rieck

Multiply twinned marcasite Nikon D200, Zerene Stacker FOV: 5mm

© Branko Rieck

Picture width 3 mm. Collection and foto Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 10/2007

Field of view 4 mm.

© Leon Hupperichs

FOV 1,5mm

© Branko Rieck

Green banded cuprian smithsonite encloses a vug of clear transparent hemimorphite. FOV: 8mm

© Branko Rieck

FOV 2mm

© Branko Rieck

Two very transparent fluorite crystals (1 cm each) and some smaller on matrix. Water-clear fluorite specimens are rare in Lavrion and the world's best specimens come from Dalnegorsk. Self collected on September 2011.

© Michael Samouhos lavrionminerals.com

Apple green flower-like smithsonite aggregates to 7 mm on quartz matrix. sample's dimensions: 7x5x5.5 cm.

Cumengite crystals blue on Matlockite crystals white,p.w. 0.98 mm,coll.& photo Ko Jansen.

© Ko Jansen

Crude but typical Kapellasite from TL. Picture width is 2,5mm.

© Elmar Lackner 2008

Field of view 4 mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.

© Leon Hupperichs

This piece is a wonderful floater that consists mainly of crystallized Fluorite. The crystals are max. 1,5 cm large and show a light violet color. Om the backside they're partly overgrown by Aragonite as yellow-brownish aggregations, a very attractive combination. The Fluorite has intensive stepped faces with interesting etching-figures. It's ...

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blue Aurichalcite with colorless Smithsonite; Field of view: 10 mm.

© Daniel Lunau

Two cubes of boleite on white calcite FOV: 1.5mm

© Branko Rieck

Platy steel gray barite in “roses” on calcite. FOV: 7mm

© Branko Rieck

Dypingite (as labelled, but remains "questionable" to me) Field is 2.1mm large Zeiss luminar 25mm on bellows + nikon D5100. Combine Z Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 4162)

© Chollet Pascal

FOV 5mm Aug.2004

© Branko Rieck

Red quartz crystals (probably colored by hematite inclusions) on gossan matrix. FOV: 2mm

© Branko Rieck

FOV 3mm aug.2000

© Branko Rieck

Gordaite crystals Field is 1,85mm large Zeiss luminar 25mm on bellows + nikon D5100. Combine Z Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 4163)

© Chollet Pascal

© Michael Pfeil

Paratacamite (or possibly clinoatacamite) spherules (visual identification + HCl test to exclude carbonate) Field is 2,6mm large Zeiss Luminar 25mm on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Obtained From J.-V. Coureau Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 5615)

© Chollet Pascal

FOV 2.4x1.6mm. Collection C. Mavris. Photo D. Cericola

FOV 5mm

© Branko Rieck

Elongated blue crystals of bobkingite (SXRD-analysed) with greenish herbertsmithite. This specimen is a present from Heinz Fabritz. Photo Harry Schillhammer. This photo was originally published in: Kolitsch, U., Rieck, B., Brandstätter, F., Schreiber, F., Fabritz, K. H., Blaß, G. & Gröbner, J. (2014): Neufunde aus dem alten Bergbau und ...

© Harald Schillhammer

An extreme rarity at Lavrion: pyromorphite (PXRD- and EDS-analysed by Uwe Kolitsch). Collection and photo Karl Heinz Fabritz.

© Karl Heinz Fabritz

FOV 8mm Aug.1990

© Branko Rieck