Bechererite

Beautiful barrels of bechererite, deep in a vug. Associated with elyite and two as yet undescribed species. Collected 11-8-2020 with permission.

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Ice blue-colourless tiny prismatic crystals of bechererite with balls of white hemimorphite on cerussite.

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Bechererite overgrown on namuwite with cerussite, area 3mm. Steve Rust photo & collection

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Tiny clusters of Bechererite in parallel growth crystal bundles and radial prismatic groups. Associated with translucent grey to white balls of Hemimorphite, with flaky raged colourless crystals of Hydrocerussite.

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SEM photograph, probably a S.Rust or Mike Rothwell specimen.

© The late Mike Rothwell

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Low magnification SEM micrograph. Photographer:M.Rothwell Collector:R.Bell R.Bell collection

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0.7mm crystal group with susannite. Steve Rust photo & collection

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Pale green parallel and sub-parallel crystals of Bechererite with strings of probable colourless 'silica gel'

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A 1.2mm area of bechererite, only about 10 examples have been found at this mine.

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A tiny double terminated crystal of bechererite. The crystal form shows very well its crystal habit relationship to spangolite. Collected.

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White-colourless -light blue intergrown-divergent prismatic crystals of Bechererite, with white balls of Hemimorphite. Rare prismatic crystals of colourless-very pale yellow Susannite, tiny drusy Anglesite crystals formed directly on the corroded galena.

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Colourless-white to pale blue-green radial groups of Bechererite with translucent white botryoidal Hemimorphite.

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Field of view 6 mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.

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Blue-green prismatic cone-like crystals to 0.2mm on creamy undefined botryoidal mineral.

© Steve Rust

© Steve Rust

© Steve Rust

6mm area of aggregated prismatic crystals, with the odd ball of grey-white hemimorphite.

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Druse prismatic crystals of bechererite with blocky crystals of susannite. Area 4mm.

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Area 5mm.

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A 0.6mm long group of thin petal like crystals, with possible green redgillite, on cerussite. Collected 2006. From the same specimen as the tiny crystal of bechererite.

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A 0.5mm sq area of probable crystalline green redgillite. With a light blue crystal of bechererite showing only its pinacoid termination. The image also shows scattered colourless crystals of leadhillite. Collected 2006.

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Groups of prismatic cone-like crystals of Becherite with a single prismatic white translucent Susannite crystal. Platy crystals of pale blue Schulenbergite concentrated at the bottom left. The yellow mineral is undefined.

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Pale green crusts of microcrystals of Bechererite, with blue Linarite and clear, reflective Leadhillite, 4mm field of view. Former Peter Kolesar collection. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

Width 4mm. Blue tiny drusey crystals of bechererite with balls of white brianyoungite on cerussite.

© Steve Rust

Image width about 3mm. Showing clusters of blue-green bechererite crystals on typical quartz matrix. A rich example of the species.

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Blue green bechererite on quartz. Associated minerals, not in the photograph, include, brochantite, cerussite, and linarite. Acquired from Nothern Minerals. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne 2017

Image width about 3-4mm. Showing very pale green bechererite with creamy yellow acicular crystal of hydrocerussite.

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Pale green crusts of elongated microcrystals of Bechererite with blue Linarite crystals, 4mm field of view. Former Peter Kolesar collection. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

Unusual crystals of probable namuwite sheeved in blue bechererite, with minute prismatic crystals of bechererite grown at right angles to the major namuwite face.

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F.o.V.3x2mm. Dave Evans photo and collection.

Pale bluegreen bechererite crystals with minor violet elite fibres. Collection and photo Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 1/2022

Light blue Bechererite F o v mm 3,00 x mm 4,00 Photo with Canon Eos 600 D + Bellows + Rodenstock Rodagon 35 mm 1:4,00 reversed processed by Helicon Focus and Filter Photo and collection Giovanni Scapin

Small, light blue bechereite crystals. FOV 0.75mm. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne 2010

Hexagonal plates of bechererite on a white matrix. Associated mineral, not in the photograph, is linarite. Acquired from New Brand Minerals. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne 2018

Minute pale blue hexagonal barrels of bechererite on a ball of susannite. Associated with steverustite, caledonite and redgillite. Collected 9-2-2018.

© 2018 Jason B. Smith

dimension area mm. 1 x 1 photo G. Fretti collection Luigi Chiappino

Pale green crusts of elongated microcrystals of Bechererite with blue Linarite crystals, 4mm field of view. Former Peter Kolesar collection. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

Pale blue tapering bechererite on decomposed quartz-galena-chalcopyrite matrix from the Redmond Mine. XEDS confirmed on a Zeiss Supra-35VP SEM at the Center for Advanced Microscopy and Imaging at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Imaged using a Nikon DS-Ri1 camera with NIS Elements image processing software. Collected by Jason B. Smith and sent ...

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Light blue bechererite crystals. Associated minerals, not in the photograph, include, cerussite, covellite, galena, schulenbergite, and susannite. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

© Brent Thorne 2012

Pale blue bechererite in slag from the South Mine slag dumps. Width of view 3.5mm. Stack of 35 images.

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A micro-photograph of a cavity 1cm long composed of two stitched together images. Bechererite bow-tie crystal groups to about 0.5mm.

© Steve Rust

A small group of whitish-blue rounded crystals. Collected by and a gift from Steve Rust. Richard Green collection and photo. Modified by CombineZP

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A minute ~0.2mm crystal of Bechererite forms a double-terminated cone-inverted cone configuration. With 'circular' platy crystal crystals of the same mineral and very thin-bladed crystals of Caledonite, and creamy-coloured Susannite in a Quartz-Covelline matrix.

© Steve Rust

White to blue crystals of Bechererite with tiny crystals of Anglesite, the odd scattered crystal of Susannite with a rounded form, and a small area of grey-white botryoidal Hemimorphite. The yellow mineral is undetermined but might be a gel-like mineral.

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Two pale blue-colourless clusters of cone-like crystals of Bechererite with scattered blue Langite crystal, white crusts of Hemimorphite, and as blue spherulites, tiny bladed white Anglesite crystals are also scattered over the matrix.

© Steve Rust

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The thin disc crystal is undetermined but may be Caledonite similar to a specimen from the Frongoch mine also in Wales.

© Steve Rust

Very small, pale blue pseudo-hexagonal prismatic crystals of Bechererite associated with deep purple fibrous masses of Elyite. Collection and photo: Giuseppe Finello.

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The specimen was part of an old micromount collection from the 1970s and 1980s, that I acquired a few years ago, but I had it analyzed just recently. The ID was EDX and Raman confirmed. Collection and photo Henk Smeets

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Typical cone-like crystals of colourless-white sky-blue Bechererite with some patches of blue Hemimorphite and colourless crystals of platy Susannite crystals.

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The thin disc crystal is undetermined but may be Caledonite similar to a specimen from the Frongoch mine also in Wales.

© Steve Rust

Green spheres made of micro crystals of bechererite. Former Peter Kolesar collection. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

Typical aggregated cone-like crystals of Bechererite with blue-to-white botryoidal Hemimorphite and corroded Anglesite. Also on the specimen are thin platy blue crystals which may be Bechererite replaced crystals of 'Namuwite'.

© Steve Rust

Groups of prismatic cone-like crystals of Bechererite with a single prismatic white translucent Susannite crystal. Platy crystals of pale blue Schulenbergite concentrated at the bottom left. The yellow mineral is undefined.

© Steve Rust

Green spheres made of micro crystals of bechererite. Former Peter Kolesar collection. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.

Colourless pyramidal cone-like crystal of Bechererite takes center stage with emerald green Lautenthalite, white tabular Susannite and white mostly corroded Anglesite on the Goethite-Sphalerite matrix.

© Steve Rust

© Steve Rust

Two pale blue-colourless clusters of cone-like crystals of Bechererite with scattered blue Langite crystal, white crusts of Hemimorphite, and as blue spherulites, tiny bladed white Anglesite crystals are also scattered over the matrix.

© Steve Rust

Two pale blue-colourless clusters of cone-like crystals of Bechererite with scattered blue Langite crystal, white crusts of Hemimorphite, and as blue spherulites, tiny bladed white Anglesite crystals are also scattered over the matrix.

© Steve Rust

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© Steve Rust

Two pale blue-colourless clusters of cone-like crystals of Bechererite with scattered blue Langite crystal, white crusts of Hemimorphite, and as blue spherulites, tiny bladed white Anglesite crystals are also scattered over the matrix.

© Steve Rust

Two pale blue-colourless clusters of cone-like crystals of Bechererite with scattered blue Langite crystal, white crusts of Hemimorphite, and as blue spherulites, tiny bladed white Anglesite crystals are also scattered over the matrix.

© Steve Rust

Of note is the long prismatic habit of the Bechererite, associated with a white replacement of Anglesite.

© Steve Rust

A druse of Bechererite on Sphalerite with Goethite and Quartz.

© Steve Rust

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Here is a small thumbnail piece of bechererite and linarite (x70 is on the label next to the name) from Frongoch Mine, Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion, Wales. Found by the late Harry Critchley in 2006. Purchased from a family friend of Harry on ebay.

© Steve Rust

© Steve Rust

A nice blue Bechererite crystal from Redmond mine, one of my favorite mines, which has lots of interesting copper minerals. My personal collection, which came from Jason Smith in 2025. This is a gift from Jason. Thanks to Jason!

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Bechererite (pale blue-green hexagons) and siligiite (white sprays) on chalcopyrite-sphalerite-galena matrix. The specimen was obtained from Jason Smith, who discovered these materials.

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