Capgaronnite

Black capgaronnite needles with minor reddish perroudite. Ex Iltis collection. Collection and photo Stephan Wolfsried.

© Stephan Wolfsried 12/2019

Capgaronnite in yellow (!) needles. The mineral occurs in a vug also containing chlorargyrite and calomel. Height of picture 2 mm. Analyzed specimen (XRD/EDS).

© Georges FAVREAU 2009

Black capgaronnite crystals. Bausch & Lomb 50x on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z. Obtained from Jean-Marie Claude. Photo & collection Chollet Pascal. (# 2798)

© Chollet Pascal

Black prismatic capgaronnite crystal. Sony Alpha 7R IV A /Mitutoyo Plan Apo X 20 / Achromatic doublet retro/"Stone Master Stack Unit" Linear-actor & Control/ Aperture. Photo & Collection Christophe Boutry /June 2025.

© Christophe Boutry

Black prismatic capgaronnite and red acicular perroudite; the tiny colourless corderoite is in the center of the right capgaronnite group. Info Mme Iltis. Collection and Photo Stephan Wolfsried. Sony Nex 7, bellows, Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 20x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, THK linear actor, stack shot control.

© Stephan Wolfsried 6/2015

Tiny black needles of capgaronnite (XEDS analyzed) from the Adolf mine in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary. Photographed with a Nikon Z7 camera using a Mitutoyo 20x lens, iris, Raynox DCR150, extension tubes, bellows, and a StackShot rail. Composite of 51 images stacked with Helicon Focus. Chris Emproto photo. Keywords: silver, mercury, ...

© Chris Emproto

Group of small black capgaronnite crystals in a sandstone cavity. The white micro fibers are Olivenite. Origin: northern part of the mine zone P50/51. Photograph by my friend Gérard DUBOIS and collection jm. CLAUDE.

© Gerard DUBOIS and Jean-Marie CLAUDE

Black capgaronnite crystals with red perroudite Field is 0,49mm large JML20x on bellows + Nikon D5100. Combine Z Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0706)

© Chollet Pascal

Black capgaronnite and red perroudite. JML20x on bellows + Nikon D3300. Helicon focus. Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 7047).

© Chollet Pascal

Picture width 0,8 mm. Collection and photograph Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 2006

Field of view: 0.8mm Collection and photo: Marko Burkhardt

© Marko Burkhardt

Very small black prismatic crystals of capgaronnite. Picture size 0.7 mm. Photographer and collection Thomas Witzke.

© Thomas Witzke and Abraxas-Verlag

Very pretty cluster of capgaronnite crystals of Capgaronnite grouped as "hedgehog". Group length approximately 0,10 mm.Origin: northern part of the mine. Another red mineral is linked to this capgaronnite (unnamed this day 16.06.08) Photograph by Pascal CHOLLET Zeiss luminar 16mm on 2 bellows and several extension rings + Nikon D1x Collection ...

© Pascal CHOLLET

Rich specimen of capgaronnite in acicular crystals (the mineral is yellow). Some calomel is visible in the upper left and right corners (lighter rounded masses). Specimen analyzed through XRD. SEM picture by Bertrand Devouard - Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans - Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand (OPGC). Size is indicated by ...

Field of view 0.6 mm. Photo JC Dol collection Guy Bernadi.

Black capgaronnite crystals. The sample also contains cavities with perroudite and olivenite. Group dimension 0,15 to 0,20 mm. Origin: northern part of the mine. Photograph and collection: jm. Claude.

© Jean-Marie Claude

Field of view: 2 mm Collection: Georges Favreau Photo: JM Johannet

© Jean-Marc Johannet

Capgaronnite (black crystals) with perroudite (red crystals). Field of view = 1 mm. Coll. VGC Photo Pierre Clolus

© Pierre Clolus 2009

Black Capgarronite xls beside red Perroudites. Picture width 1 mm. Collection and photo Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 6/2008

Black Capgarronite xls beside red Perroudites. Picture width 1 mm. Collection and photo Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 6/2008

Very small black capgaronnite needle in a micro cavity of the conglomerate. Picture width approximately 1 mm. Origin : northern part of the mine. Photograph and collection jm.CLAUDE .

© Jean-Marie Claude

Very small black capgaronnite needles in a micro cavity measuring about 0,5 mm. Origin: northern part of the mine. Photograph and collection jm.CLAUDE

© Jean-Marie Claude

small group of black crystals (0.20mm) with olivenite. Origin: northern part of the mine.( pillar between areas 50/51 ) Photograph and collection jm.CLAUDE

© Jean-Marie Claude

Picture width 1 mm. Collection and photo Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 6/2009

Black Capgaronnites beside red Perroudites. Picture width 0,6 mm. Collection and photo Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 5/2009

Very small black capgaronnite needles in a micro cavity measuring about 0,75 mm. Origin: northern part of the mine. Photograph and collection jm.CLAUDE

© Jean-Marie.Claude

The SEM image shows Capgaronnite, first find for Chile. Brown crystals in the Perroudite-paragenesis, EDX 236 (by Joy Desor and me), crystal shape (REM-foto by Joy Desor) fits to Capgaronnite, not Iltisite.

© Joy Desor

Sony Nex 7, bellows, Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 20x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, THK linear actor, stack shot control. Collection and Photo Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 6/2015

Black capgaronnite with reddish brown iltisite. Picture taken with Zeiss Discovery V20, Plan Apo S 3.5 x mono.

© Carsten Slotta / MinTreasure.com

Black capgaronnite crystals with red perroudite Field is 0,50mm large JML20x on bellows + Nikon D5100. Zerene stacker Photo & collection Chollet Pascal (# 0706)

© Chollet Pascal

Capgaronnite is extremely light-sensitive. There was a reasonable area of yellow-green capgaronnite after being lightly rubbed on the specimen photographed. But this had almost completely turned black by the time the photograph was taken. If you look really closely, you can just make out a small area of greenish material (indicated by the green ...

© Steve Sorrell

Small monocrystal of capgaronnite, in a sandstone cavity. Origin of works north mine, pillars area 50/51 Collected in 08/1980. Photo by my friend Gérard DUBOIS Collection: CLAUDE. jm Petit monocristal de capgaronnite ,dans une cavité du grès. Origine travaux mine nord , zone piliers 50/51 Collecté en 08/1980. Photo par mon ami ...

© DUBOIS Gérard and CLAUDE jean marie

80 μm capgaronnite prism, black and shiny, on matrix. Specimen purchased from Sönke Stolze in June 2024. Nikon Coolpix 4500 camera with Nikon E PLAN 10X biological microscope objective, extension tube and 10X eyepiece directly attached to the camera. Stack of 31 images.

Capgaronnite is extremely light-sensitive. There was a reasonable area of yellow-green capgaronnite after being lightly rubbed on the specimen photographed. But this had almost completely turned black by the time the photograph was taken. If you look really closely, you can just make out a small area of greenish material (indicated by the green ...

© Steve Sorrell

Black tiny capgaronnite crystals in vug. Olympus OM DE M5 Mark II /Mitutoyo Plan Apo X 20/Raynox Dcr 250 Retro/Stack Unit Linear-actor & Control/ Aperture. Photo & Collection: Christophe Boutry.

© Christophe Boutry

Black capgaronnite crystals & orange perroudite sprays. White fibers could be olivenite. Sony Alpha 7R IV A /Mitutoyo Plan Apo X 20 / Achromatic doublet retro/"Stone Master Stack Unit" Linear-actor & Control/ Aperture. Photo & Collection Christophe Boutry / June 2025.

© Christophe Boutry

Black prismatic capgaronnite crystal on matrix. Sony Alpha 7R ii/Mitutoyo Plan Apo X 20/Raynox DCR 250 retro/StackUnit "Stone Master" Linear-actor & Control/Aperture. Photo & Collection: Christophe Boutry.

© Christophe Boutry

Capgaronnite on yellow gartrellite - both SEM-EDS analysed at "Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans - Université de Clermont-Ferrand" by Pascal Chollet & Yannick Vessely. Macro Nikkor 19mm on bellows + Nikon D3300. Combine Z. Self collected 1987. Photo & collection Chollet Pascal. (# 0737)

© Chollet Pascal

Black prismatic capgaronnite crystals & probably olivenite fibers. Sony Alpha 7R IV A /Mitutoyo Plan Apo X 20 / Raynox DCR 150/"Stone Master Stack Unit" linear-actor & Control. Photo & Collection Christophe Boutry / november 2025.

© Christophe Boutry

Capgaronnite from Cap Garonne Mine - Var (France). Collection & photo : Cédric Lheur (ex. Antoine Iltis).

© Cédric LHEUR

Capgaronnite from Cap Garonne Mine - Var (France). Collection & photo : Cédric Lheur (ex. Antoine Iltis). For a biography on Antoine Iltis, please see here: https://www.mindat.org/article.php/5711/Tribute+to+Antoine+ILTIS+%281942-2022%29

© Cédric Lheur

Double-terminated crystal of capgaronnite from the Cap Garonne mine - Var (France). SEM image : Cédric Lheur.

© Cédric Lheur

Capgaronnite from Cap Garonne Mine - Var (France). Collection & photo : Cédric Lheur (ex. Antoine Iltis).

© Cédric Lheur

The data indicate a major element chemistry of Ag, Hg, S, and Cl, consistent with capgaronnite/iltisite.

© Chris Emproto