Tony L. Potucek's Photo Gallery
PAE-09MQuartz SiO2 , Limonite
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 10.3 cm x 17.0 cm x 11.1 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 7 cm
Weight: 766 g
Quartz with limonite personally collected from the 232 X-Cut W. of the San Pedro Mine in 1972. TLP 417.
8L9-NPRQuartz SiO2 , Limonite
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 4.7 cm x 4.2 cm x 4.4 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 4.7 cm
Weight: 48.9 g
Quartz with limonite personally collected from the 232 X-Cut W. of the San Pedro Mine in 1971. TLP 886.
3J4-PUNQuartz SiO2 , Chlorite Group
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 4.3 cm x 3.2 cm x 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 4.3 cm
Weight: 14.1 g
Quartz included by a chlorite group mineral from the 32 Stope of the San Pedro Mine. Collected by Mike Sanders in 1988. TLP 890.
XFY-QY0Quartz (Var: Amethyst) SiO2 , Quartz SiO2 , Quartz (Var: Sceptre Quartz) SiO2
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 3.8 cm x 2.0 cm x 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 3.8 cm
Weight: 12.0 g
Quartz with quartz var. amethyst scepters personally collected in 1971 from the Spanish Workings of the San Pedro Mine. TLP 887.
GQV-FD4Quartz SiO2 , Calcite CaCO3
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 8.4 cm x 4.8 cm x 4.3 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 8 cm
Weight: 77.3 g
Quartz over calcite (repaired) personally collected from the 232 X-Cut W of the San Pedro Mine in 1972. TLP 536.
21R-4T8Quartz SiO2
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 5.4 cm x 9.9 cm x 7.1 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 0.75 cm
Weight: 218.6 g
A cluster of intergrown quartz crystals (almost all Japan Law twins) personally collected from the 10W Stope of the San Pedro Mine in 1971. TLP 892.
LAM-U6TPyrite FeS2
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 2.3 cm x 2.3 cm x 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 2.0 cm
Weight: 29.0 g
Pyrite personally collected in the lower portion of the 30 Stope at groundwater level in 1973. TLP 537.
5LJ-HLXChalcopyrite CuFeS2 , Quartz (Var: Amethyst) SiO2 , Calcite CaCO3
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 2.6 cm x 4.6 cm x 4.3 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 1 cm
Weight: 34.6 g
Chalcopyrite with quartz var. amethyst and calcite personally collected from the lower portion of the 30 Stope near groundwater level in 1973. TLP 888.
PWF-71GChalcopyrite CuFeS2 , Quartz SiO2
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 2.4 cm x 5.2 cm x 3.6 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 2.5 cm
Weight: 68.9 g
Chalcopyrite with quartz (Japan Law twins) personally collected from the 24 Stope of the San Pedro Mine in 1971. TLP 885.
HAW-N3YChalcopyrite CuFeS2 , Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USADimensions: 2.5 cm x 3.5 cm x 2.7 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 3.5 cm
Weight: 26.4 g
Chalcopyrite altering to malachite personally collected from the 30 Stope in the San Pedro Mine in 1972. TLP 883.