Yves Masson's Photo Gallery

H7T-RW0Quartz SiO₂

Ihovitra, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar

Field of View: 170 mm

Collection and photo Yves Masson

NMF-K75Fluorite CaF₂

Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA

Field of View: 140 mm

Collection and photo Yves Masson

HK9-LC2Dolomite CaMg(CO₃)₂

Croix-de-Pallières, Saint-Félix-de-Pallières, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France

Field of View: 300 mm

This big sample contains 8 geodes with dolomite in rhomboedron crystallizations with different colors.
Collection and photos Yves Masson

WT1-AVHDolomite CaMg(CO₃)₂

Croix-de-Pallières, Saint-Félix-de-Pallières, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France

Field of View: 60 mm

Geode with light pink colored dolomite.
Collection and photo Yves Masson

V9M-QU3Dolomite CaMg(CO₃)₂ , Calcite CaCO₃

Croix-de-Pallières, Saint-Félix-de-Pallières, Le Vigan, Gard, Occitanie, France

Field of View: 70 mm

This geode is situated in a sample which has 3 dolomite geodes and one more with dolomite-calcite mixing.

P7G-RY0Calcite CaCO₃

La Sambre quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

Field of View: 170 mm

Collection and photo Yves Masson

YVF-4MRWulfenite Pb(MoO₄) , Fluorite CaF₂ , Baryte BaSO₄

Monterniers Mines, Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Field of View: 60 mm

Several red wulfenite crystals in middle of a fluorite and baryte base.
Collection and photo Yves Masson

8HD-GD4Wulfenite Pb(MoO₄) , Baryte BaSO₄ , Fluorite CaF₂

Monterniers Mines, Lantignié, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Field of View: 50 mm

Quite gemmy orange wulfenite crystal standing on a fluorite crystal lost in a baryte base showing spheres of leafs.
Collection and photo Yves Masson

J5A-U2WGypsum CaSO₄·2H₂O

Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco

Field of View: 240 mm

Nice classical ram horn white gypsum crystallization for that locality.
Collection and photos Yves Masson

2HW-56FGypsum CaSO₄·2H₂O

Las Amoladoras quarry, Verdegás, Alicante Co., Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Field of View: 150 mm

Elegant uncolored gemmy gypsum crystallization with different habitus, long prisms and tabular parallel growing. I have taken the sample with an exchange in the La Union saloon.
Collection and photo Yves Masson