"G " Mineral Photos (148)
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Gabrielsonite
Comments: Jet black, lustrous crystal grain, showing no faces, fractured to about 0.75mm with white pectolite-hematite matrix.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden.
Scale: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Gadolinite-(Ce) Image |
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Gagarinite-(Y) Image |
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Gageite Image |
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Gageite
Comments: Preserved sprays of inesite completely replaced by tan-colored gageite crystals.
Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Scale: 5 x 4.6 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Gahnite
Comments: Optical micrograph of gahnite (blue) + Na-Ca-Li mica pseudomorph after staurolite in calcite matrix pigmented with brownish Fe-(hydr)oxide. (AmMin, 88:794).
Location: Diaspore-bearing metabauxite from East Samos (Greece).
Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist |
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Gaidonnayite Image |
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Gaitite Image |
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Galaxite Image |
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Galeite Image |
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Galena
Comments: Galena on pyrrhotite. The crystals of galena reach to 1.5 cm across. All are cubic with octahedral modifications.
Location: Dal'Negorsk, Russia.
Scale: 8x10 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Galena Image |
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Galenobismutite Image |
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Galkhaite
Comments: Cherry red crystals of galkhaite on matrix.
Location: Getchell mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA.
Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
© John Veevaert |
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Gallite
Comments: A mixture of massive high grade ore with grains of gallite (gray) occuring with germanite and renierite. Most of what can be seen is the renierite, which has reddish and purple iridescence.
Location: Tsumeb, Namibia.
Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Gamagarite Image |
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Ganomalite Image |
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Ganophyllite Image |
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Ganophyllite Image |
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Ganophyllite
Comments: SEM image of a ganophyllite crystal. (AmMin, 88:1325).
Location: Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia, Italy.
Scale: Scale bar 100 µ-m.
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Ganterite Image |
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Ganterite
Comments: Black and white thin-section micrograph of ganterite in white mica schist (sample SS9787) (S.Gt: synkinematic ganterite; P.Gt: postkinematic ganterite. (CanMin 41:1284).
Location: Metamorphosed basement rocks from the Berisal Complex, Simplon Region, Switzerland.
Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist |
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Garronite Image |
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Gartrellite
Comments: Lime green gartrellite on matrix associated with mimetite. Former Mart?n Oliete Fontela collection.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.
Scale: 6x4x3 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Garyansellite Image |
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Gaspeite Image |
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Gatumbaite Image |
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Gaudefroyite Image |
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Gaudefroyite
Comments: Dark gray, prismatic gaudefroyite with crystals to 1.5 cm.
Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Scale: 7.8 x 4.2 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Gaylussite Image |
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Gearksutite Image |
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Gedrite Image |
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Gehlenite Image |
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Gehlenite Image |
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Gehlenite
Comments: Contact area between vesuvianite (right) and gehlenite (left). Note the lamellae of clintonite included mainly in the gehlenite crystals (CanMin v. 41. p 1259).
Location: Skarns along the contact of a diorite intrusion at Oravit?a, Banat, in Romania.
Scale: Image size 2.7 mm.
© Canadian Mineralogist |
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Geigerite
Comments: Small, brownish grains of transparent geigerite (see lower image) in a silicous breccia.
Location: Mt. Nero Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spieza, Italy.
Scale: 3.5 x 1.5 cm.
© Rich Geiger |
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Geikielite
Comments: Black, lustrous crystals of geikielite in matrix.
Location: Monte dei tre Abati, Coli, Piacenza Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Scale: Picture size 2.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Geminite
Comments: Pale greenish crystals of geminite with a light blue, lavendulane-related mineral.
Location: Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein area, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Genthelvite Image |
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Geocronite Image |
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Geocronite
Comments: Many black geocronite crystals intergrown in milky quartz(?) matrix.
Location: Sala Silver Mine, Sala, V?stmanland, Sweden.
Scale: 17x17x12 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Georgeericksenite
Comments: Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photomicrograph of part of a georgeericksenite aggregate: note the cracking of the crystals due to H2O loss under the SEM vacuum. (AmMin 83:391).
Location: Museum specimen labeled as originating from Oficina Chacabuco, Chile..
Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist |
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Georgeite Image |
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Georgiadesite Image |
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Gerasimovskite Image |
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Gerhardtite Image |
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Germanite Image |
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Gersdorffite
Comments: Massive to coarse-grained lead-gray gersdorffite crystals.
Location: Ait Ahmane Mine, Bou Azzer, Anti Atlas Mts., Morocco.
Scale: Not Given.
© John Veevaert |
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Gerstleyite
Comments: Small prismatic crystals and massive cinnabar-red gerstleyite on matrix.
Location: Baker mine, U.S. Borax Mine, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Getchellite
Comments: Bright red getchellite on matrix.
Location: Khaidarkan (Chaidarkan) Sb-Hg deposit, Fergana Valley, Osh District, Kyrgyzstan.
Scale: Picture size 7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Gianellaite Image |
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Gibbsite Image |
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Gibbsite
Comments: Transparent to white, tabular-prismatic gibbsite crystals.
Location: Saga Quarry, Langesundfjord, Oslo Region, Norway.
Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
© John Veevaert |
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Gibbsite Doyleite
Comments: Botryoidal spheres of doyleite growing along with its dimorph gibbsite. Analysis shows that doyleite dominates the mix. There are also minor canary yellow phlogopite crystals.
Location: Baoshan, Yunnan, China.
Scale: 8 x 6.5 x 1.9 cm.
© Fabre Minerals |
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Giessenite Image |
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Gilalite Image |
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Gilalite
Comments: Green spherical crystals of gilalite to 0.3mm in grape-like bunches.
Location: Christmas mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Gillespite Bigcreekite Sanbornite
Comments: Tiny white, spherical patterns, halo-like crystals of bigcreekite to about 0.5mm and reddish gillespite in a matrix of pale yellowish sanbornite.
Location: Trumbull Peak, Mariposa Co., California, United States.
Scale: 2.5 x 2 x 2cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Gilmarite Image |
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Gilmarite
Comments: Scanning electron image of prismatic gilmarite crystals (Eur. J. Mineral, 11:549).
Location: Roua deposit, Guillaumes municipality, about 50 km from Nice, France.
Scale: Picture size 80 µm.
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Giniite Image |
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Ginorite Image |
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Giorgiosite Image |
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Girdite Image |
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Girvasite Image |
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Gismondine Image |
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Gittinsite Image |
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Giuseppettite Image |
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Gjerdingenite-Fe Image |
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Gjerdingenite-Fe Ralstonite
Comments: SEM photomicrograph of gjerdingenite-Fe. The mineral is dusted with tiny crystals of two phases. At high magnification, one of them is seen to form cubes and is probably ralstonite.
Location: Gjerdingselva, Lunner, Oppland, Oslo Region, Norway.
Scale: Crystal length 0.5 mm.
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Gladite Image |
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Gladite
Comments: Bluish-gray prismatic crystal of gladite on calcite.
Location: Holzm?hlental quarry, Flechtingen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Gladiusite
Comments: Radiating group of dark olive-greenish acicular crystals of gladiusite on matrix.
Location: Kovdor Mine, Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia.
Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Gladiusite
Comments: SEM photomicrograph showing the morphology of the free-standing crystals of gladiusite. (CanMin v. 38, p 1480).
Location: Kovdor alkaline-ultramafic complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist |
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Glauberite Image |
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Glauberite Image |
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Glaucocerinite Image |
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Glaucochroite Image |
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Glaucodot Image |
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Glauconite Image |
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Glaucophane Image |
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Glaukosphaerite Image |
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Glucine Image |
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Glushinskite
Comments: SEM photo of two large euhedral glushinskite crystals partially embedded in the dried, rotten saguaro matrix. (AmMin, 88:1883).
Location: Crystals associated with the remains of a saguaro, Carnegiea gigantea from south and west central Arizona.
Scale: Scale bar 150 µ-m.
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Gobbinsite Image |
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Godovikovite Image |
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Goedkenite Image |
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Goethite Image |
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Goethite Laubmannite
Comments: Reddish brown goethite hosting radiating sprays of olive green laubmannite to 3 cm across.
Location: Buckeye Mountain, Polk County, Arkansas, USA.
Scale: 10.5 x 7.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Gold Silver
Comments: Very well crystallized Electrum (Silver rich gold) on quartz. The analysis gave 31.47% silver.
Location: Verespatak (now Rosia Montana), Transylvania, Romania.
Scale: 2.8 x 3.4 cm.
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Gold
Comments: Well crystallized bright metallic gold specimen.
Location: Red Ledge mine, Nevada Co., California.
Scale: 3.5 x 6 cm in size.
© Dan Weinrich |
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Gold Isomertieite Arsenopalladinite Bornite
Comments: Light grayish grain of intimately intergrown isomertieite and arsenopalladinite (in the center of the picture), with pale yellow gold and brownish to violet bornite. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light.
Location: Noril'sk, Putoran Mts, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia.
Scale: Picture size 0.1 mm.
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Gold
Comments: Two skeletal octahedral crystals of gold. Stereo pair images..
Location: Berezovsk Mine, Russia.
Scale: Crystal size 1.1 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Gormanite
Comments: Elongated, dark bluish green, fibrous crystals of gormanite and quartz on a matrix of quartz and water clear apatite crystals.
Location: Big Fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Scale: 4.8 x 3.8 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Gormanite
Comments: Dark green, velvety mass of gormanite crystals on matrix.
Location: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Scale: 3 x 4.5 cm.
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Gottlobite
Comments: Orange-brownish tabular crystals of gottlobite with black hausmannite and colorless barite.
Location: Gl?cksstern Mine, Gottlob Hill, Friedrichroda, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
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Gotzenite
Comments: Yellow-brown, thin crystals of g?tzenite in white feldspar matrix.
Location: Barkevik, Langesundsfjorden, Vestfold, Norway.
Scale: 3.5x3x3 cm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Goudeyite
Comments: Green crusts and micro crystals of goudeyite on matrix.
Location: Majuba Hill, Pershing County, Nevada, USA.
Scale: Specimen size 1x3 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Graphite
Comments: Black, sub-hexagonal crystal of graphite in calcite.
Location: Lead Hill Mine, (near Ticonderoga), Essex Co., New York, USA.
Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher |
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Gratonite
Comments: Crystal cluster of gratonite. The largest crystal is 2.5 mm across.
Location: Excelsior mine, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco dept., Peru.
Scale: 1.5 x 1 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Grattarolaite Rodolicoite
Comments: Brown grattarolaite, intimately intergrown with brown rodolicoite.
Location: Castelnuovo Mine, Santa Barbara lignite district, San Giovanni Valdarno, Valdarno (Val d'Arno), Arezzo Province, Tuscany, Italy.
Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
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Graulichite-(Ce)
Comments: Scanning electron microscope image of rhombohedral graulichite-(Ce) crystals on goethite.
Location: Hourt quarry, Stavelot Massif, Belgian Ardennes.
Scale: See Image.
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