John Veevaert's Image Gallery

Scholzite: CaZn2(PO4)2·2(H2O)

Comments: Sprays of Scholzite crystals to 1 cm line exposed vugs.
Location: Reaphook Hill, Blinman, South Australia. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
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Scorodite: Fe+++AsO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Quartz with an exposed vug lined with lustrous bluish colored crystals of scorodite to 4 mm across.
Location: Hemerdon Mine, Sparkwell, Devon, England. Scale: 5 x 3.6 cm.
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Scorodite: Fe+++AsO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Color changing scorodite, green (left image) in daylight, red (right image) under indoor lighting.
Location: Ahgbar, Morocco. Scale: NA.
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Scorzalite: (Fe++,Mg)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2

Comments: Deep blue scorzalite with muscovite, quartz, and feldspar in matrix.
Location: Polermo Mine, North Groten, New Hampshire, USA. Scale: 5 x 3.5 cm.
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Semenovite: (Na,Ca)9(Ce,La)2(Fe++,Mn)(Si,Be)20(O,OH,F)48

Comments: Tan crystals of semenovite to 1 mm across on matrix.
Location: Ilimaussaq, Tasseq, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
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Semseyite: Pb9Sb8S21

Comments: Crystal clusters of semseyite crystals to 1 cm on sphalerite.
Location: Herja, Romania. Scale: Picture size 5 cm.
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Shigaite: Mn++7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22·8(H2O)  
Pyrochroite: Mn(OH)2

Comments: Bronzy yellow crystals of shigaite set in a crystalline matrix of reddish black pychroite.
Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: 2.8 x 2.3 cm.
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Shigaite: Mn++7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22·8(H2O)

Comments: Cluster of sharp, transparent crystals of brown shigaite to 1.2 cm across.
Location: N'Chwaning mine. South Africa. Scale: Aggregate size 1.2 cm.
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Sideronatrite: Na2Fe+++(SO4)2(OH)·3(H2O)

Comments: Golden yellow acicular sprays of sideronatrite crystals on matrix.
Location: Sulfur pit, Crescent Valley, Nevada, USA. Scale: 6 x 5 x 4 cm.
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Skutterudite: (Co,Ni)As3-x  
Erythrite: Co3(AsO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Erythrite crystal on massive skutterudite.
Location: Bou Azzer, Morocco. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 cm.
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Sperrylite: PtAs2  
Cabriite: Pd2SnCu

Comments: Small crystal of dull gray cabriite on a larger tin-white sperrylite crystal.
Location: Dzhezhazgan, Kazakhstan. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 mm.
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Sphaerocobaltite: CoCO3

Comments: Calcite with numerous crystals of red sphaerocobaltite to 3 mm across.
Location: Kamoto Mine, Mashamba, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of the Congo. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
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Stibarsen: SbAs

Comments: Massive Stibarsen.
Location: Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. Scale: 3 x 2 cm.
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Stromeyerite: AgCuS

Comments: 1.5 cm spray of hair-like Stromeyerite crystals on quartz and calcite matrix.
Location: Vrancice near Pribram, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
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Sugilite: KNa2(Fe+++,Mn+++,Al)2Li3Si12O30  
Effenbergerite: BaCuSi4O10

Comments: Blue effenbergerite pods to across in massive purple sugilite.
Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: Crystal size 4 mm.
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Sugilite: KNa2(Fe+++,Mn+++,Al)2Li3Si12O30  
Pectolite: NaCa2Si3O8(OH)

Comments: Sharp terminated purple crystals of sugilite to 5mm on white, acicular pectolite.
Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari, South Africa. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
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Sulfur: S8

Comments: Single complex crystal of sulfur on white, sucrosic aragonite.
Location: Girgenti, Sicily, Italy. Scale: Crystal size 4.5.
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Sulphohalite: Na6(SO4)2FCl

Comments: Octahedral sulphohalite crystal.
Location: Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. Scale: Crystal size 5 mm.
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Svanbergite: SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6

Comments: Milky white dolomite with scattered cinnamon brown crystals of svanbergite to 2 mm across.
Location: Mt. Brussilof Mine, near Radium, British Columbia, Canada. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
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Swamboite: U++++++H6(UO2)6(SiO4)6·30(H2O)

Comments: Yellow crystals of Swamboite to 0.5 mm across.
Location: Swambo, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of the Congo. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© John Veevaert