Kevin Ward's Image Gallery

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Kevin Ward's Image Gallery With 10 Images

Apophyllite Image

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Apophyllite: KCa4(Si4O10)2F·8(H2O)

Comments: Mint green to clear apophyllite flat top crystals in a circular stellate cluster on pink stilbite.
Location: Rahuri, Maharashtra State, India. Scale: Specimen size 10 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Charoite Image

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Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)  
Tinaksite: K2Na(Ca,Mn++)2(Ti,Fe)O[Si7O18(OH)]

Comments: Polished slab of deep purple chariote with inclusions of black augite, white feldspar and orange tinaksite.
Location: Murun, Siberia, Russia. Scale: Picture size 10 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Chrysoberyl Image

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Chrysoberyl: BeAl2O4

Comments: Chrysoberyl (Alexandrite) crystal on matrix with excellent color change (Daylight, Tungsten Bulb).
Location: Malyshevo, Yekaterina Oblast', Urals, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 1.2 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Elbaite Image

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Elbaite: Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4

Comments: Gemmy-blue crystal of elbaite (Indicolite) tourmaline.
Location: Morro Redondo Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Crystal size 8.5 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Lazurite Image

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Lazurite: Na3Ca(Al3Si3O12)S  
Phlogopite: KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2

Comments: Gemmy brownish phlogopite crystals on blue lazurite (lapis) matrix with minor pyrite.
Location: Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Scale: 10 x 11.5 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Linarite Image

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Linarite: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2

Comments: Deep blue, blocky, linarite crystal blades in quartz vug and breccia matrix.
Location: Grand Reef Mine in Graham County, Arizona, USA. Scale: 8 cm by 7 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Mercury Image

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Mercury: Hg

Comments: Small silvery droplets of mercury on tan-colored rock matrix.
Location: Sonoma Co., California, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Mottramite Image

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Mottramite: PbCu(VO4)(OH)

Comments: Botryoidal green mottramite on white calcite.
Location: Tsumeb Mine,Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 7.5 cm by 8 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Phlogopite Image

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Phlogopite: KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2  
Lazurite: Na3Ca(Al3Si3O12)S

Comments: Gemmy brownish phlogopite crystals on blue lazurite (lapis) matrix with minor pyrite.
Location: Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Scale: 10 x 11.5 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Quartz Image

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Quartz: SiO2

Comments: Slightly smokey quartz overgrown with rose quartz. Note the exceptional transparency of the rose quartz.
Location: Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: 10 cm by 5.2 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Smithsonite Image

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Smithsonite: ZnCO3

Comments: Yellow, cadmian-bearing smithsonite crystalline aggregate.
Location: Rush Mine in Marion County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: 6.5 x 11 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Tinaksite Image

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Tinaksite: K2Na(Ca,Mn++)2(Ti,Fe)O[Si7O18(OH)]  
Charoite: K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O)

Comments: Polished slab of deep purple chariote with inclusions of black augite, white feldspar and orange tinaksite.
Location: Murun, Siberia, Russia. Scale: Picture size 10 cm.
© Kevin Ward
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