Geological Oddities and Rarities

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

"Tiger Iron"

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Hematite - Jasper - "Tiger-Eye" (Silica)

Archean

Ord Range

Pilbara

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Hematite

Jasper

"Tiger Eye"

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Bixbyite

[Complex Crystal]

UTAH

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Wolframite

[Complex Crystal]

Tong Ya

KOREA

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Bournonite

[Partial Crystal]

Potosi Department

BOLIVIA

Carrolite

[Partial Octahedral Crystal]

Kambove

Shaba Province

CONGO

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Augelite

[Euhedral Crystals on Matrixl]

Machacamarca Mine

Colavi

Potosi Department

BOLIVIA

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Danburite

[Euhedral Crystal in Talc Matrix]

Alto Chapare

Chapara Province

Cochabamba Department

BOLIVIA

Ferberite

[Crystal Cluster]

Tasna Mine

Rosario Section

Cerro Tasna

Nor Chicas Province

Potosi Department

BOLIVIA

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Emerald

[Euhedral Crystals in Quartz Matrix]

Yunnan Province

CHINA

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Scapolite

[Euhedral Crystal]

Nuristan Province

AFGHANISTAN

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Fossil Clam Shell

Calcite

[Euhedral Crystals Attached To Fossil Clam Shell]

Ruck's Pit

Okeechobee County

FLORIDA

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Chalcocite

[Botryoidal Crystals]

Flambeau Mine

Ladysmith

Rusk County

WISCONSIN

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Proustite

Lima

PERU

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Agatized Coral

Tampa

FLORIDA

Rhodonite

[Intergrown Crystals]

Franklin

Sussex County

NEW JERSEY

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Andorite

BOLIVIA

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Ludlamite

[Botryoidal Crystals on Matrix]

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Alluaudite

Quartz "Scepter"

[Single Crystal]

Hunan

CHINA

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Photographed by Tony Peterson

Carbonatite

Kaiserstuhl Volcanic Complex

GERMANY

Photographed by Tony Peterson

Eudialyte and Agrellite

Quebec

CANADA

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Yttrocerite

[Cerian Fluorite in Muscovite]

Amity

Orange County

NEW YORK

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Romanechite

NEW MEXICO

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Barrerite

ALASKA

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Columbite

MAINE

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Lazulite

YUKON

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Tincalconite

CALIFORNIA

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Eastonite

PENNSYLVANIA

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Chiastolite

CHINA

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Wulfenite

Los Lamentos

Chihuahua

MEXICO

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Millerite

Manitoba

CANADA

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"Schmucke" Agate

GERMANY

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz

Labradorite

Labrador

CANADA

Polished

Rough

Mimetite and Magnesite

Gila County

ARIZONA

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Quartz and Spessartite

Fujian Province

CHINA

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Hetaerolite

Bisbee

ARIZONA

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Dinosaur Bone

[Polished Slabs]

COLORADO

Photographed by Steve Bringe

Piemontite

Pilar

NEW MEXICO

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Fluorescent Minerals

Red: Calcite

Green: Willemite

Light Blue:  Hydrozincite

Dark Blue: Hardystonite

Franklin

NEW JERSEY

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Brazilianite

Minas Gerais

BRAZIL

Photographed by Steve Bringe

Lindgrenite

Inspiration Pit

ARIZONA

Photographed by Steve Bringe

Emmonsite

Moctezuma Mine

Sonora

MEXICO

Photographed by Steve Bringe

Native Tellurium

Schmitterite

Moctezuma Mine

Sonora

MEXICO

Native Tellurium

Schmitterite

Photographed by Steve Bringe

Native Tellurium

Schmitterite

Moctezuma Mine

Sonora

MEXICO

Schmitterite

Gallery II