Geological Oddities and Rarities
"Tiger Iron"
[Folded]

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

Archean
Ord Range
Pilbara
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Wolframite
[Complex Crystal]

Tong Ya
KOREA

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Bournonite
[Partial Crystal]

Potosi Department
BOLIVIA

Carrollite
[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

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
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

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Scapolite
[Euhedral Crystal]


Nuristan Province
AFGHANISTAN

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Fossil Clam Shell
Calcite
[Euhedral Crystals Attached To Fossil Clam Shell]


Ruck's Pit
Okeechobee County
FLORIDA

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Proustite

Lima
PERU

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Agatized Coral

Tampa
FLORIDA

Andorite


BOLIVIA

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Alluaudite
[Partial Crystal]

Västerbotten County
SWEDEN
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

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Romanechite

NEW MEXICO

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Barrerite

ALASKA

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Lazulite

YUKON

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Tincalconite

CALIFORNIA

Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Eastonite

PENNSYLVANIA
Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Chiastolite

CHINA
Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Millerite

Manitoba
CANADA
Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
"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
Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Hetaerolite

Bisbee
ARIZONA
Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Dinosaur Bone
[Polished Slabs]

COLORADO
Photographed by Steve Bringe
Piemontite

Pilar
NEW MEXICO
Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Fluorescent Minerals

Red: Calcite
Green: Willemite
Light Blue:  Hydrozincite
Dark Blue: Hardystonite

Franklin
NEW JERSEY
Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
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
Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz

Valencianite
[Adularia]


MEXICO

Variscite
[Crystal Druse on Matrix]


UTAH

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
"Schmucke" Agate

GERMANY
Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Photographed by Michael P. Klimetz
Ludlamite
​[Pale Green Microcrystals on Goethite]

​Palermo No. 1 Mine
Groton

Grafton County
NEW HAMPSHIRE

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz
Bixbyite
[Complex Crystal]

UTAH

Photographed by Michael A. Klimetz