Rare Mineral Samples

Detailed images of unique mineral specimens including hemimorphite and talc, highlighting their formations and textures.

A sample of radiating mass of crystals on gneiss. Dated 20th Century

Lead crystals.

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Pyromorphite, phosphate.

Chloanthite, sulphide, from Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany.

Stromatolithes

Crystalline Limestone, Carbonate, Grenville, Quebec Crystalline Limestone is a metamorphosed limestone, a marble formed by recrystallization of limestone as a result of metamorphism

Globular Stilbite, silicate.

Aurichalcite, carbonate.

Cerussite

Austrian Triassic (Norian) fish cemetery in the Salzburg region resulting from the drying up of a lagoon. Heterolepidotus ornatus. 1m. Luc Ebbo collection. Paleogalerie, Salignac. Ebbo collection

Orthogneiss, Non Foliated, Ottawa Orthogneiss is formed by the metamorphism of igneous rocks

Stone asteroids realistic vector illustration. Meteor or space boulder or rock with craters isolated icon set on white background, various form. Stone asteroids. Meteor or space boulder or rock

The Nakhla meteorite, a Martian meteorite reported from Egypt. Dated 20th Century

Hematite with rutile, oxides.

Anatase, oxide.

Minerals: Variscite (Hydrated Aluminum Phosphate)

Orpiment is a deep orange-yellow coloured arsenic sulphide mineral. It is found in volcanic fumaroles, low temperature hydrothermal veins and hot springs and formed both by sublimation and as a by-product of another by-product mineral realgar.

Fluorite (CaF2-calcium fluoride) fluorite (green) . South Africa. Fluorite (CaF2-calcium fluoride) fluorite (green) is one of the most popular minerals among collectors - Mineral class: Halides - Fluorite is a source of fluorine-used in the manufacture of milk glass-as a flux for the steel industry and in refining of aluminum. Ithaca.

Azurite, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA, North America

Amphibolit Amphibolit Gestein 50x Copyright: xZoonar.com/Dr.xNorbertxLangex 13512333

Magnetite, oxide.

A sample of Bryozoa, a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals that are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water. Dated 10th Century BC

Photograph of Fluorite (also called fluorspar), the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It belongs to the halide minerals. It crystallizes in isometric cubic habit, although octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon.

Fluoro-katophorite. Canada; Ontario; Haliburton County; Monmouth Twp, Bear Lake diggings

Niccolite or Nickeline, sulphide.

collection of Igneous rock specimens collection of Igneous rock specimens - pegmatite, trachyte, tuff, orthoclase, rhyolite, nepheline, syenite, andesite, dacite, carbonatite, diorite, dunite, gabbro, kimberlite, obsidian, etc isolated Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 9653885

Chrysotile. minerals. North America; USA; Arizona; Gila County; Sierra Ancha Mountains

Minerals: Prismatic gypsum in limonite

Minerals Under Ultra Violet Light Fluorescing, Franklin Mineral Museum, NJ, USA, Orange: Clinohedrite, Blue-Violet: Hardystonite, Yellow: Esperite, Orange: Wollastonite, Blue: Margarosanite, Red: Calcite, Green: Willemite, North America

Muscovite, silicate.

Aragonite. minerals. North America; USA; New Mexico; Dona Ana County; Organ Mountains

Rose Quartz Minas Gerais, Brazil Date:

MINERAL-CELESTINA.

Eclogite is a metamorphic rock containing granular minerals, typically garnet and pyroxene. From Norway.

Calcite. minerals. Europe; England; Cumbria; Frizington

Scheelite. minerals. North America; USA; Arizona; Oracle

Primitive instrument for flaking and scratching flint, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Epidiorite, Marmora, Ontario Epidiorite is a variety of diorite formed by metamorphism from pyroxenic igneous rocks and often being somewhat schistose

Iron mineral which gives Red Ochre, from Albano, Lazio, Italy.

Leucite, silicate.

Muscovite or Common Mica, silicate, using crossed Nicols.

Blende or sphalerite from Ohio in United States

Natrolite in needle-like prisms with Apophyllite, silicates.

Wyoming, close-up, cross-cutting pegmatite.

Vanuralite, oxide, radioactive mineral.

Cannizzarite, sulphate.

Calcite. minerals. North America; Mexico; Chihuahua; Santa Eulalia

mineral specimen stone rock geology gem crystal

Multiple faults cutting sandstone, Oregon.

serpentine (asbestos) chrysotile. mg3si2o5(oh)4. monoclinic crystals. canada

pink quartz mineral specimen stone rock geology gem crystal

barite mineral specimen stone rock geology gem crystal

Quartz. minerals. Europe; Slovakia; Banská Štiavnica; Banská Štiavnica; formerly Schemnitz or Selmec(bánya); Hungary

Calcite. minerals

Egg fossil from Hadrosaurus, hadrosaurid ornithopod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous Period

Calcite, carbonate.

Active 'smoker' chimneys precipitating iron, copper and zinc sulfides fluid. Mariana Arc region, Western Pacific Ocean. Dated 2004

mineral specimen stone rock geology gem crystal

Manganophyllite, Kilmar, Quebec Manganophyllite is a variety of biotite containing manganese

Coelacanth Fossil, Cardiosuctor populosum, Upper Mississippian, Montana, USA, North America

Diaspore, hydroxide.

Dulcote Nodules and Geodes. These nodules are composed of the mineral quartz and were formed in cavities within a rock known as the Keuper Marl. They are all from the Dulcote Hill Quarry, near Wells, Somerset.

Andesite, extrusive igneous rock.

Minerals: Bipyramidal sulfur

Hessonite, silicate, variety of Grossular.

Serpentine. minerals. North America; USA; New York; Putnam County; Brewster; Tilly Foster Mine

Kaolin, silicate.

Goethite, oxide.

mineral specimen stone rock geology gem crystal

Garnet and Chlorite, silicate.

Fluorite, halide, on Quartz, oxide.

Oligocene crab fossil in concretion. Lincoln Creek Formation, Washington

Witherite, carbonate.

collection of sedimentary rock specimens collection of sedimentary rock specimens - shale, conglomerate, argillite, mudstone, travertine, tufa, arenite, sandstone, coquina, bauxite, marl, dolomite, chalk, flint, anhydrite, etc, isolated Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 9653878

Complex basal sedimentary rock sample from Fuerteventura, geology display Casa de los Volcanes volcanic study centre, Lanzarote, Canary island, Spain, Europe

Hydrozincite. minerals. North America; USA; New Jersey; Sussex County; Franklin District

Sample of Willemite glowing under U.V. light

Methylamphetamine, desoxyephedrine, Crystal Meth (or just meth) a man-made stimulant drug.

Texas, Houston, Johnson Space Center. Meteorite, Alh 84001 From Mars, Originally Found In Antartica.

Pyrolusite. minerals. North America; USA; Michigan; Marquette County

Polished magmatic or metamorphic rock cross section as background

Crystals of potassium chloride

Salt Crystals

Oyster Closed oyster as animal body isolated over white Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 6840273

Opal. minerals. North America; USA; Nevada; Humboldt County; Virgin Valley

Chloritoid. minerals. Europe; Greece; Cyclades Islands, Naxos

Moon rock - 128 grams (part of a 5.5 kilo boulder) is a piece of our nearest planetary neighbour, the moon, collected by the astronauts of the Apollo 16 mission in April 1972.

A sample of Azurite, a blue mineral consisting of basic copper carbonate. It occurs as blue prisms or crystal masses, typically with malachite. Dated 20th Century

Preparation of samples of rock with a hammer.

Minerals: Molybdenite (Molybdenum Sulfide)

Mineralogy - Smoky quartz

Gall stones, biliary calculi

Sandstone, thin section, polarized LM

Metatorbernite, phosphate, radioactive, mineral.

Hyalophane, silicate.

These images are of HED (howardite, eucrite and diogenite) meteorites, a large group of meteorites believed to originate from asteroid Vesta, a hypothesis that is consistent with current Dawn observations.

Sample of Sulfur, a chemical element. Dated 20th Century

The distinctive green banding of malachite is because of the way the rock formed resulting in layers with different crystal sizes. The darker the bands have larger crystals than lighter bands. 2014

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