halloween minerals a fun photo collection concept design by stephanie martin photos by andre mongeon...
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Halloween Minerals
A fun photo collection
Concept design by Stephanie Martin
Photos by Andre Mongeon
Other photos used with permission
Pumpkins!Mimetite var Campylite (unusual habit)
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Falls,England UK
BariteRock Candy Mine, Grand Forks
BC Canada
“Witch’s Broom”Black KyaniteFrom Brazil
“ Witches’ Fingers ”
Knobby quartz prismsfrom Zambia.These odd, gnarly looking clusters with many inclusions are aptly named.
BloodstoneIndia
Former birthstone for March
Spiderweb TurquoiseIran
Birthstone for December
Eye AgateIndia
Do you get the feeling thatyou are being watched?
Epidote
From the classic location ofGreen Monster Mountain
Alaska, USA
“Devil’s Toenail”Fossil Exogyra
Cretaceous(~100 mya)
Bokchita FormationBryan, Oklahoma
USA
BOO!
Kaspar, the friendly ghost Flint nodule, hails from Poland.
Phantom Quartz, of course!from Brazil
and
HematiteBlack Widow Mine
Arizona, USA(sinister looking, bubbling, botryoidal habit!)
Bat mask or bat wing caves?You decide.
Ocos GeodeBrazil
Cat’s Eye TourmalineBrazil
Frankenstein is the name ofa monster, but it is also the nameof a place. This dendritic opal and Chrysoprase comes from an areain East Europe formerly known asFrankenstein. This was an important deposit thathas been mined since the middle agesbut is now mostly mined out.It is now part of Poland near Sklary.
Mint green Chrysoprase
Dendritic Opal
Beautiful mineralsFrom a historically scary place.
From the Northern reaches of Transylvania,these specimens are from Baia Sprie, Romania.
Stibnite
Quartz coated with sparkly dolomite, nesting on a mixed matrix with tetrahedrite.
Pink blades of Heulandite on white Mordenite
From the Rats Nest Claim,Custer Co, Idaho USA
From Rats to Bats…Taranakite is a secondary phosphate mineral formed from bat or bird guano deposits.This sample above comes from a real bat cave, Sassyk-Unkur Cave, Aravan,Kyrgyzstan …yummy
Rare Treats!Yes there can be real treasures in caves.These are cave pearls. Speleothems are nowprotected and can no longer be collected.Inherited from an old collection, locationonly noted as Swiss Alps, Germany.
Graveyard Point Plume Agatefrom Oregon, USA
Dramatic back-lit effect Front face natural light
Pictures used by permission from http://www.dragonsayeauctions.com Thanks to Donna Madej
Halloween would not be complete without a glow-in-the-dark mineral!
Here we have fluorescentScapolite Var Wenerite, with DiopsideFrom Grenville, Quebec
Hope you enjoyed the show!
Fin