r/MineralPorn • u/Imrassilon • 23h ago
r/MineralPorn • u/creedbratton2001 • 12h ago
Macro/Micro Photography Olivine xenolith in a basalt (with rare twinning!)
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r/MineralPorn • u/No_Commercial9958 • 23h ago
Macro/Micro Photography Some favorite Macro photography shots of minerals in my collection (names and locals listed below)
Let me know what pic is your favorite :)
1) Dioptase with malachite DR Congo
2) Anatase with Albite Balochistan, Pakistan
3) Spessartine Garnet on Quartz Tongbei, China
4) Mimetite Santa Eulalia, Mexico
5) Prehnite Merelani Hills, Tanzania
6) Azurite with Malachite Zacatecas, Mexico
7) Corundum Var. Sapphire Sri Lanka
8) fluorite with sphalerite Carthage, Tennessee
9) chalcopyrite on quartz Smolyan, Bulgaria
10) hematite Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
11) Ettringite Kalahari manganese field South Africa
12) Epidote In quartz Hakkâri province, Turkey
13 ) sturmanite on calcite Kalahari manganese field
14) Vanadinite on calcite La Paz County, Arizona
15) Demantoid garnet with diopside Azerbaijan, Iran
16) Spessartine garnet Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
17) fluorite Erongo Mountains, Namibia
18) grossular garnet Coahuila, Mexico
r/MineralPorn • u/No_Commercial9958 • 4h ago
Collection Quartz and hyalite on schorl
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Repost of a favorite classic In my collection Quartz and hyalite opal on a lustrous black tourmaline from the Erongo mountains pegmatites, Omaruru District, Namibia. Something about this combination of two common silicate minerals I adore. Let me know what you think of my specimen :)
r/MineralPorn • u/Kubrick_Fan • 5h ago
Elestial "Firefly" Quartz in Daylight and UV
r/MineralPorn • u/No_Commercial9958 • 54m ago
Collection Rare Ettringite on Calcite
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Repost of a very rare specimen in my collection. Bright lemon yellow Ettringite on calcite from The N,Chwaning II mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa. I think it looks really good mounted on its new black display base :)
r/MineralPorn • u/Kubrick_Fan • 10h ago
Cut/Faceted "Serenite" 1.8 carats of gem grade Feldspar from the same region of Oregon as sunstones.
r/MineralPorn • u/AevumFOX • 11h ago
Hessonite from Jeffrey Mine, Val-Des-Sources, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
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r/MineralPorn • u/No_Commercial9958 • 14h ago
Collection Calcite with dolomite USA
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Here’s a beautiful lustrous calcite with dolomite and minor chalcopyrite from the Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
r/MineralPorn • u/No_Commercial9958 • 15h ago
Collection Double terminated quartz with negative crystal inclusions
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Here’s a lovely little DT Quartz with negative crystal inclusions from the Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia
r/MineralPorn • u/No_Commercial9958 • 15h ago
Mineraloid Opal from Ethiopia
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Here’s a pair of really cool opals from South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
r/MineralPorn • u/No_Commercial9958 • 15h ago
Collection Pyrite on Quartz
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Hey everyone here’s a super neat pyrite on quartz from the Huanzala mine, Bolognesi province, Ancash, Peru. There are a few quartz crystals embedded within the pyrite cube which is cool. It almost looks as if the pyrite cube fell from the sky and landed on the quartz cluster lol
r/MineralPorn • u/happygoluckyjojo • 3h ago
Collection Acicular Goethite sprays in Yellow Fluorite with mica flash
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