From William Wise Mine #Newhampshire
The fluorite mine kicked off in the 1890s and wrapped up around 1919. It’s been occasionally revisited for #specimens ever since. The site features the mineral-rich William Wise vein!
#minerals #crystals
From William Wise Mine #Newhampshire
The fluorite mine kicked off in the 1890s and wrapped up around 1919. It’s been occasionally revisited for #specimens ever since. The site features the mineral-rich William Wise vein!
#minerals #crystals
A small town, famed for its granite pegmatites, Among its quarries, the historic Dunton Quarry, discovered in 1898, stands out as the only one to yield gem-quality red and green elbaite, making it a mineralogical treasure.
#crystals #minerals
A small town, famed for its granite pegmatites, Among its quarries, the historic Dunton Quarry, discovered in 1898, stands out as the only one to yield gem-quality red and green elbaite, making it a mineralogical treasure.
#crystals #minerals
#Mexico
a dazzling 38-million-year-old gemstone, was discovered in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains near Estación Ojo. Locals occasionally stumbled upon these #gems, but it wasn’t until #collectors caught wind of their beauty that international interest exploded.
#crystals
From William Wise Mine #Newhampshire
The fluorite mine kicked off in the 1890s and wrapped up around 1919. It’s been occasionally revisited for #specimens ever since. The site features the mineral-rich William Wise vein!
#minerals #crystals
From William Wise Mine #Newhampshire
The fluorite mine kicked off in the 1890s and wrapped up around 1919. It’s been occasionally revisited for #specimens ever since. The site features the mineral-rich William Wise vein!
#minerals #crystals
#YumYum Pocket
Diana Maria Mine,
Waredale #England
The Yum Yum Pocket, discovered in #October 2023. It features gemmy, twinned Fluorite #crystals with #green zoning, vivid #purple daylight fluorescence, and milky #Quartz encrusting yellowish-olive Fluorite.
#minerals #crystals
Carved by Artisan_Jade
Tourmaline from Himalaya Mine, California
Discovered in 1898, the Himalaya Mine became one of North America's top producers of gem-quality tourmaline in the 20th century.
Pearboy Collection
#crystals #minerals #chameleon #reptiles #tourmaline
Carved by Artisan_Jade
Tourmaline from Himalaya Mine, California
Discovered in 1898, the Himalaya Mine became one of North America's top producers of gem-quality tourmaline in the 20th century.
Pearboy Collection
#crystals #minerals #chameleon #reptiles #tourmaline
Dalnegorsk, Russia
Hedenbergite: Named in 1819 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius after Anders Ludvig Hedenberg a Swedish chemist who first discovered the mineral at Mormorgruvan, Tunaberg. Hedenberg collaborated with Berzelius on early nitrogen-sulfur compound experiments.
#crystals
Dalnegorsk, Russia
Hedenbergite: Named in 1819 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius after Anders Ludvig Hedenberg a Swedish chemist who first discovered the mineral at Mormorgruvan, Tunaberg. Hedenberg collaborated with Berzelius on early nitrogen-sulfur compound experiments.
#crystals
Cave in rock district, IL
Ex: Northstar Minerals
Currently Pearboy Collection
Cave in rock district, IL
Ex: Northstar Minerals
Currently Pearboy Collection
The Fluorite Mine, active from the 1890s to 1919, has since been sporadically mined for specimens. Once owned by the American Tube and Stamping Co. (1918-1919), it’s known for the famed William Wise vein.
#minerals
The Fluorite Mine, active from the 1890s to 1919, has since been sporadically mined for specimens. Once owned by the American Tube and Stamping Co. (1918-1919), it’s known for the famed William Wise vein.
#minerals