hematite_05.jpg Morocco
manganite_03.jpg Lustrous feathery crystals of Manganite to 0.75 cm. N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. 7.8 x 4.2 cm.Photo by John Veevaert
ilmenite_01.jpg Norway
anatase_02.jpg Anatase with calcite. Hardangervidda, Norway, (1999). 1.5 x 3 cm. Photo by Francesc Fabre / Fabre Minerals
corundum_17.jpg Corundum (variety Sapphire) from Miass, Urals, Russia. 10 x 8 cm. Photo by Francesc Fabre / Fabre Minerals
cuprite_11.jpg Congo
franklinite_02.jpg Specimen of white calcite with several Franklinite crystals to 1.4 cm across. Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. 2.9 x 2 cm. Photo by John Veevaert
columbite_07.jpg Australia
hematite_07.jpg Germany
corundum_28.jpg Sri Lanka, saphire
corundum_26.jpg Pakistan, saphire purple
corundum_24.jpg Pakistan, saphire purple
brookite_06.jpg USA
brookite_03.jpg A Brookite from the classic Welsh locality of Prenteg, Gwynedd, Wales, UK. During the 19th century this site produced some of the best brookite ever seen. 4 x 4.5 cm. Photo by Francesc Fabre / Fabre Minerals
corundum_04.jpg Mexico, muscovite pseudomorph
corundum_03.jpg Afghanistan, +zoisite crust
columbite_04.jpg Afghanistan, +mica
corundum_18.jpg Ceylon, saphire
pyrochlore_03.jpg Brazil
hematite_08.jpg Italy
pyrochlore_01.jpg Russia
columbite_01.jpg France
corundum_08.jpg India, ruby
corundum_07.jpg Madagascar, ruby
thorianite_01.jpg Madagascar
hematite_17.jpg Switzerland, +epitaxial rutile+quartz
columbite_06.jpg Australia
cuprite_14.jpg Chile
corundum_19.jpg Sri Lanka, saphire
corundum_15.jpg Pakistan, ruby on pegmatite
psilomelane_01.jpg Germany, manganomelane
hematite_19.jpg Brazil
corundum_30.jpg Sri Lanka, saphire
corundum_29.jpg Sri Lanka, saphire
hematite_02.jpg USA, botryodal
columbite_03.jpg USA
thorianite_03.jpg Canada
corundum_27.jpg USA, saphire purple
cuprite_07.jpg France, covered with malachite
cuprite_03.jpg Namibia, +chrysocolla
spinel_08.jpg Spinel on Calcite. Mogok, Myanmar, 2.2 x 1.5 cm. Photo by Francesc Fabre / Fabre Minerals
corundum_16.jpg Pakistan, ruby on pegmatite
hematite_03.jpg Morocco
hematite_14.jpg Brazil, rose
corundum_12.jpg India, ruby in syenite
hematite_20.jpg Mexico
magnetite_02.jpg Brazil
cuprite_12.jpg Namibia
brookite_04.jpg Switzerland, on quartz
corundum_21.jpg Sri Lanka, saphire
hematite_16.jpg Brazil, rainbow
hausmannite_06.jpg Hausmannite with minor Brucite. Wessels Mine, Kalahari, South Africa. 6.5 x 6 cm  Photo by John Veevaert
columbite_02.jpg Ferrocolumbite on Amazonite (Microcline). Crystal Park, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA. 2.5 x 1.5 cm. Photo by Francesc Fabre / Fabre Minerals
diaspore_01s.jpg Crystals to 1 cm of deep violet-colored Diaspore exposed from numerous vugs. Saga Quarry, Oslo Region Norway. Photo by John Veevaert
cassiterite_05.jpg Porugal
corundum_13.jpg Tanzania, ruby+zoizite
hematite_18.jpg Elba, Italy, specular iron
hematite_06.jpg Switzerland, +adularia
cassiterite_04.jpg Germany
braunite_01.jpg 1.3 cm crystals of Braunite. Black Rock Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Photo by John Veevaert
cassiterite_03.jpg China
cuprite_09.jpg Zaire
cuprite_05.jpg Zaire
hematite_11.jpg USA, botryodal
corundum_02.jpg Tanzania
corundum_01.jpg Madagascar
cassiterite_02.jpg Russia, +mica
hausmannite_07.jpg S Africa
corundum_14.jpg Afghanistan, ruby+albite
corundum_31.jpg Sri Lanka, saphire
cassiterite_01.jpg Cassiterite on Mica (1994) from Xue Bao Diang, Sichuan, China. Very brilliant crystals that stand out from the matrix. Photo by Francesc Fabre / Fabre Minerals
cuprite_10.jpg Zaire
hematite_13.jpg Brazil, tabular
corundum_10.jpg India, ruby in syenite
corundum_06.jpg Afghanistan, ruby+calcite
magnetite_03.jpg Brazil
corundum_05.jpg Pakistan, ruby
diaspore_03.jpg Crystals to 1 cm of deep violet-colored Diaspore exposed from numerous vugs. Saga Quarry, Oslo Region Norway. Photo by John Veevaert
corundum_22.jpg Sri Lanka, saphire
anatase_01.jpg Norway, +calcite
hematite_09.jpg USA, botryodal
magnetite_05.jpg Italy
corundum_20.jpg Sri Lanka, saphire
hematite_15.jpg Brazil, rainbow
uraninite_03b.jpg Congo
cuprite_06.jpg France, +malachite
hausmannite_04.jpg Ephesite associated with Hausmannite. Gloucester mine.Postmasburg, Cape province. S. Africa. 5.5 x 5 cm. Photo by Francesc Fabre / Fabre Minerals
ilmenite_02.jpg Cameroun
cuprite_02.jpg Namibia, +dolomite
corundum_09.jpg India, ruby
uraninite_02.jpg USA
corundum_11.jpg India, ruby in syenite
brucite_01.jpg Italy
hematite_01.jpg USA, botryodal
zincite_03.jpg Orange Zincite hexagonal pyramid. Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA.Photomicrograph by Lou Perloff / Photo-Atlas of Minerals
brookite_05.jpg USA
pyrolusite_01.jpg USA
hematite_10.jpg USA, needles
cuprite_13.jpg Congo
cassiterite_08.jpg Brazil
rutile_01.jpg Rutile on Pyrophyllite, Graves Mt. Georgia, USA. Very brilliant and well defined - a classic. 4.5 x 5 cm. Photo by Francesc Fabre / Fabre Minerals
corundum_25.jpg Pakistan, saphire purple
hematite_12.jpg Brazil, tabular
perovskite_03.jpg Russia
corundum_23.jpg Sri Lanka, saphire
magnetite_04.jpg Brazil
spinel_02.jpg Very dark brown Magnesioferrite Pleonaste (Iron-Magnesium spinel) with cream colored Calcite and gray green Diopside. 6 x 4.5 cm. Aldan, Gon River, Russia. Photo by Francesc Fabre / Fabre Minerals
hematite_04.jpg Brazil, +magnesite
hematite_22.jpg Mexico
pyrochlore_02.jpg Canada
psilomelane_02.jpg France, coating on rock
uraninite_03a.jpg Congo
perovskite_02.jpg Perovskite on Clinochlore. Very brilliant and with large crystals (2 x 1.5 cm.). Ilmen Mountains. Chelyabinsk,Urals, Russia. 6 x 4.5 cm.  Photo by Francesc Fabre / Fabre Minerals
magnetite_06.jpg USA, on calcite
hematite_21.jpg Mexico
gibbsite_02.jpg Gibbsite crystals. Saga Quarry, Langesundfjord, Oslo  Region, Norway. Photo by John Veevaert
corundum_32.jpg India, ruby in syenite
cuprite_08.jpg Zaire
brucite_02.jpg Crystal cluster of Brucite. N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. 7 x 5 x 4 cm. Photo by John Veevaert
columbite_05.jpg Brazil
uraninite_01.jpg Zaire
cuprite_04.jpg Namibia
perovskite_01.jpg Italy
thorianite_02.jpg Ceylon