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Coleman Quartz Mine, Arkansas – fascinating quartz crystals

Saturday, December 4th, 2010

A friend recommended a video showing impressive large quartz crystals. They were found in the Coleman Quartz Mine in Arksansas, USA. As far as I know these clear quartzes were formed by hydrothermal processes and are bound to large fault zones within Ordivician sandstones. (more…)

Photo: Pseudohexagonal calcite crystals on dolomite, Magnitogorsk deposit (Carboniferous)

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

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Photo: Fluor-Apatite from the REE deposit Vishnevogorsk, Uralides, Russia

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

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