Baddeleyite | |
crystal, 1 | |
Brucite | |
with small pyrite cystals, 2 | |
Condrodite (red) (orange) | |
associated with calcite, magnetite and iowaite (dark brown) [close up], 3 |
|
Iowaite | |
on calcite and magnetite, 4 | |
Mesolite (white) | |
on crytalline prehnite, 5 | |
Mesolite | |
with fluorapophyllite on prehnite, 6 | |
Scolecite balls | |
on fluorapophyllite, 7 |
1 Palabora Mine (10 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: David Minster in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 114.
2 Palabora Mine (3 cm), specimen: Museum of the Geological Survey, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 113.
3 Palabora Mine (3 mm), specimen: Karl Messner, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 113
4 Palabora Mine (largest crystal is 3 mm), specimen: Karl Messner, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 216.
5 Palabora Mine (4,7 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 113.
6 Palabora Mine (8 mm crystal), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore München 1995, p. 223.
7 Palabora Mine (9,1 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 113.