Ajoite (blue) | |
inclosed in quartz, associated with chlorite and albite, 1 | |
Ajoite (blue) | |
in large quartz crystal and partially coated by calcite, 2 | |
Calcite (orange) | |
on quartz, 3 | |
Chalcopyrite | |
and epidote, 4 | |
Piemontite (red) | |
on quartz coated with sugary quartz, 5 | |
Prehenite | |
(vermiform) on quartz, 6 | |
Quartz coated | |
with planchéite (blue) and calcite, 7 | |
Quartz coated | |
with planchéite (lightly) and calcite, 8 |
1 Messina Mine No. 5 Shaft (3,9 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 181.
2 Messina Mine No. 5 Shaft (28*15 cm), specimen: Clive Queit, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 235.
3 Messina Mine No. 5 Shaft (11 cm), specimen: Karl Messner, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 193
4 Messina Mine No. 5 Shaft (9,7 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 196.
5 Messina Mine No. 5 Shaft (6 mm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 230.
6 Messina Mine No. 5 Shaft (3,8 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 232.
7 Messina Mine No. 5 Shaft (10,1 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 231.
8 Messina Mine No. 5 Shaft (7,2 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 235.