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rockon-ro: EPIDOTE with PREHNITE (Calcium Aluminum Silicate)…

rockon-ro: EPIDOTE with PREHNITE (Calcium Aluminum Silicate) from Kayes Region, Mali, Africa. Pale green prehnite with  large, terminated, blackish-green epidote crystals.   Geology Nerd

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rockon-ro: Calcite (Calcium Carbonate) crystal cluster from…

rockon-ro: Calcite (Calcium Carbonate) crystal cluster from Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada. Geology Nerd

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rockon-ro: GALENA (Lead Sulfide) with quartz and pyrite from…

rockon-ro: GALENA (Lead Sulfide) with quartz and pyrite from Madan District, Bulgaria. Geology Nerd

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rockon-ro: APOPHYLLITE  (Calcium-Potassium Silicate)  from…

rockon-ro: APOPHYLLITE  (Calcium-Potassium Silicate)  from Poona, Maharashtra , India. Green pseudocubic crystals of apophyllite. Geology Nerd

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rockon-ro: SPHALERITE (Zinc Sulfide) from the classic location…

rockon-ro: SPHALERITE (Zinc Sulfide) from the classic location at the Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Tennessee, USA.  Development of cola-red colored crystals on a matrix of white quartz crystals. Geology Nerd

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rockon-ro: ORPIMENT and CALCITE (Arsenic Sulfide and Calcium…

rockon-ro: ORPIMENT and CALCITE (Arsenic Sulfide and Calcium Carbonate) crystals from the Shimen Mine, Shimen, Hunan Province, China. Geology Nerd

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rockon-ro: CERUSSITE (Lead Carbonate) from Mibladen, Khenifra…

rockon-ro: CERUSSITE (Lead Carbonate) from Mibladen, Khenifra Province, Morocco, Africa. Microscope photo taken at 10X showing the complex crystal growth in these cerussite crystals. Geology Nerd

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rockon-ro: CROCOITE (Lead Chromate) crystals  from the Adelaide…

rockon-ro: CROCOITE (Lead Chromate) crystals  from the Adelaide Mine in Tasmania, Australia. Geology Nerd

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rockon-ro: APATITE (Calcium Phosphate) from the classic…

rockon-ro: APATITE (Calcium Phosphate) from the classic location at Cerro del Mercado, Durango, Mexico. Geology Nerd

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rockon-ro: FLUORITE (Calcium Fluoride) crystal cluster from…

rockon-ro: FLUORITE (Calcium Fluoride) crystal cluster from Mexico. Geology Nerd

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