Cave of Swords, Naica Mine, Mexico
Entrance to Naica Mine crystal caves
Cave of Crystals, Naica Mine, Mexico
Spanish geologist Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz
Selenite crystal from Cave of Crystals
Silver wire, mine specimen
Golden selenite
Selenite mineral sample
Selenite swallow-tail crystals
Selenite crystals
Copper mine mill, Arizona, USA
Selenite crystals on a dried lake bed
Selenite crystal on a dried lake bed
Gypsum crystal group
Quartz crystal cluster
Copper mine, Arizona, USA
Selenite mineral, light micrograph
Selenite crystals, Winnipeg, Canada
Chemical crystals, polarised LM
Galena
Chrysocolla
Selenite, Mexico
Gypsum crystal variety
Gypsum variety Sand Selenite
Covelline
Rock Types
Open-cast copper mine, New Mexico, USA
Manganosite
Gypsum, Variety Selenite, Utah
Rosette-shaped gypsum known as a desert rose
Acicular form of gypsum
Gypsum rock
Siderite and calcite
Banded iron formation
Diamond processing, Siberia, Russia
Selenite gypsum
Diamond mine slag heaps
White Sands National Monument, USA
Cave crystals
Taconite processing plant, USA
Fibrous antlerite
Microcrystalline antlerite
Zebraite
Borax
Pinto Valley Copper Mine, Arizona, USA, aerial photograph
Galenite cubes
Opencast coal mine
Diamond miners, South Africa
透石膏
Diamond mine, Siberia, Russia
Venetia Diamond Mine, South Africa
Galena & sphalerite on quartz substrate
Quartz with Galena & sphalerit
Bauxite
IRON ORE MINING
Chromite
Fluorspar crystals
Desert Rose (Selenite) Crystal Gemstone
Selenite
Gypsum crystals
Brochantite
Copper Ore
Siderite, and iron ore
Germany, Lower Saxony, Salzgitter, iron ore mine, Salzgitter Kloeckner-Werke in the background
Diamond mine
Sand and gravel mine, aerial photograph
Mountain Pass rare earth mine
Outback quarry, Australia
View of a sample of selenite, a form of gypsum
OPEN-CUT IRON MINE
Malachite
Malachite, SEM
Volcanic crater lake with sulphur deposits
Men carrying mined sulphur from volcanic crater
Sapphire mining, Madagascar
Malachite in host rock
Azurite in host rock
Azurite
Azurite and malachite
Mineral exploration drilling, Kenya
Diamond drill bit
Mining core samples, Kenya
Mining core sample, Kenya
Sulphur rocks
Sulphur deposits, Mount Iwo, Japan
Diamond mining, Angola
Mercury gold panning extraction, 1940
チュキカマタ銅山
Sodium chloride rock salt & pictogram
Sodium chloride rock salt on watch glass.
Rock concretions and minerals
Gypsum and sulphur crystals
Limestone mine, South Africa
Aragonite crystals
Sufco Coal Mine, Salina, Utah, USA
Lechuguilla Cave Crystals
Cobalt and copper mine, Democratic Republic of Congo
Orange crystal
Barite crystals, SEM
Vanadinite
Chalcosite
Magnetite and calcite
Magnetite in quartz
Cuprocassiterite in quartz mica schist
Tremolite crystals
Pseudomorphic crystal growth