Gallery and Index of Minerals

 

The images of minerals on this page were taken from other web resources. The website reference is located underneath each image. For links to these web pages and others please visit the Links page of this website. For more minerals and a comprehensive gallery of thin section images follow the link at the bottom of this page.

 

Apatite

www.mineralofthemonthclub.org/apatite.htm
www.worldofrockhounds.com/apatite.html

 

 

brucite

webmineral.com/specimens/brucite.shtml
imb.kangwon.ac.kr/gal4.htm
museum.pku.edu.cn/exp/mineral/mineral/brucite.asp
www.trinityminerals.com/ms2000/rare.shtml

 

 

Beryl

www.cpus.gov.cn/zlg/baoshi/y16.htm
http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/silicate/beryl/beryl.htm

 

 

Nepheline

 

Under the microscope

This is a crosspolarized picture of a thin section of Nepheline (1,2) in basalt

http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/volcanic-micro/nephelinebasalt.X.html

geology.pusan.ac.kr/petro/nepheline.html

 

http://www.brocku.ca/earthsciences/people/gfinn/minerals/nephelin.htm
For more information on this thin section look at the website: http://www.gesc.ttu.edu/NOR_research/Horta_jpegs/9352.html

 

Hand specimen

imb.kangwon.ac.kr/gal4.htm
webmineral.com/specimens/Nepheline.shtml

 

 

Rutile

 

Under the microscope

geology.pusan.ac.kr/petro/rutile.html

 

Hand specimen

huntforgems.com/mineralswap03.html
www.healing-s.com/genseki-iroiro.htm

 

 

Tourmaline

 

In crosspolarized light

Tourmaline (1,2) in a quartz (1,2,3,4,5,6) matirix under plane polarized light
under cross polarized light

http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/minerals/tourmaline.UX.html

 

Hand specimen

www.wicca.com/celtic/stones/stonet-z.htm
imb.kangwon.ac.kr/gal2.htm

 

 

Vesuvianite

 

Under the microscope

under plane polarized light

under cross polarized light --vesuvianite has a very unique blue birefringence

http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/minerals/vesuvianite.UX.html

 

Hand specimen

www.italianminerals.com/USA/usa-room6.html
http://www.micromineral.org/gito/PagesWEB/PagesPhotos/phot_vesuvianit1.htm

 

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