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Bruce and Fiona's Blue Mineral Collection

Aerinite inclusions in Quartz
Olvera Ophite, Andalusia, Spain
2.0 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm

Afghanite
Lapis-lazuli Mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Crystals to 2.5 cm on 8.5 x 6.7 x 5.5 cm Quartz matrix

Anatase on Quartz
Hardangervidda National Park, Ullensvang, Hordaland, Norway
Crystals: 0.5 cm, specimen: 4.1 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm

Aurichalcite
Mexico
9.0 x 6.4 x 3.0 cm

Aurichalcite in Hemimorphite
79 Mine, Hayden, Gila Co., Arizona
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm

Azurite with Malachite (green) and Chrysocolla (coating blue Azurite spheres)
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Clifton-Morenci District, Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., AZ
3.7 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm

Azurite
Moracco
5.0 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm

Azurite and Malachite
Mexico
11.3 x 6.0 x 5.6 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Anhui Province, China
7.5 x 5.8 x 5.8 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Bisbee, Cochise Co., AZ
2.0 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Tsumeb, Namibia
2.0 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm

Benitoite
Benitoite Gem Mine, New Idria District, San Benito Co., California
4.9 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm

Benitoite
Benitoite Gem Mine, New Idria District, San Benito Co., California
2.2 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm

Benitoite (blue), Neptunite (black), Joaquinite (brown), Natrolite (white)
Benitoite Gem Mine, New Idria District, San Benito Co., California
5.2 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm

Benitoite (blue), Joaquinite (brown), Natrolite (white)
Dallas Gem Mine, New Idria District, San Benito Co., California
Benitoite crystals to 1.5 cm in 4.6 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm matrix

Beryl (var. Aquamarine) and Fluorite on Clevelandite
Nagar, Alibad, Hunza, N. Pakistan
 

Beryl (var. Aquamarine) and Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
Crystals to 2.0 cm, specimen: 5.0 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm
Blue Common Opal
Denny Mtn., King Co., WA
4.7 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Blue Quartz
Finch Mine, Gila Co., AZ
5.5 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm
Blue-green Jasper (Chalcedony)
Unknown locality
6.4 x 5.3 x 2.5 cm

Boleite
Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleó), Boleó District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm

Boleite (11 small crystals)
Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleó), Boleó District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico
0.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (largest xl)

Caledonite
Gar Mine, Beaverhead Co., MT
microcrystals on 3.5 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm matrix
Cavansite and Hemimorphite
Pune, India
7.1 x 6.5 x 4.3 cm
Cavansite Thumbnail
Pune, India
 
Cavansite and Stilbite
Pune, India
 
Celestine
Katsebe, Madagascar
11.5 x 9.2 x 6.5 cm
Chalcoalumite
Grandview Mine, Coconino Co., AZ
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
Chrysocolla
79 Mine, Hayden, Gila Co., Arizona
4.5 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Chrysocolla
Etoile Mine, Lumbumbashi, Kayes, Congo
10.8 x 6.9 x 4.1 cm
Quartz on Chrysocolla
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
6.4 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm
Cornetite
L'Etoile du Congo Mine , Lubumbashi, Southern area, Katanga Copper Zone, Katanga, Congo
6.0 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
Cornetite (blue) and Libethenite (green)
Congo
Covellite
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., MT
3.0 x 2.4 x 0.7 cm
Cyanotrichite
Lemhi Co., ID
4.8 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm
Elbaite Tourmaline
Cruzeiro Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
6.7 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, 26 g
Euclase
Zimbabwe
1.9 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Fluorite
Portales Adit, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, NM
3.9 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite with Phantoms
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
7.5 x 6.2 x 2.5 cm
Kinoite and Apophyllite
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona
Ex. Harvard University Mineralogical Museum
Kinoite crystals to 2 mm, 8.4 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm specimen
Kinoite and Apophyllite
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona
4.8 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm

Kyanite
Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
11.1 x 1.3 x 0.2 cm crystal, 11.1 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm specimen

Labradorite
Labrador, Canada
7.5 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Langite
Lubietova, Slovakia
7.1 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm
Lapis Lazuli
Chile
7.7 x 5.8 x 3.1 cm
Lazulite in Quartz and Siderite
Rapid Creek area, Yukon Territory, Canada
8.2 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm

Lazurite on marble matrix
Sar-e-Sang, Afghanistan
1.7 cm crystal, 6.3 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm specimen

Linarite (pseudomorph after Anglesite and Galena)
Probably Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Soccorro County, New Mexico

11.7 x 9.0 x 5.2 cm
Linarite (blue) and Brochantite (green)
Mujarum, Moracco
6.0 x 4.9 x 2.5 cm
McGuinnessite
Red Mountain, near Ukiah, Mendocino Co., CA
6.4 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm

Papagoite and Ajoite
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona
2.4 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm

Paravauxite on Vauxite
Siglo XX Mine, San Jose Level, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
3.0 x 2.3 x 0.4 cm

Paravauxite on Vauxite
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm

Pentagonite on Stilbite matrix
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2.2 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm

Planchéite on Hematite and Quartz matrix
Katanga Copper Zone, Katanga (Shaba), Congo (Zaïre)
Crystals to 1.0 cm, specimen: 4.2 x 3.3 x 3 cm

Rosasite
Bisbee, Cochise Co., AZ
6.0 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Rosasite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
 
Rosasite
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm
 
Sampleite
Endeavor Mine 26, North Parkes, Central NSW, Australia
microcrystals on 4.8 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm matrix
Smithsonite
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico
6.5 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm
Smithsonite
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico
3.5 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Smithsonite
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico
4.1 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm

Sodalite
Canada
4.1 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm

Sodalite slab
Unknown locality
10.0 x 7.9 x 0.4 cm

Spinel on Milky Quartz matrix
Kaiiado District, Kenya
0.8 cm crystal, 4.2 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm specimen

Stilbite on Blue Quartz
Jalgoon, India
6.5 x 6.3 x 2.0 cm
Thomsonite
Jaquish Rd., near Goble, Columbia Co., OR
8.5 x 8.0 x 3.2 cm

Turquoise crystals on Quartz matrix
Lynch Station, Virginia
6.5 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm

Tyrolite
Libethen, Slovak Republic
4.0 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm

Vauxite
Siglo XX Mine, San Jose Level, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm, Paravauxite crystals to 8 mm.

Vauxite and Paravauxite
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm

Vauxite, Paravauxite and Metavauxite on Quartz-Diorite porphyry matrix
Siglo XX Mine, Contacto Level, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm

Vivianite spray
Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm

Vivianite with Cassiterite on Quartz
Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.7 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm

All photos © 2007-2008, Bruce Kelley