Rocks and Minerals Photo Gallery by David B at pbase.com

Rocks and Minerals

I have been a rockhound since the early 1960's when I was first old enough to walk in the footsteps of my grandfather collecting Lake Superior Agate along the banks of the Mississippi in St. Paul MN. These are some of my mineral specimens collected mostly in Colorado in the last couple of years. I have countless more that I could post if only I can find the time to go through and organize and take pictures of what I have. This seems like a better way to display them than the bags and cans many of them are sitting in.

Killer Smoky Quartz (LGGMC Patience Claim 2022)	Killer Large Smoky 2 (LGGMC Patience Claim 2022)	Amazonite & Smoky Combo	Amazonite & Fluorite Combo	Amazonite Smoky and Mica Combo	Lake George Area Quartz
Goethite Pseudomorph	Goethite on Smoky Quartz	Lincoln County NM Smoky Quartz	Brown Derby Mine Bicolor Tourmaline	Antero Aquamarine on Smoky Quartz 1	Antero Aquamarine on Smoky Quartz 2
Antero Aquamarine on Smoky Quartz 3	Antero Aquamarine on Smoky Quartz 4	Antero Aquamarine on Smoky Quartz 5	Antero Aqua on Smoky 2	Antero Aqua on Matrix	Antero Aquamarine
Antero Aquamarine Fragment Floater	Antero Aquamarine III	Antero Etched Aquamarines	Antero Etched Aquamarines II	Antero Blue Beryl	Antero Blue Beryl Macro 1
Antero Blue Beryl Macro 2	Antero Blue Beryl Macro 3	Antero Blue Beryl Macro 4	Antero Blue Beryl II	Antero Blue Beryl III	Antero Blue Beryl IV
Antero Blue Beryl VI	Antero Blue Beryl VII	Antero Blue Beryl VIII	Antero Aquas	Antero Aquas II	Antero Aquas III
Antero Beryl	Antero Heavily Etched Aquamarine	Antero Beryl I	Antero Beryl II	Antero Beryl on Matrix 1	Antero Beryl on Matrix 2
Antero Beryl on Matrix 3	Antero Beryl on Matrix 4	Antero Flourite	Antero Flourite 2	Mt White Aquamarine 1	Mt White Aquamarine II
Antero Aqua (4 carats) I	Antero Aqua (4 carats) II	Antero Aqua (4 carats) III	Antero Aqua (4 carats) IV	Antero Albite w Smokies	Antero Smoky with Bertrandite
Antero Smoky with Bertrandite 2	Antero Smoky with Bertrandite 2 back	Antero Bertrandite on Smoky 1	Antero Smoky with Bertandite 3	Antero Bertrandite on Smoky 2	Antero Bertrandite on Smoky 3
Antero Bertrandite on Smoky 4	Antero Bertrandite on Smoky 5	Antero Light Blue Beryl 1	Antero Blue Beryl 2	Antero Blue Beryl 3	Mt. White Smoky
Mt. White Beryl	Mt. White Aqua	S. Tarryall Peak Blue Topaz	Tarryall Topaz	Tarryall Topaz 2	Tarryall Topaz 3
Tarryall Topaz 1	Tarryall Blue Topaz	Tarryall Smoky	Colorado Minerals	Calumet Epidote Matrix Specimen	Calumet Quartz and Epidote 1
Calumet Quartz and Epidote 2	Actinolite on Massive Magnetite 1	Actinolite on Massive Magnetite 2	Calumet Epidote Specimen	Calumet Epidote Specimen II	Calumet Epidote Specimen III
Calumet Double Terminated Quartz	Calumet Quarz Specimen	Calumet Epidote Crystal	Calumet Quartz with inclusions	Calumet Magnetite	Calumet Area Sapphire
Calumet Area Sphalerite	Calumet Grossular Garnet	Hessonite Garnets 1	Hessonite Garnets 2	Hessonite Garnets 3	Calumet Bournite
Calumet Quartz w Epidote Inclusions	Calumet Epidote on Calcite	Calumet Epidote	Calumet Epidote I	Calumet Epidote II	Calumet Iron Mine I
Calumet Epidote Boulder	Calumet Epidot Crystals	Calumet Aragonite	Aragonite on Quartz 1	Aragonite on Quartz 2	Aragonite on Quartz 3
Aragonite on Quartz 4	Aragonite on Quartz 5	Diopside/Actinolite Inclusions in Quartz	Diopside Crystal on Calcite 1	Diopside Crystal on Calcite 2	Diopside Crystal on Calcite 3
Actinolite (locally Uralite) on Calcite 1	Actinolite (locally Uralite) on Calcite 2	Calumet Epidote on Calcite	Calcite w Epidote 1	Calcite w Epidote 2	Calcite w Epidote 3
Calumet Calcite 1	Calumet Calcite 2	Wah Wah Azurite/Malachite	Wah Wah Malachite	Wah Wah Copper Mine Specimen	Wah Wah Copper Mine
Wah Wah Mt Obsidian Arrowhead	A Utah Calcite Specimen	Green River Pigeon Blood Agate	Green River Mossy Pigeon Blood Agate	Green River Agate	Green River Agate
Lake Superior Agate	Lake Superior Agate II	Lake Superior Agate	Minnesota Staurolite Crystal	Twin Mountain Mossy Agate	Yampa River Fossil
Missouri Ridge Quartz	Taylor Mt. Quartz I	Taylor Mt. Quartz II	Taylor Mt. Quartz III	Taylor Mt. Quartz IV	Taylor Mt. Quartz IV 2
Mt. Taylor Quartz V	Mt. Taylor Quartz VI	Taylor Mountain Quartz VII (Unusual Termination)	Taylor Mountain Quartz VII (Unusual Termination) 2	Taylor Mountain Quartz VII (Unusual Termination) 3	Taylor Mountain Quartz VII (Unusual Termination) 4
Taylor Mountain Quartz VII (Unusual Termination) 5	Taylor Mountain Quartz VII (Unusual Termination) 6	Taylor Mt Quartz	Taylor Mt Polish Quartz with Inclusions	Taylor Mountain Colorado Quartz	Taylor Mountain Goethite
Taylor Mountain Quartz 1	Taylor Mountain Quartz 2	Taylor Mountain High Grade	Ruby Mountain Garnet 2	Ruby Mountain Garnet 1	Ruby Mt Spessartine Garnet
Pontcha Pass Garnet	Beidel Quartz (Crystal Hill Mine)	Colorado Peridot	Day at Crystal Peak	Crystal Peak Amazonite	Amazonite w Smoky I
Amazonite w Smoky II	Amazonite w Smoky III	Amazonite	Amazonite	Amazonite II	Amazonite III
Amazonite with Smoky 1	Amazonite with Smoky 2	Colorado Amazonite with Smoky	Colorado Smoky	Hartsel Colorado Barite	Kremmling Pet Wood (Sequoia)
Kremmling Petrified Wood	Kremmling Pet Drift Wood	Kremmling Pet Drift Wood Macro	Kremmling Petrified Driftwood	Kremmling Petrified Driftwood 2	Kremmling Petrified Wood II
Commodore Mine Sphalerite 1	Commodore Mine Sphalerite 2	Sweet Home Rhodocrosite 1	Sweet Home Rhodocrosite 2	Sweet Home Rhodocrosite 3	Sweet Home Rhodocrosite 4
Sweet Home Rhodocrosite 5	Big Creek Idaho Quartz	Big Creek Idaho Quartz	Cavansite from India	Cavansite 2	Cavansite 3
Cavansite 4	Mibladen Vanadinite 1	Mibladen Vanadinite 2	Pikes Peak Specimen Rock Fluorite 1	Pikes Peak Specimen Rock Fluorite 2	Pikes Peak Specimen Rock Fluorite 3
Indicolite Cyrstal	Erongo Aquamarine	Elmwood Flourite 1	Elmwood Flourite 2	Elmwood Flourite 3	Elmwood Flourite 4
Tanzanite 1	Tanzanite 2	20240705_110313.jpg	20240705_110326.jpg

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Lewis Hall		17-Sep-2016 01:51
You have a very nice collection of minerals and great photos. I had to look up what a canon d60 was. I see you moved to a canon 70D. Lewis

Matt		04-Sep-2008 23:46
Incredible collection. Makes me want to become an avid rockhound. I've heard about Mt. Antero being a hot spot for aquamarines. It's cool to actually see some of them. Do you know of any venders who sell them?

Tony		01-Jun-2008 01:47
Very nice collection. Been looking for the calumet location a few times but have yet to find it. I found a blue stone today, almost the color of the aquamarines but is not a crystal. It is very much like the fluorite i have found. I was near Penrose colorado thanks for any input. Tony

David B		20-Jul-2004 03:17
Suzanne, thanks for your kind remarks! Most of the specimens posted have been collected in the past couple of years in Colorado. The Aquamarine and Beryl specimens come from Mt. Antero at nearly 14,000 ft, which is the highest gemstone collecting site in North America. See some of my Colorado vacation galleries for pictures of some of the collecting sites.

GawdinFever		18-Jul-2004 14:02
Followed your link from GW... You have some awesome pics! I've never seen anyone with a rock collection posted---or a collection like yours! I love it! What areas do you acquire these gems???? Susanne

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