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| Brian Bowden | profile | all galleries >> Marble Galleries >> Mineral Spheres | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
My collection of mineral spheres, initially from trips to the gem and mineral shows in Tucson over the years, but more recently from other sources. Listed in order of acquisition, most recent at the top. You can click on the thumbnails to see larger pics.
 2.19": Blue Opalized Wood - Indonesia |
 3.68": Wyloo Agate - Australia |
 5.42": Yooperlite - Michigan |
 2.67":Banded Lace Agate - Mexico |
 2.80": Kambaba Jasper - Madagascar |
 2.95": Ocean Ibis Jasper - Madagascar |
 6.12": Sodalite - Wangcang County, Sichuan Province, China |
 7.50": Volcanic Agate (with UV highlights) - China |
 6.08": Volcanic Agate (with UV highlights) - China |
 5.28": Volcanic Agate (with UV highlights) - China |
 4.25": Fluorite - Madagascar |
 4.02": Chalcopyrite - China |
 3.11": 4th of July Mushroom Rhyolite w/ Agate - Hermanas, NM |
 2.57": Moss Agate - Madagascar |
 1.59": 'Phantom Crystal' Quartz - |
 2.57": Crazy Lace Agate - Mexico |
 2.13": Kyanite - Madagascar |
 2.88": Ocean Jasper - China |
 1.89": Purple Flower Agate - Gobi Desert/Inner Mongolia |
 2.65": Chinese Writing Stone - Auburn, CA |
 2.63": Flame Agate - Mexico |
 1.91": Waterline - Mozambique |
 1.75": Aztec Lace Agate - Mexico |
 2.07": Hecatolite/Moonstone in Quartz w/ Black Mica - Madagascar |
 2.25": Golden Rutliated Quartz and Agate - Madagascar |
 2.18": Purpurite - Namibia |
 2.36": Picasso Marble - Utah |
 1.58": Quartz w/ Pyrite - California |
 1.36": Canadian River Plume Agate - Texas |
 1.98": Madagascar Agate - Madagascar |
 3.82": King Cobra Jasper - India |
 1.27": Condor Agate - Argentina |
 1.70": Polka Dot Agate - Oregon |
 1.19": Coprolite (Dino Poop) - Southern Utah |
 2.33": Stone Canyon Jasper w/ Agate - Coalinga, CA |
 4.82": Orbiculite - China |
 2.80": Rhodocrosite/Quartz - China |
 3.62": Green Zebra Jasper |
 5.26": Septarian Agate Geode - Madagascar |
 2.85": Polychrome Jasper - Madagascar |
 2.17": Chrysoprase - Indonesia |
 3.59": Surfite (Man-made from layered surfboard resin) |
 2.68": Banded Carnelian Agate/Quartz |
 2.93": Labradorite - Madagascar |
 2.81": Rhodocrosite/Quartz - China |
 1.05": Chrysoprase - Indonesia |
 1.14": Lapis Lazuli - Afghanistan |
 2.96": Copper Fissures in Matrix - Michigan |
 3.18": Laguna Lace Agate - Mexico |
 4.15": Mother of Pearl (mosaic on solid sphere) - Mexico |
 1.79": Opal (arranged in a matrix) - Mexico |
 2.07": Rainbow Obsidian - Jalisco, Mexico |
 1.96": Sunset Dolomite - Mexico |
 2.53": Stromatolite - Wyoming |
 3.19": Purple Jade - Turkey |
 2.60": Mystic Mountain Jasper - Utah |
 2.20": Cobaltoan Calcite - Congo |
 1.99": King Cobra Jasper - India |
 2.49": Honeycomb Onyx - Utah |
 1.11": Morganite - Brazil |
 1.16": Aquamarine - Brazil |
 2.20": Sunset Dolomite - Mexico |
 1.89": Shattuckite w/ Chrysocolla - Shaba, Congo |
 2.63": 'Warring States' Red Agate - Madagascar |
 1.59": Petrified Dinosaur Bone - Madagascar |
 2.73": Moss Agate - Madagascar |
 2.02": Amethyst - Brazil |
 2.50": Banded Lace Agate - Mexico |
 3.14": Black Tourmaline/Mica/Quartz in Matrix - Madgascar |
 1.17": Banded Lace Agate - Madagascar |
 1" & Under: Banded Agate/Quartz |
 1.60": Moss Agate - Brazil |
 2.35": Smoky Quartz w/ Amazonite - Madagascar |
 2.98": Druzy Snow Agate - Indonesia |
 1.69": Pink Tourmaline & Lepidolite (Unicorn Stone) - Madagascar |
 2.18": Agatized Petrified Wood w/ Botryoidal - Indonesia |
 2.03": Amazonite - Madagascar |
 2.58": Moss Agate - Brazil |
 2.53": Lapis Lazuli w/ Calcite - Afghanistan |
 2.28": Pyrite Flowers in Agate - Indonesia |
 2.19": Serpentine w/ Pyrite - Peru |
 2.19": Cobaltoan Calcite/Dolomite - Congo |
 2.50": Chrysocolla and Quartz - Peru |
 1.93": Pink Mangano Calcite (UV Orange) - Pakistan |
 2.26": Green Chrysoprase - Madagascar |
 1.46": Phosphosiderite - Chile |
 2.22": Chrysocolla/Malachite/Pyrite - Peru |
 2.00": Amber - Indonesia |
 2.09": Marcasite - Indonesia |
 2.15": Petrified Wood w/ Opal - Indonesia |
 1.70": Grape Agate - Indonesia |
 2.47": Marble - Utah |
 2.85": Picasso Marble - Utah |
 2.30": Moss Agate - China |
 2.60": Moss Agate Quartz - China |
 1.95": Crazy Lace Agate - Mexico |
 1.85": Crazy Lace Agate - Mexico |
 1.31": Banded Carnelian Agate - Madagascar |
 2.27": Ruby in Rhyolite - India |
 1.25": Gold Rutilated Quartz - China (crystal clear) |
 0.54": .999 Pure Silver |
 0.75": Enhydro Quartz - China (water bubble inside!) |
 1.60": Banded Carnelian Agate - Madagascar |
 1.91": Banded Carnelian Agate - Madagascar |
 1.56": Banded Carnelian Agate - Madagascar |
 1.93": Banded Carnelian Agate - Madagascar |
 1.54": Banded Carnelian Agate - Madagascar |
 1.60": Blue Llanite Jasper - Brazil |
 2.62": Septarian Agate - Madagascar |
 2.35": Orthoceras Nautiloid Cephalopod Fossil - Morocco |
 1.97": Azurite w/ Malachite - Peru |
 1.16": Native Copper - Michigan |
 1.61": Pink Opal - Peru |
 1.63": Titanium Agate Quartz - Brazil |
 1.58": Red Tiger Eye - South Africa |
 2.74": Agate Geode w/ Quartz - Brazil |
 2.44": Red Fire/Hematoid Quartz - Madagascar |
 1.57": Blue Aventurine - China |
 1.95": Leopard Skin Jasper - Peru |
 2.17": Amethyst Agate - Brazil |
 1.78": Banded Aragonite - Morcco |
 1.25": Timascus (Manufactured metal, not a mineral) |
 3.16": Silver - Cobalt Area, Ontario Canada |
 2.37": Youngite - Utah |
 1.96": Rhodochrosite w/ Pyrite - Argentina |
 2.15": Ocean Jasper - Madagascar |
 1.78": Bumblebee Jasper (Sulfur, Manganese) - Volcanic Vents, Java Island, Indonesia |
 2.25": Charoite - Russia |
 0.83": Red Sphalerite - Spain |
 1.40": Chrysocolla in Malachite - Arizona |
 1.47": Owyhee Jasper - Oregon |
 1.52": Copper - Michigan |
 1.83": Mariposite - Mariposa, California |
 1.52": Black Agate - Brazil |
 2.00": Turritella Agate - Wyoming |
 1.56": Louisiana Opal - Louisiana |
 1.72": Morgan Hills Poppy Jasper - Morgan Hills, California |
 4.34": Schalanblende - Poland |
 1.87": Trachyte Porphyry (Headcheezite, Ha!) - Bannockburn, Ontario Canada |
 1.17": Lapis Lazuli - Afghanistan |
 2.43": Rhodonite - Australia |
 1.93": Popcorn Jasper - California |
 2.18": Fossilized Whale Bone - Central California Coast |
 1.76": Chrysocolla - Arizona |
 3.99": Fossilized Coral - Indonesia |
 1.36": Lavender Flourite - China |
 2.10": Jicorite Rayada Jasper - Mexico |
 1.60": Spotted Kyanite - India |
 1.87": Stromatolite (Zombite! Heh) - Argentina |
 2.04": Ocean Jasper - Madagascar |
 1.77": Chalcopyrite - Peru |
 2.69": Malachite - Africa |
 2.18": Agua Nueva Agate - Mexico |
 1.93": Stromatolite (Fingerite - See them?) - Jakut-Saha, Torgo, Russia |
 1.94": Dumortierite - Brazil |
 1.23": Prehnite - Australia |
 2.62": Aventurine Green Quartzite - Temiscaming, Quebec Canada |
 1.45": Bruneau Jasper - Oregon |
 1.30": Leopard Skin Jasper - Mexico |
 2.36": Rainbow Flourite - Brazil |
 1.39": Narsarsukite - Russia |
 1.19": Jade - Russia |
 2.51": Red/Blue Texas Jasper - Texas |
 0.99": Apatite - Brazil |
 2.69": King Cobra Jasper - India |
 1.71": Atlantisite, aka Stichtite in Serpentine |
 2.22": Sardonyx - India |
 1.56": Hemitite - Brazil |
 2.21": Skarn - Russia |
 1.67": Fossilized Dinosaur Bone - Montana |
 0.87": Green Cat's Eye Opalite - Brazil |
 1.72": Girosal Opal/Quartz - Madagascar |
 1.91": Leopard Skin Jasper - Mexico |
 1.56": Snakeskin Jasper - China |
 2.51": Bloodred Garnet Almandine - TK Garnet Mine, Thackaringa, Broken Hill, NSW Australia |
 2.00": Mariposite - Mariposa, California |
 2.07": Iron Tiger's Eye |
 1.42": Quartz w/ Mica |
 2.51": Mt Aire Agate - Nevada |
 1.47": Willemite Calcite (Franklinite) - Franklin, New Jersey |
 1.26": Flourite - Argentina |
 1.11": Malachite - Africa |
 2.24": Fossilized Coral - Indonesia |
 1.98": Bloodstone - India |
 0.74": Meteorite |
 0.73": Meteorite |
 1.99": Rainbow Obsidian - Mexico |
 1.24": Vessonite Garnet - Africa |
 1.41": Ocean Jasper - China |
 1.24": Jasper - China |
 1.52": Blue Goldstone |
 1.67": Clear Calcite |
 1.53": Quartz |
 1.66": Snowflake Obsidian |
 1.62": Honey Calcite |
 1.14": Labradorite |
 2.13": Fossil Clam Jasper - China |
 1.99": Red Tiger Eye |
 2.73": Fossil Shell Jasper - China |
 1.89": Serpentine w/ Pyrite |
 2.06": Pyrite |
 2.64": Pyrite |
 2.37":- Martite w/ Jasper (Ancestralite) - Temagami, Ontario Canada |
 1.94": Niccolite - Cobalt Area, Ontario Canada |
 1.56": Petrified Palm |
 1.17": Native Copper |
 2.06": Lace Agate - Pastan, Kaz Russia |
 1.59": Nepheline - Khibiny, Kola Russia |
 1.55": Banded Agate |
 1.49": Amazonite in Matrix - Keviy, Kola Russia |
 1.54": Banded Agate |
 1.72": Agate Geode w/ Druzy Quartz |
 2.28": Agate Geode w/ Druzy Quartz |
 3.90": Amethyst - Brazil |
 1.97": Fluorite |
 2.06": Blue Scapolite - Gibb Lake, Fort Coulonge, Quebec Canada |
 0.93": Amber |
 1.91": Carnelian - Madagascar |
 1.74": Carnelian - Madagascar |
 1.38": Eudialyte, Amphibole, Feldspar, Agrellite - Canada |
 1.98": Selenite |
 1.20": Atlantisite, aka Stichtite in Serpentine - Tasmania, Australia |
 1.95": Meteorite - Seymchan Meteor, Russia, Magadan Region 1967 |
 1.94": Ocean Jasper - Madagascar |
 1.12": Ocean Jasper - Madagascar |
 2.25": Onyx |
 1.59": Polychrome Jasper - Madagascar |
 1.43": Septarian Agate |
 1.53": Lepidolite - Mozambique |
 2.69": Almandine (Garnet group) - Shueretskoe, Karelio, Russia |
 2.19": Clinochlore (Seraphinite) - Korshunovskiy Mine, Irkutskaya Oblast, Siberia, Russia |
 4.18": Pietersite - Arizona (Serpentine w/ Chrysotile fibers) |
 2.23": Tiger Eye - Africa |
 1.99": Snakeskin Jasper |
 1.98": Goldstone |
 1.99": Petrified Sequoia - Saddle Mountain, WA |
 1.82": Petrified Sequoia - Saddle Mountain, WA |
 1.63": Chrysocolla-Malachite - Arizona |
 1.60": Chevron Amethyst - South Africa |
 1.20": Mookaite Jasper - Australia |
 1.70": Fluorite - Madagascar |
 1.55": Fluorite - Madagascar |
 1.37": Fluorite - Madagascar |
 1.36": Fluorite - Madagascar |
 1.34": Fluorite - Madagascar |
 1.38": Fluorite - Madagascar |
 1.20": Fluorite - Madagascar |
 2.17": Sandstone - Arizona, usually attributed to Utah, and was ground in Kanab, UT |
 3.70" x 1.37"/36.4g: Sericho Pallasite Meteorite (Olivine Crystal Inclusions) - Kenya, 2016 |
 1.2"/209g: Muonionalusta Metorite - Norbotten, Sweden, 1906 |
 5.75": Native Copper - Keweenaw Peninsula, MI (1lb, 2oz) |
 1.39" x 1.09": 66 carat Boulder Opal - Koroit, Australia |
 Other side of Boulder Opal |
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