I’ve posted great new U.S. specimens from the Pete Richards Collection (click here). These include copper from the Keweenaw Peninsula, a world-class awaruite, personally-collected NY hematite specimens and more.

Copper, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan – 10.3 cm

Copper crystals on the above specimen, field of view 3.0 cm

Copper, Central Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan – 5.7 cm

Copper crystals on the above specimen
Field of view 2.2 cm

Copper, Laker Pocket, Eagle Harbor, Lake Superior, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
Field of view 2.0 cm

Cyanotrichite, Maid of Sunshine Mine, Cochise Co., Arizona – 6.0 cm

Cyanotrichite, same specimen as above, field of view 1.6 cm

Awaruite, Josephine Creek, Josephine Co., Oregon – 5.8 cm
(This is a huge nugget of this rare iron-nickel mineral)

Willemite in calcite, Trotter Dump, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co.,
New Jersey – 5.5 cm

The same willemite-calcite specimen as above, under short-wave ultraviolet light

Covellite, Summitville, Rio Grande Co., Colorado
Field of view 2.5 cm

Covellite, Summitville, Rio Grande Co., Colorado
Field of view 1.5 cm

Pyrite, Blue River, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit Co., Colorado – 3.3 cm

Calcite, Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri – 3.9 cm

Datolite, Delaware Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan – 5.8 cm

Halite, 10th Ore Zone, Intrepid Potash East Mine, Carlsbad District, Eddy Co., New Mexico
Field of view 1.0 cm

Halite (cuboctahedral crystal), Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California – 3.1 cm

Hematite, Chub Lake, Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., New York – 8.2 cm

Close-up of the above specimen
Field of view 3.7 cm

Hematite, Quartz, Dodge Mine, Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., New York – 6.3 cm

Hematite, Chub Lake, St. Lawrence Co., New York – 7.3 cm

Hematite, Chub Lake, St. Lawrence Co., New York – 4.3 cm

Hematite, Chub Lake, St. Lawrence Co., New York

Barite, PAGA Mine, Cartersville, Bartow Co., Georgia – 3.9 cm

Barite, Cartersville, Bartow Co., Georgia, USA
Field of view 2.5 cm

Celestine, Stoneco Portage Quarry, Portage, Wood Co., Ohio
Field of view 4.0 cm

Barite, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa – 7.3 cm

Pyrite, County Road 38, NW of Republic, Seneca Co., Ohio – 6.5 cm

Sphalerite, Bluffton Stone Company Quarry, Bluffton, Richland Twp., Allen Co., Ohio
Field of view 0.8 cm

Columbite, Black Mountain, Oxford Co., Maine
Field of view 1.9 cm

Columbite, Black Mountain, Oxford Co., Maine
Field of view 2.0 cm