Members' Best NM Specimens
"The most flamboyant crystals would be nothing more than geometric curiosities without the knowledge that their regular shapes and striking colors are a consequence of the forces that bind their atoms together." The Super Nova Story, Marchall, 1988, p. 3
To all Members: This page is intended to show mineral and fossil specimens collected by club members. Just to get the ball rolling, I've put a couple of my own specimens on, but I need yours. Please send me the pics of the one or two favorite specimens that you have collected here in New Mexico. Send it as an e-mail attachment to jscully216@aol.com or give it to me on a floppy disk at a club meeting. If sending by e-mail please only put one pic on per e-mail message. Tell me what the mineral is, where you collected it and your name. (-: John Scully
Minerals:
Moonstone, Rabb Park in the Gila NF
Goethite, Route 60 mine west of Socorro, April, 2003, by John Scully
Goethite, Route 60 mine, west of Socorro, April, 2003 by Rex Nelson
Quartz crystal, Mule Creek, Desert Jewel claim 5/03
Bingham Green Fluorite, Queen Ann Claim, Bingham, 8/23/03
Spessartine Garnet, Harding Mine, Collected by Paul Hlava
Linarite, Bingham
Gem chrysocolla, Apache II Mine, Hachita, 11/03
Azurite balls in arkose matrix with dash of malachite stain, Nacimiento Mine, 10/29/03, collected by Rex Nelson
Ramshorn gypsum, Whiskey II mine, Bingham, NM by Rex Nelson in distant past
Septarian nodule with calcite crystals, Nacimiento Mine, Mike Garcia
Galena cubes on matrix, Queen Ann Claim, AKA, the South Cut, Bingham. Rex Nelson, March 2004
Galena cubes with linarite and brochantite, Queen Ann Claim, AKA, the South Cut, Bingham. Rex Nelson, March 2004.
Gold, 1.32 ounces, Santa Fe County, 1985, Phil Hontz
Pyrite ball, Nacimiento Mine, Cuba, NM, Orlando Garcia, 2002
Azurite concretions in sandstone matrix, Nacimiento Mine, Cuba, NM, John Scully, 2004
Blue Barite Crystal inside a calcite filled septarian, Nacimiento Mine, Rachel Shroyer, 2003
Fossils:
Water Plant, Permian Sandstone, Quebrada Area, East of Socorro
Petrified Wood with Crystals, Garcia family, Grants area
Horn Coral, west of Caballo Lake in BLM land, week of Sept 8
Carbonized wood in arcose suffused with malachite and azurite, Nacimiento Mine, Cuba, NM 10/29/03
