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Dark grey grains, masses and tiny veins of oldhamite in calcite, from Lichtenberg Absetzer Mine (dump), Ronneburg U deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany. Ex Fritz Rüger collection. Field of view 1.5 cm.
Very dark green crystals of the rare phosphate mineral olgite from the type locality in Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russian Federation
Photograph of Oligoclase (var. sunstone, NMNH G3273) from the National Gem Collection, showing golden sheen. Specimen from Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, Norway