"Ward's Phenomena"

Feldspar group; white-to-gray cleavages of sodic plagioclase; some show twinning.

Good grade, green, massive; copper ore.

Good grade, brass-yellow copper ore, massive.

Pyroxene group; gray-green, coarse crystalline.

Classic “peacock” aluminum ore.

Small 1–1.5 mm crystal, octahedrans or cubes, Mohs” hardness of 10.

Feldspar group; white to gray, sodium plagioclase cleavages; some faces may show twinning.

Bright blue crystalline veins and coatings in a matrix of mixed copper ore.

Cut black mica cleavage sheets.

Good grade, bronze-colored ore, massive.