"gel box"

Brown, fluorescent crystals intergrown in dolomite rock.

Amphibole group; dark greenish black cleavages, somewhat columnar.

Red, earthy, in natural chunk form; common pigment ore.

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

Classic “peacock” aluminum ore.

Cut black mica cleavage sheets.

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

Clear rhombs showing double refraction.

Crystals and crystal sections up to 1", Mohs’ hardness of 9.

Pure, large, transparent-to-translucent cleavages, Mohs’ hardness of 4.

Bright metallic cubic cleavages; lead ore.

Black, high grade, foliated, greasy feel.

White, fine, massive, opaque to slightly translucent.

White, fibrous, silky luster.

Clear, pure cleavages, Mohs’ hardness of 2.

Himalayan mineral great for teaching and display.