A Mineralogical Journey across Asia and Australia

Nobody can escape the fascination of the mineral world, because each mineral is a unique specimen and evokes admiration due to its form, colour, shape and distinct features. Worldwide, more than 4600 different minerals were identified. Since 2008, the most beautiful of them have found their permanent home in TERRA MINERALIA in the university town of Freiberg. In 90 selected steps this e-book leads the mineralogical journey that began in Europe to Asia and Australia.



Nobody can escape the fascination of the mineral world, because each mineral is a unique specimen and evokes admiration due to its form, colour, shape and distinct features. Worldwide, more than 4600 different minerals were identified. Since 2008, the most beautiful of them have found their permanent home in TERRA MINERALIA in the university ...



PREFACE

SPODUMENE (KUNZITE) ON QUARTZ

LASURITE

TOURMALINE

ZIRCON

PHLOGOPITE

GARNET

ANATASE

RUBY

AQUAMARINE

TOURMALINE

FLUORITE

PREHNITE

BASTNAESITE

CAVANSITE

APOPHYLLITE

APOPHYLLITE ON AMETHYST

EPISTILBITE

OKENITE

MESOLITE

CALCITE

FLUORITE

CALCITE

HEULANDITE

QUARTZ WITH SPESSARTITE

SPESSARTITE

SPESSARTITE

SMOKY QUARTZ, SPESSARTITE

QUARTZ

MALACHITE

AZURITE

MIMETISITE ON GOETHITE

MIMETISITE

QUARTZ ON HEMATITE

CALCITE

CALCITE

ANTIMONITE

ANTIMONITE

CERUSSITE

PYROMORPHITE

PYROMORPHITE

CYANOTRICHITE

GYPSUM

GYPSUM

BARYTE WITH CALCITE

BARYTE WITH CALCITE

CINNABAR

FLUORITE

TURQUOISE

SMITHSONITE

GYPSUM

CALCITE

FLUORITE

WOLFRAMIT

WOLFRAMITE

ANTIMONITE

AURIPIGMENTUM

SPHALERITE

FLUORITE

FLUORITE

PYRITE

COPPER

CUPRITE

FLUORITE

FLUORITE

CALCITE

CALCITE

SMOKY QUARTZ

QUARTZ

BARYTE

SCHEELITE

ARAGONITE

BERYL

SILVER

BOURNONITE (`WHEEL ORE`)

HEMIMORPHITE

BARYTE

AQUAMARINE

EMERALD

MOLYBDENITE

FLUORITE

TOPAZ

SPINEL WITHIN CALCITE

CHONDRODITE + RUBY ON CALCITE

SCHEELITE

RHODOCHROSITE WITH SPHALERITE

NOBLE OPAL

MOSS OPAL

ERYTHRITE

MAGNETITE

CROCOITE