Mining at the Orchard and GE Quarries
Oxford County, Maine

Coromoto Minerals
Specimens from the 2000 Season
at the Orchard Mine



 

Heliodor 
5cm x 1cm
00-01

Aquamarine
5cm x1 cm 
(repaired)
00-02

 

Terminated Aquamarine
2 cm x 1 cm
00-03

Heliodor 5 cm x 1.7 cm
00-06

Aquamarine 
7cm x 2cm
(repaired)
00-09

Terminated Aquamarine
3.8 cm x1.8 cm
00-08

Apatite on feldspar
3 cm 2 cm
00-10

Aquamarine
(repaired)
11 cm x 2 cm
00-11

Terminated Etched Heliodor
3 cm x1 cm
00-07 

Etched Terminated Heliodor
7 cm x 2 cm
00-15

Quartz crystal with faint amythestine wisps
5cm x4 4m
00-14 

Etched Aquamarine-Double Termination (repaired)
8 cm x 3cm
00-12 

Blue Apatite on feldspar
1x1.5 cm
00-16

Terminated Aquamarine
2.5 cm x 1.2 cm
00-05 

Etched Beryl Nodule
2cm x 1cm
00-17
 
 
 

All photographs by Gary Freeman.  copyright 1999-2001. All rights reserved.

Photographer's note:
The colors depicted in these photographs are as close as possible to the natural color of the specimens. Lighting only was chosen to enhance their appearance. No color manipulation was used. All photographs were taken using a Sony Mavica digital camera. Lighting was either natural sunlight, flash or tungsten halogen. The images were then processed with ArcSoftPhotoStudio 2000 and ACDSee.
 
 
 
 

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