The Graphite Page

"Naturally occurring graphite cones"
J. A. Jaszczak, G. W. Robinson, S. Dimovski and Y. Gogotsi,
Carbon 41 2085-2092 (2003).

Graphite overview.

Graphite spirals.

Spherical graphite

Graphite crystal structures

World-Wide

Historically famous graphite from Borrowdale, England
Graphite from Pargas, Finland
Spheroidal graphite in gabbro from Oshirabetsu mine, Hiroo, Hokkaido, Japan
Spherical graphite from a roadcut near Gooderham, Ontario, Canada.
Naturally occurring graphite cones from Gooderham, Ontario, Canada.
(Preprint version is available here.)
Louis Coupal Prospect, Arundel, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada (graphite bireflectance)
Graphite and diamond from the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from the Kokchetav Massif, Kazakhstan
Hackman valley, Mt. Yukspor, Kola Peninsula, Russia
- NEW: Preprint for 2007 paper in Canadian Mineralogist
Narsarsuk Pegmatite, Narsarsuk, Igaliko, Greenland.
Mount Ozernaya, Taimyr Peninsula, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Graphite pseudocubes in iron.
Sujiquan graphite mine, Xinjian, China
Graphite from Umzimkulu quarry, KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa
Graphite in meteorites
Remarkable graphite crystals from near Namib Grube, Wlotzkas Baken, Namibia
- Atomic force microscopy of graphite surfaces
Graphite/Tanzanite mines, near Arusha, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Tanzania. Remarkable graphite crystals with gem diopside. These crystals also have interesting overgrowths of rare graphite dendrites.
Graphite from Ukraine.

United States of America:

Graphite from Alaska (New)
Nodular and botryoidal graphite from the "Boston Lead Mine", Little Mountain, Mt. Kearsarge, Salisbury, New Hampshire
Graphite mines in Deering and Nelson, New Hampshire (page by Tom Mortimer)
Excellent graphite crystals from Crestmore quarry, Riverside County, California
Various graphite crystals from Lime Crest quarry near Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey. Click here for pictures only.
Famous graphite crystals from Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey.
Unusual columnar (or "skeletal") graphite from Treadway quarry, Port Henry, New York
Graphite from the Trotter Mine dump, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey.
Excellent graphite from the #4 Quarry, Gouverneur Talc Company (Valentine property) near Harrisville, Lewis County, New York.
- Unusual "snowflake" graphite crystals.

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