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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 11.30.2020 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted some beautiful specimens in the new Brazil Update. These include gorgeous spessartine crystals (one from a rare locality), dravite crystals, blue topaz, rutile and hematite roses, among others.
Tags: Bahia, Brazil, Brazil fine mineral, Brazil fine minerals, Brazil mineral, Brazil mineral specimen, Brumado, conselheiro Pena, Dravite, dravite crystal, dravite fine mineral, dravite specimen, dravite tourmaline, eosphorite, eosphorite crystal, eosphorite fine mineral, eosphorite specimen, fluorapatite, fluorapatite crystal, fluorapatite fine mineral, fluorapatite specimen, Goais, hematite, hematite crystal, hematite fine mineral, hematite iron rose, hematite rose, hematite specimen, Ilha Claim, iron rose, Itinga, Jenipapo Mine, Lavra da Ilha, Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais mineral, Navegadora Mine, Ouro Preto, Quixada, Rio Grande do Norte, rose quartz, rose quartz crystal, rose quartz fine mineral, rose quartz specimen, Sapo Mine, Serra Branca, spessartine, Taquaral, Tourmaline, uvite, uvite tourmaline, Virgem da Lapa, zanazziite, zanazziite ball, zanazziite crystal, zanazziite specimen
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 06.13.2017 | Filed under: Latest, Mineral Shows
The Rochester Mineralogical Symposium is one of the best annual events in Mineral World. This post about RMS 2017 includes lots of great mineral photographs, with many from prominent mineral photographers Jeff Scovil and Michael Bainbridge. And hopefully, if you missed this year’s RMS, this will help you catch up – and plan for next year…
Tags: 3600 Level, 3700 Level, 4D Stope, afghanistan, Aït Ahmane Mine, Anglesite, anglesite Monteponi, Aragonite, aragonite fine mineral, aragonite specimen, Arizona, Auglaize Quarry, Aurangabad, Badakhshan, Bahia, Balmat, barite, Beaverdell, Bill Pinch Obituary, Bou Azzer, Boulemane Province, bournonite, Boyaca, Brazil, Brazil fine mineral, Brazil fine minerals, Brazil mineral specimen, Brazli, British Columbia, calcite, Cape D'Or, Casa de Pedra Mine, celestine, chabazite, china, Clinohumite, Colombia, Congonhas, Copper, crocoite, Crocoite Adelaide Mine, crocoite Dundas, crocoite Dundas Tasmania, crocoite Tasmania, Cumberland Co., Democratic Republic of the Congo, Divino das Laranjeiras, Djurleite, Doce Valley, elbaite, Elbaite tourmaline with albite, Euclase, Fes-Meknes Region, Fluorapophyllite, fluorite, Fluorite with Calcite, hematite, Herwig Pelckmans, Herwig Pelckmans Johannes Vaes, Herwig Pelckmans presentation, Herwig Pelckmans talk, Highland Bell Mine, Holloway Quarry, Huanggang Mines, hunan, In Memoriam Bill Pinch, In Memoriam William Pinch, In Memoriam William Wallace Pinch, India, Inner Mongolia, Itambacuri, Jianshan Mine, Jikhan, Johannes Vaes, John Cornish crocoite, Junction, Katanga, Katanga Copper Crescent, Koksha Valley, La Marina Mine, La Paz Co., Les Presmyk Arizona, Les Presmyk Magma Mine, Les Presmyk presentation, Les Presmyk Red Cloud, Les Presmyk talk, Linopolis District, Magma Mine, Maharastra, Mamsa, Michigan, Minas Gerais, mineral collecting Bay of Fundy, minerals Bay of Fundy, Monroe, Monteponi, Monteponi Mine, Morocco, Muzo District, natrolite, Nepouite, New Hampshire, New York, Newport, North Groton, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia mineral, Nova Scotia minerals, Novo Horizonte, nr. Sidi Ayed, Ohio, Orange Co., Ouarzazate, Palermo No. 1 Mine, phosgenite, phosgenite Monteponi, Pinal Co., quartz, Red Cloud Mine, renato pagano, rhabdophane, rhabdophane pseudomorph, rhabdophane pseudomorph after carbonate, rhapbdophane pseudomorph after parisite, rhapdophane pseudo, RMS, RMS 2017, RMS 2018, Rochester 2017, Rochester mineral, Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Rochester Symposium, Rochester Symposium 2017, Rochester Symposium 2018, rutile, Saleeite, Santa Rosa Mine, Shinkolobwe, Shinkolobwe Mine, Silver, sphalerite, Spinel, St.Lawrence Co., stilbite, struverite, struverite crystal, struverite specimen, Superior, Tasmania, thomsonite, Tourmaline, Trigo Mountains, vaesite, var. Struverite-Ilmenorutile, Wasson's Bluff, William Pinch Obituary, William Wallace Pinch Obituary, Wodginite, wodginite crystal, wodginite fine mineral, wodginite specimen, wulfenite, Xinjiang, Yaoganxian Mine
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 09.27.2016 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
The new Brazil Update on the website features a mix of excellent specimens from Brazil, including spessartine, rutile, struverite-ilmenorutile, alexandrite, montebrasite, brazilianite, kunzite and more.
Tags: Aguas Formosas, albite, alexandrite crystal, alexandrite specimen, Arataca, Bahia, Barra do Salinas, Brazil, Brazil fine minerals, Brazil mineral specimen, brazilianite crystal, brazilianite fine mineral, brazilianite specimen, Carnaíba District, Chrysoberyl (Twinned) on Muscovite, chrysoberyl crystal, chrysoberyl fine mineral, chrysoberyl specimen, chrysoberyl twin, chrysoberyl twinned, Chrysoberyl var. Alexandrite, Coronel Murta, Diamantina, Divino das Laranjeiras, Galilea, Golconda District, Governador Valadares, hematite, ilmenorutile crystal, ilmenorutile fine mineral, ilmenorutile specimen, Itinga, Jenipapo Mine, Jequitinhonha Valley, kunzite crystal, kunzite specimen, Linoplois, mica crystal, mica specimen, Minas Gerais, Montebrasite, montebrasite crystal, montebrasite fine mineral, montebrasite specimen, muscovite, Muscovite ("Star Mica"), muscovite crystal, muscovite fine mineral, muscovite mica, muscovite specimen, Netelio Mine, Novo Horizonte, Pindobaçu, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz specimen, Rio das Pratinhas, rutilated quartz, rutilated quartz crystal, rutilated quartz specimen, rutile, rutile crystal, rutile epitactic hematite, rutile epitaxy hematite, rutile fine mineral, rutile on hematite, rutile specimen, rutile star, spodumene crystal, spodumene specimen, Spodumene var. Kunzite, star mica crystal, star mica specimen, struverite crystal, struverite fine mineral, struverite specimen, Telirio Claim, Urucum Mine, var. Struverite/Ilmenorutile
