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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 05.21.2024 | Filed under: Latest
From a recent visit, I’ve posted some of my favourite specimens from the fabulous Mineralogy Museum at L’École des Mines de Paris.
Tags: Adamite, adamite crystal, adamite specimen, Aïn Babouche, Ain Babouche District, Algeria, anatase, anatase crystal, anatase specimen, anatase Swizerland, Arizona, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, azurite, azurite Chessy, azurite crystal, azurite fine mineral, Baia Mare, Baja California Sur, Binn Valley, Binntal, boleite, boleite crystal, boleite specimen, Boleo, Boleo District, Brazil, Cabrières, Castille-La Manche, Central Province, Cerussite, cerussite cyclical twin, cerussite twinned, chabazite, chabazite twinned, chabazite var phacolite, chabazite variety phacolite, Chalcocite, chalcocite crystal, chalcocite specimen, Chañarcillo, Chessy, Chessy copper mines, Chile, chrysoberyl, chrysoberyl crystal, chrysoberyl cyclic twin, chrysoberyl cyclically twinned, chrysoberyl Espirito Santo, chrysoberyl specimen, chrysoberyl twin, Ciudad Real, clinoclase, clinoclase Cornwall, clinoclase crystal, clinoclase specimen, Copper, copper crystal, copper specimen, copper Tsumeb, copper Tsumeb Namibia, Cornwall, Cronstedtite, cronstedtite crystal, cronstedtite specimen, cumengeite, cumengeite crystal, cumengeite epitactic on boleite, cumengeite specimen, Djebel Hammimat Mine, Dunabogdány, Durango, Ed Over wulfenite, Egypt, El Horcajo, England, Espirito Santo, ettringit, ettringite crystal, ettringite specimen, forsterite, forsterite crystal, forsterite specimen, forterite crystal, France, green adamite, Hérault, Herja Mine, Hotazel, Hungary, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Kabwe Mine, L'École des Mines de Paris, La Paz Co., liroconite, liroconite specimen, Lodève, M'Passa Mine, Mapimi, Marmures Co., Mexico, Mindouli District, Mineralogy Museum, Mineralogy Museum at L'École des Mines de Paris, Mulegé Municipality, Musee de mineralogie L'École des Mines de Paris, N'Chwaning Mines, Northern Cape Province, Occitanie, Ojuela Mine, Oum el Bouaghi Province, Paris School of Mines, peridot crystal, peridot specimen, Pest Co., phacolite, Pool Department, Proustite, proustite Chañarcillo, proustite crystal, proustite sainte-marie-aux-mines, proustite specimen, pyromorphite, pyromorphite crystal, pyromorphite specimen, Red Cloud Mine, Red Cloud wulfenite, Red Sea Governorate, Republic of the Congo, Rhône, Romania, rutile, rutile cyclic twin, rutile specimen, rutile Switzerland, rutile twin, rutile twinned, Santa Rosalia, Senarmontite, slphur crystal, South Africa, spain, St. Day, St. John's Island, sturmanite, sturmanite crystal, sturmanite specimen, sulphur crystal Italy, sulphur Italy, sulphur specimen Italy, Switzerland, Szentendre District, tetrahedrire crystal, tetrahedrite, tetrahedrite specimen, twinned chrysoberyl, United Kingdom, United States, Valais, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Wheal Gorland, wulfenite, wulfenite crystal, wulfenite specimen, Zabargad Island, Zambia

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