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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 03.29.2020 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve added great new specimens in a new update of pieces from the Steve Szilard Collection. Steve is a well-known and highly respected Canadian mineral collector and this update includes fine mineral specimens from all over the world.
Tags: Alaska, Altyn-Tyube Deposit, Anglesite, anglesite crystal, anglesite fine mineral, anglesite for sale, anglesite specimen, Annabel Lee Mine, Arkansas, Arsenopyrite, arsenopyrite crystal;, arsenopyrite fine mineral, arsenopyrite for sale, arsenopyrite specimen, Astor Valley, Azerbaijan, Bahia, barite crystal, barite specimen, Bastnäsite - (Ce), Bastnäsite - (Ce) crystal, Bastnäsite - (Ce) fine mineral, Bastnäsite - (Ce) specimen, Benitoite, benitoite crystal, benitoite fine mineral, benitoite specimen, blue smithsonite, Bolivia, Brazil, brookite, brookite crystal, brookite fine mineral, brookite specimen, calcite, Calcite (Twinned), calcite contact twin, calcite crystal, calcite fine mineral, calcite for sale, calcite specimen, calcite twin, California, California Gem Mine, Canutillos Mine, Carthage, cassiterite, cassiterite crystal, cassiterite fine mineral, cassiterite specimen, cassiterite twin, cassiterite twinned crystal, Celadonite, celestine, celestine crystal, celestine specimen, celestite crystal, celestite fine mineral, celestite specimen, celstine fine mineral, Cerussite, cerussite fine mineral, cerussite specimen, cerussite twin, cerusssite crystal, chenzhou, Chenzhou Prefecture, Chia Mine, Chihuahua, china, chrysocolla, chrysocolla specimen, corundum crystal, corundum fine mineral, corundum specimen, Corundum var. Sapphire, Cuprite, cuprite crystal, cuprite fine mineral, cuprite specimen, Dalnegorsk, Daoping Mine, Dashkesan Deposit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. malachite crystal, Dioptase, dioptase crystal, dioptase fine mineral, dioptase for sale, dioptase specimen, elbaite crystal, elbaite fine mineral, elbaite specimen, elbaite tourmaline, Elmwood Mine, epidote, epidote crystal, epidote fine mineral, epidote specimen, epidote twin, Errachidia Province, Ettringite, ettringite crystal, ettringite fine mineral, ettringite specimen, fluorite, fluorite crystal, fluorite fine mineral, fluorite specimen, Galena, Gilgit-Baltistan, golden sphalerite, Gongcheng Co., Guanxi Zhuang A.R., gypsum crystal, gypsum fine mineral, gypsum specimen, gypsum twin, gypsum var. selenite, halite, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dneri, Hardin Co., hematite, hematite crystal, hematite specimen, hemimorphite, hemimorphite crystal, hemimorphite fine mineral, hemimorphite specimen, Hot Spring Co., hunan, Hunan Province, Ica Dept., Illinois, Irai, Jerada, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan, Kelly Mine, Kelly Mine smithsonite, Ketchikan Mining District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kirghiz Steppes, Kolwezi Mining District, Koshkarchai Valley, La Paz, Les Dalles Mine, Linwu Co., Loayza Province, Lualaba, Machamarcha District, Machow Mine, Magdalena, Magnet Cove, malachite, malachite fine mineral, malachite specimen, Maly Caucasus, Mashamba West Mine, Mexico, Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Minas Gerais, Morocco, muscovite, N'Chwaning II Mine, Naica, natural sapphire crystal, Neptunite, neptunite crystal, neptunite specimen, New Idria Mining District, New Mexico, Northern Cape Province, Novo Horizonte, octahedral pyrite, Oriental, pakistan, Paracas, Peru, Peshawar, Pisco, Poland, Potosí, Primorskiy Kray, Prince of Wales Island, pyrite, pyrite crystal, pyrite fine mineral, pyrite octahedron, pyrite specimen, pyromorphite, pyromorphite crystal, pyromorphite fine mineral, pyromorphite specimen, pyromorphite thumbnail, Pyrrhotite, pyrrhotite crystal, pyrrhotite fine mineral, pyrrhotite specimen, Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, Rio Grande do Sul, Russia, rutile crystal, rutile epitactic on hematite, rutile epitaxy hematite, rutile fine mineral, rutile on hematite, rutile specimen, rutile star, Sabaragamuwa Province, Salinas de Otuma, San Benito Co., Santa Eulalia Mining District, Santa Rita Peak, Sao Jose da Safira, sapphire crystal, sapphire fine mineral, sapphire specimen, Saucillo Municipality, selenite crystal, selenite fine mineral, selenite specimen, selenite twin, Smith Co., Smithsonite, smithsonite fine mineral, smithsonite specimen, Socorro Co., South Africa, specimen twinned calcite, specimen twinned cassiterite, sphalerite, sphalerite crystal, sphalerite fine mineral, sphalerite specimen, Sri Lanka, Steve Szilard, Steve Szilard collection, Steve Szilard mineral, Steve Szilard mineral collection, Sulphur, sulphur crystal, sulphur specimen, Taouz, Tarnobrzeg City Co., Tennessee, Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, tourmaline crystal, tourmaline fine mineral, tourmaline specimen, twinned calcite, twinned cerussite, twinned epidote, twinned gypsum, twinned selenite, US, USA, vanadinite, vanadinite crystal, vanadinite fine mineral, vanadinite for sale, vanadinite specimen, Viloco Mine, Xianghualing Mine, Yaoganxian Mine, yellow sphalerite, Yizhang Co., Zagi Mountain, zircon

Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 02.26.2015 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
New from South Africa, excellent specimens of inesite from a small recent find, a fantastic ettringite/hematite specimen, and gorgeous green fluorites from Riemvasmaak.
Tags: Ettringite, ettringite crystal, ettringite for sale, ettringite hematite, ettringite specimen, fluorite, fluorite crystal, fluorite for sale, fluorite specimen, green fluorite, green fluorite crystal, green fluorite for sale, green fluorite specimen, hematite, hematite crystal, hematite for sale, hematite specimen, Inesite, inesite crystal, inesite fine mineral, inesite for sale, inesite specimen, Kalahari Manganese Fields, N'Chwaning II Mine, Northern Cape Province, quartz, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, Riemvasmaak, South Africa