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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 09.10.2021 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted excellent new specimens from the John S. White quartz collection, representing many different phenomena of quartz crystallization, also from a great diversity of localities and mineral environments.
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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 02.24.2018 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted a small number of excellent new specimens in this Pakistan-Afghanistan Update. This group includes colourful brucites from Killa Saifullah, a superb matrix diopside from Sar-e Sang, twinned titanite from Alchuri, topaz from Shigar, and one of my favourite zircon specimens, from Astor Valley.
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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 02.23.2018 | Filed under: Latest, Mineral Shows
I’ve just added a post with my report from the Tucson shows, 2018. Some new finds and lots of excellent new mineral specimens!
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