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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 03.07.2023 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve added new specimens in this new Worldwide Update, including specimens from the Pete Richards collection and the Steve Szilard collection. I hope you enjoy them!
Tags: afghanistan, Ahumada Mine, Aldan, Altiplano de Payún Matru, anatase, anatase crystal, anatase fine mineral, anatase specimen, aquamarine, aquamarine crystal, Argentina, Arsenopyrite, arsenopyrite crystal;, arsenopyrite specimen, Australia, Balochistan, Baltistan, beryl, beryl crystal, beryl fine mineral, beryl specimen, black spinel, Borieva Mine, Bou Azzer District, Bulgaria, Cerussite, cerussite twin, Chihuahua, china, Chinese pyromorphite, columbite crystal, columbite fine mineral, columbite specimen, Coolgardie Shire, Dalnegorsk, Daoping Mine, Dioptase, dioptase crystal, dioptase fine mineral, dioptase for sale, dioptase specimen, Erongo Region, Galena, galena crystal, galena specimen, galena with quartz, Giles Columbite-Beryl Pegmatite, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gon Phlogopite Deposit, Gongcheng Co., Guangxi Zhuang, hematite, hematite after magentite, Hematite PS Magnetite, Hematite pseudomorph after magnetite, Hunan Province, Jiepayu Mine (Shimen Mine), Kalahari Manganese Fields, Karibib, Kharan District, Klein Spitzkopje, Kola Peninsula, Kunar, kunzite, kunzite crystal, kunzite specimen, Lorenzenite, Lorenzenite crystal, Lorenzenite specimen, Los Lamentos Mtns., Lovosero Massif, Lovozersky District, Madan District, Mendoza, Mexico, Morocco, Mungo High Mines, Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast, N'Chwaning II Mine, Namibia, Northern Cape Province, orpiment, orpiment crystal, orpiment fine mineral, orpiment specimen, Otjikoto Region, Ouarzazate, pakistan, Payún Volcano, Primorskiy Kray, pyrhottite crystal, pyrhottite specimen, pyromorphite, pyromorphite crystal, pyromorphite fine mineral, pyromorphite specimen, Pyrrhotite, Russia, Sakha, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Selsurt Mountain, Shigar District, Shigar Valley, Shimen Co., Skutterudite, skutterudite crystal, skutterudite fine mineral, skutterudite for sale, skutterudite specimen, Smithsonite, smithsonite for sale, smithsonite specimen, smithsonite Tsumeb, Smolyan Oblast, South Africa, Spargoville, sphalerite, sphalerite crystal, sphalerite specimen, spinel crystal, spinel specimen, Spitzkopje, Spodumene, spodumene crystal, spodumene fine mineral, spodumene specimen, Spodumene var. Kunzite, Steve Szilard collection, sturmanite, sturmanite crystal, sturmanite fine mineral, sturmanite specimen, Tazenakht, topaz, topaz crystal, topaz fine mineral, topaz specimen, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb Mine No, Tsumeb specimen, twinned cerussite, variety Kunzite, Western Australia, wulfenite, wulfenite crystal, wulfenite specimen

Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 08.30.2022 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted new worldwide mineral specimens from the Gerald Panneton collection. This update features spectacular pieces, some of which are right up with the best I’ve offered on the website.
Tags: Ahumada Mine, Alba Co., albite, amber fluorite, amethyst crystal, amethyst specimen, Ancash Dept., apatite crystal, apatite fine mineral, apatite specimen, apophyllite crystal, apophyllite fine mineral, apophyllite specimen, aquamarine crystal, aquamarine fine mineral, aquamarine specimen, Arizona, azurite, azurite crystal, azurite fine mineral, azurite specimen, Baltistan, Barra de Salinas, beryl, beryl crystal, beryl fine mineral, beryl specimen, beryl variety aquamarine, Beryl variety aquamarine specimen, Boeny, Bolognesi Province, Brazil, Brazil mineral, calcite, calcite crystal, calcite fine mineral, calcite specimen, California, Carthage, cassiterite, cassiterite crystal, cassiterite fine mineral, cassiterite specimen, cassiterite twin, cassiterite twinned, cassiterite twinned crystal, Castrovirreyna province, celestine, celestine crystal, celestine fine mineral, celestine specimen, chenzhou, Chihuahua, china, Chirucu, Christoph Mine, Chumar Bakhoor, Coronel Murta, Dioptase, dioptase crystal, dioptase fine mineral, dioptase for sale, dioptase specimen, elbaite crystal, elbaite specimen, elbaite tourmaline, Elmwood Mine, epidote, epidote crystal, epidote fan, epidote fine mineral, epidote specimen, Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, fine minerals, fluorapatite, fluorapatite crystal, fluorapatite fine mineral, fluorapatite specimen, Fluorapophyllite, fluorapophyllite crystal, fluorapophyllite fine mineral, fluorapophyllite specimen, fluorite, fluorite crystal, fluorite cube, fluorite cuboctahedral, fluorite fine mineral, fluorite for sale, fluorite specimen, Galena, garnet crystal, garnet specimen, Gerald Manneton mineral collection, Gerald Panneton, Gerald Panneton collection, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, golden fluorite, green fluorite crystal, green fluorite specimen, Grisons, Guangdong, gypsum fine mineral, gypsum specimen, gypsum twin, gypsum twinned, Gypsum var. Selenite on Halite, Haramosh Mountains, hematite and quartz, hematite crystal, hematite fine mineral, hematite in quartz, hematite specimen, high-end fluorite, Himalaya Mine, Himalaya tourmaline, Huallanca, Huamachuco, Huancavelica Dept., hunan, Hunza Valley, Ica Dept., India, Jalgaon, Jinlong Hill, Kaokoveld Plateau, Karibib, Katsepy, Kunene Region, kyanite, kyanite crystal, kyanite fine mineral, kyanite specimen, La Libertad Dept., La Paz Co., Linwu Co., Longchuan, Los Lamentos Mtns., Lupca, Madagascar, Maharashtra, Medina, Mesa Grande District, Mesa Grande Mining District, Mexican fluorite, Mexican vanadinite, Mexico, Minas Gerais, Mitsinjo, Mt. Xuebaoding, Mun. de Tatatila, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Musca, Naica, Namibia, Namibia dioptase, Northern Cape Province, Otjikoto Region, pakistan, Pampa Blanca, Paracas, Pardatsch, Pedra Azul District, Peru, piedra parada, Pingwu County, pink apatite, pink fluorapatite, pink tourmaline, Pisco, Pisco Province, purple fluorite, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz fine mineral, quartz specimen, Red Cloud Mine, rhodonite, rhodonite crystal, rhodonite fine mineral, rhodonite for sale, rhodonite specimen, Riemvasmaak, Romania, Romanian vivianite, Rosario Mabel Claim, Rosia Poieni Mine, rubellite, rubellite crystal, rubellite specimen, Sakoany Deposit, Salinas de Otuma, San Diego Co., San Martin Mine, Sanchez Carrion Province, Saucillo Municipality, selenite ball, selenite crystals, selenite fine miner, selenite specimen, selenite twin, selenite twinned, Serra do Cipo, Sete Lagoas, Shigar District, Shigar Valley, Sichuan Province, Skardu District, Smith Co., South Africa, spessartine crystal, spessartine garnet, spessartine on quartz, spessartine specimen, sphalerite, Switzerland, Tennessee, titanite, titanite crystal, titanite fine mineral, titanite specimen, topaz, topaz crystal, topaz fine mineral, topaz specimen, Tormiq Valley, tourmaline crystal, tourmaline fine mineral, tourmaline specimen, Trigo Mountains, Tsumeb azurite, Tsumeb dioptase, Tsumeb Mine, Tujetsch, US, USA, Val Naps, vanadinite, vanadinite crystal, vanadinite fine mineral, vanadinite Los Lamentos, vanadinite Mexico, vanadinite specimen, variety Amethyst, veracruz, vivanite specimen, vivianite, vivianite crystal, vivianite fine mineral, wulfenite, wulfenite crystal, wulfenite fine mineral, wulfenite specimen, Xianghualing Mine, yellow fluorite

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.
Tags: afghanistan, Afghanistan diopside, Alchuri, Astor Valley, Badakhshan, Baltistan, brucite, Brucite Balochistan, brucite crystal, brucite fine mineral, brucite Pakistan, brucite specimen, diopside, diopside crystal, diopside fine mineral, diopside specimen, Gilgit-Baltistan, green titanite, Killa Saifullah, Kokcha Valley, Ladujar Medam, pakistan, Pakistan fine mineral, Pakistan mineral, Pakistan red zircon, red zircon, red zircon crystal, red zircon specimen, Sar-e Sang Diopside, Sar-e Sang River, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, titanite, titanite contact twin, titanite crystal, titanite fine mineral, titanite specimen, titanite twin, topaz, topaz crystal, topaz fine mineral, topaz specimen, twinned titanite, zircon, zircon crystal, zircon fine mineral, zircon specimen