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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 04.07.2016 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve added a few excellent new specimens in this Morocco Update. This update includes some particularly fine and unusual pieces – some are rather colourful!
Tags: Agoudal Mine, amethyst, amethyst crystal, amethyst fine mineral, amethyst specimen, azurite, azurite crystal, azurite fine mineral, azurite specimen, Bou Azzer, Bou Azzer District, Bouisma, Bouismas, Bouismas Mine, Cerussite, cerussite crystal, cerussite fine mineral, cerussite specimen, cerussite twin, cerussite twinned, Chebka Sidi Said, cob, Cobaltoan Calcite, cobaltoan calcite crystal, cobaltoan calcite fine mineral, cobaltoan calcite for sale, cobaltoan calcite specimen, cobaltoan dolomite, cobaltoan dolomite crystal, cobaltoan dolomite for sale, cobaltoan dolomite specimen, dolomite crystal, El Kelaa des Sraghna Province, fluorite, fluorite crystal, fluorite cube, fluorite specimen, Khenifra Province, malachite, malachite fine mineral, malachite specimen, Midelt, Morocco, Morocco fine mineral, Morocco mineral, Ouarzazate province mineral, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz stalactites, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, Sidi Rahal, Sidi Said, Skutterudite, skutterudite crystal, skutterudite fine mineral, Tafraout, Tazalart Mine, Tiznit Pro, Touissit, yellow fluorite, yellow fluorite cube
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 02.10.2014 | Filed under: Adventurers, Latest
Who could pass up the chance to adventure in one of the world’s greatest mineral countries? Morocco hosts to some of the great contemporary specimen producing localities of our time, in a beautiful region with stunning landscapes.
Tags: ACF Mine, Aghbar, Agoudal, Aït Ahmane, Aouli, barite, barite crystal, Berber, Bou Azzer, Bouismas, cerrussite specimen, Cerussite, cerussite crystal, cerussite twinned, Cobaltoan Calcite, Coud’a, desert, dunes, Erg Chebbi, fine minerals, gersdorffite, iron cross twin, Les Dalles, Les O, Mibladen, Midelt, Mindat Conference, mine, Morocco, oasis, Ouarzazate, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, Roselite, Sahara, Sidi Ayed, Sidi Rahal, Silver, Taouz, Tizi-N-Tichka, underground workings, vanadinite, vanadinite crystal, vanadinite specimen
