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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 12.13.2022 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted excellent specimens from the John S. White Pennsylvania collection. These include some of the best Smoky Mountain smoky quartz specimens known, along with great specimens of classic Pennsylvania minerals and rarities – pyromorphite, celestine, andradite, magnetite, rutile, calcite, stellerite, ruizite, and more.
Tags: adularia, adularia crystal, adularia specimen, adularia twin, Almandine, almandine crystal, almandine fine mineral, almandine garnet, almandine specimen, amphibole var byssolite, analcime, analcime crystal, analcime fine mineral, analcime specimen, andradite, andradite crystal, andradite fine mineral, Andradite Garnet, andradite specimen, azurite, azurite crystal, azurite fine mineral, azurite specimen, Berks Co., Binkley-Ober Quarry, Birdsboro, Blair Co., Bowmansville, Brecknock Twp., byssolite, calcite crystal, calcite fine mineral, calcite specimen, calcite twin, celestine, celestine crystal, celestine fine mineral, celestine specimen, celestine type locality, celestite specimen, celestite type locality, chaclcopyrite crystal, chalcopyrite, chalcopyrite specimen, Chester Co., Cornog, Cornwall, Cornwall garnet, Cornwall Iron Mine, Delaware Co., dolomite, dolomite crystal, dolomite saddle, dolomite specimen, Dyer Quarry, East Petersburg, Elk Co., first exit south of York, fluorapatite, fluorapatite crystal, fluorapatite specimen, French Creek Mines, Fruitville, Fruitville Pike, garnet crystal, garnet fine mineral, garnet specimen, Goethite after Pyrite, goethite after pyrite dodecahedral, Goethite after pyrite pyritohedron, Goethite crystal, goethite pseudomorph after pyrite, goethite specimen, Grace Mine, Horton Twp., Hydroxyapophyllite, hydroxyapophyllite crystal, hydroxyapophyllite fine mineral, hydroxyapophyllite specimen, Hydroxyapophyllite-(K), Interstate 83 Rd. Cut, Jackson Twp., Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Lancaster Co., Lebanon Co., Lime Ridge, Llewellyn, Luzerne Co., magnetite, magnetite crystal, magnetite fine mineral, magnetite specimen, Mandata, Manheim Tep., Manheim Twp., Meckley's Quarry, Morgantown, Mount Pleasant Mills, National Limestone Quarry No. 2, Newcastle Twp., Northumberland Co., Old Penfield Rd. (formerly Mt. Church Rd.), Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania almandine, Pennsylvania azurite, Pennsylvania calcite, Pennsylvania chalcopyrite, Pennsylvania dolomite, Pennsylvania fluorapatite, Pennsylvania garnet, Pennsylvania magnetite, Pennsylvania pyrite crystal, Pennsylvania quartz, Pennsylvania quartz crystal, Pennsylvania quartz crystals, Pennsylvania rutile, Pennsylvania wavellite, Pennsylvania wurtzite, Perry Twp., Phoenixville District, prehnite, prehnite crystal, prehnite specimen, pseudomorph, pyrite, pyrite crystal, pyrite specimen, pyromorphite, pyromorphite crystal, pyromorphite fine mineral, pyromorphite specimen, Quarryville, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz fine mineral, quartz specimen, Reading Anthracite Co., ruizite, ruizite crystal, ruizite specimen, rutile, rutile crystal, rutile specimen, rutile twin, Schuylkill Co., Schuylkill Twp., Silver Hill Quarry, Smoky Mountain Crystal Mine, Smoky Mountain Crystal prospect, smoky quartz, smoky quartz crystal, smoky quartz fine mineral, smoky quartz scepter, smoky quartz sceptre, smoky quartz specimen, Snyder Co., St. Clair, St. Peters, Stellerite, stellerite crystal, stellerite fine mineral, stellerite specimen, Thomasville, Thomasville Crushed Stone Quarry, twinned adularia, twinned calcite, twinned rutile, Tyrone, USA, Wallace Twp., Warwick Twp., wavellite, wavellite crystal, wavellite specimen, Wheatley Mine, White Haven, Wurtzite, wurtzite crystal, wurtzite specimen, York, York Building Supply Quarry, York Co.
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 08.07.2020 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve added some great new specimens in this latest update from the Steve Szilard Collection. These are beautiful pieces from around the world.
Tags: Australia, axinite, axinite crystal, axinite specimen, Balmat, Broken Hill, Broken Hill Australia, Bulgaria, cavansite, cavansite ball, cavansite crystal, Cavansite on stilbite, cavansite specimen, chalcopyrite crystal, chalcopyrite specimen, china, Colorado, Connecticut, corundum, corundum crystal, Corundum var. Ruby, Crimea, crocoite, crocoite crystal, crocoite Dundas, crocoite Dundas Tasmania, crocoite specimen, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk axinite, datolite, datolite crystal, datolite fine mineral, datolite specimen, Dravite, dravite crystal, dravite specimen, dravite tourmaline, Dundas, Galena, galena crystal, galena specimen, Gjudurska Mine, Goethite, goethite crystals, goethite fine mineral, goethite specimen, hematite, hematite crystal, hematite specimen, hemimorphite, hemimorphite specimen, Hexigten Banner, Huanggang Mines, ilvaite, ilvaite China, ilvaite crystal, ilvaite specimen, India, Inner Mongolia A.R., Jasper Co., Joplin Field, Kerch Peninsula, Lake George, Lima Dept., Madan District, Maharashtra, Mapimi, Mexico, Missouri, Mysore, New York, Ojuela Mine, Oyon Province, Park Co., Peru, Pierrepont, Powers Farm, pyrrhotit, Pyrrhotite, pyrrhotite specimen, quartz crystal, Red Lead Mine, Roncari Quarry, ruby crystal, ruby specimen, sphalerite, sphalerite crystal, sphalerite twin, St.Lawrence Co., Tasmania, Tourmaline, tourmaline crystal, tourmaline specimen, Uchucchacua Mine, Ulanhad, USA, vivianite, vivianite crystal, vivianite specimen, Wagholi, ZCA No. 4 Mine
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 04.06.2017 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted some great new specimens in this Peru Update. These include hubnerite, alabandite, clinoatacamite, quartz/chrysocolla, chalcopyrite, spinel-twinned galena, proustite and top quality pyrite. Some of these were collected recently and some go back a few years.
Tags: alabandite, alabandite crystal, alabandite fine mineral, alabandite for sale, alabandite specimen, Animon Mine, Atacamite, chalcopyrite, chalcopyrite crystal, chalcopyrite fine mineral, chalcopyrite specimen, chrysocolla, chrysocolla specimen, Clinoatacamite, clinoatacamite crystal, clinoatacamite fine mineral, clinoatacamite specimen, Dos de Mayo province, Galena (spinel-law-twinned), galena crystal, galena specimen, galena twin, Huallanca District, Huamachuco, Huanuco Dept., Huanzala mine, Huaron District, hubnerite, hubnerite crystal, hubnerite fine mineral, hubnerite specimen, Ica Dept., La Libertad Dept., Lily Mine, Lima Dept., malachite, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Oyon Province, Pasco Dept., Peru, Pisco Umay, Proustite, proustite crystal, proustite fine mineral, proustite specimen, quartz, quartz crystal, Quartz Peru, quartz specimen, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, rhodochrosite, rhodochrosite specimen, Sanchez Carrion Province, spinel twin, spinel-law twinning, twinned galena, Uchucchacua Mine
