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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 09.19.2019 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted the second in a series of updates with superb specimens from John White’s collection.
Tags: afghanistan, Altiplano de Payún Matru, apatite crystal, apatite fine mineral, apatite fluoresce, apatite for sale, apatite specimen, apophyllite crystal, apophyllite fine mineral, apophyllite specimen, Argentina, Bahia, Balochistan, Brazil, Burmese tourmaline, Castello Branco, Centreville, chabazite crystal, chabazite for sale, Chabazite on Stilbite, chabazite specimen, china, Covillhã, elbaite, elbaite specimen, elbaite tourmaline, epidote, epidote crystal, epidote specimen, epidote twin, epidote twinned, Fairfax Co., Fairfax Quarry, fluorapatite, fluorapatite crystal, fluorapatite fine mineral, fluorapatite fluoresce, fluorapatite specimen, Fluorapophyllite, fluorapophyllite crystal, fluorapophyllite fine mineral, fluorapophyllite specimen, fluorite crystal, fluorite fine mineral, Fluorite on Quartz, fluorite specimen, Gilgit-Baltistan Road, hematite crystal, hematite fine mineral, Hematite pseudomorph after magnetite, hematite specimen, Hematite with Rutile, Hexigten Banner, Huamachuco, Huanggang Mines, Hubnerite and quartz, hubnerite crystal, hubnerite fine mineral, hubnerite specimen, hydroxyapophyllite crystal, hydroxyapophyllite fine mineral, Hydroxyapophyllite on Prehnite, hydroxyapophyllite specimen, ilvaite, ilvaite crystal, ilvaite fine mineral, ilvaite specimen, India, Inner Mongolia A.R., Jalgaon, John S. White, John White, John White Collection, John White crystal, John White curator, John White editor, John White mineral collection, John White Mineralogical Record, John White Smithsonian, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Kharan District, Kunar, Kyaukme District, La Libertad Dept., löllingite, löllingite crystal, lollingite fine mineral, löllingite specimen, Maharashtra, Maldeen, Mendoza, Momeik Township, Mundo Nuevo Mine, mushroom tourmaline, Myanmar, N'Chwaning II Mine, Northern Areas, Northern Cape Province, Novo Horizonte, Olmiite, olmiite crystal, olmiite fine mineral, olmiite fluoresce, Olmiite specimen, pakistan, Panasqueira Mines, Payún Volcano, Pentagonite, pentagonite crystal, pentagonite fine mineral, pentagonite specimen, Peru, pink tourmaline, Portugal, Pune District, quartz crystal, quartz fine mineral, quartz specimen, Ras Koh Mtns., Road cut at Bavdhan, rutile crystal, rutile epitactic hematite, rutile fine mineral, rutile specimen, Sanchez Carrion, Shan, South Africa, Tormiq, Tourmaline, tourmaline Burma, tourmaline fine mineral, tourmaline for sale, tourmaline specimen, Ulanhad, Virginia, Wagholi
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 03.16.2018 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve added some beautiful new specimens in this China Fluorite Update. These include specimens from Xiayang, Yongchin Co., Fujian, where the 2017 find of “tanzanite fluorites” was made. This update also features a gorgeous fluorite with calcite from the famous Xianghuapu Mine, water-clear crystals from Huanggang Mines, and purple octahedra from the De’An Mine.
Tags: Chenzhou Prefecture, china, Chinese fluorite, Chinese fluorite specimens, De An Fluorite, De An Mine, De'An fluorite, De'An Mine, fluorite, fluorite crystal, fluorite fine mineral, fluorite specimen, Fujian, Fujian fluorite, green fluorite, Hexigten Banner, Huang gang fluorite, Huanggang Mines, hunan, Inner Mongolia A.R., Inner Mongolia fluorite, Jianxi, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, tanzanite fluorite, Ulanhad, Wushan, Xianghuapu fluorite, Xianghuapu Mine, Xiayang, Xinghuapu fluorite, Yongchun Co.
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 02.22.2017 | Filed under: Latest, Mineral Shows
The Tucson Gem and Mineral show was great this year! This report includes photos of mineral specimens from many new finds.
Tags: Arizona, Arrondissement Diako, Bahia, blue apatite, blue fluorapatite, Bor Pit, Bou Azzer, Brazil, Brazil fine mineral, Brazli mineral specimen, calcite, calcite crystal, calcite fine mineral, Cercle de Bafoulabé, china, Clinoatacamite, clinoatacamite crystal, clinoatacamite specimen, Dalnegorsk, datolite, datolite crystal, datolite fine mineral, datolite specimen, Diabe Sira, erythrite, erythrite crystal, erythrite fine mineral, erythrite specimen, fluorapatite, Grossular, Hexigten Banner, Huamachuco, Huanggang Mines, Ica Dept., Inner Mongolia A.R., Ipira, Kayes Region, La Libertad Dept., lautite, lautite specimen, Lily Mine, Linopolis District, Mali, Mantena, Minas Gerais, Morocco, Mundo Nuevo Mine, muscovite, near Divino das Larajeiras, Northern Cape Province, Novo Horizonte, Orange River, Ouarzazate Province, parisite, parisite-(La), Peru, phantom quartz, Pisco Umay, Primorskiy Kray, pyrite, Pyrite and Lautite, quartz Presidente Kubischek, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, Red Cloud Mine, red phantom quartz, red quartz, red quartz crystal, red quartz specimen, rhabdophane, rhapdophane pseudomorph, Russia, rutile fine mineral, rutile on hematite, rutile specimen, rutile star, South Africa, Tazenakht, Trigo Mountains, Tucson 2017, Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2017, Tuscon mineral show, Ulanhad, Wodginite, wodginite crystal, wodginite specimen, wulfenite, wulfenite crystal, wulfenite fine mineral, wulfenite specimen
