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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 02.04.2021 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve added some absolutely superb specimens from the collection of John S. White. These are mixed international highlights from the display case in John’s library/study – they are exquisite pieces!
Tags: ACF Mine, Ahmadnagar District, albite, albite crystal, Baltistan, barite, Barra de Salinas, Brazil, Brazil mineral, brazilianite, brazilianite crystal, brazilianite fine mineral, brazilianite specimen, calcite, calcite crystal, calcite specimen, Cangwu Co., china, Chinese stibnite, Coronel Murta, Divino das Laranjeiras, Dos de Mayo province, elbaite crystal, elbaite for sale, elbaite specimen, elbaite tourmaline, Fluorapophyllite, fluorapophyllite crystal, fluorapophyllite fine mineral, fluorapophyllite specimen, garnet crystal, garnet specimen, Gilgit-Baltistan, Guangxi, Huallanca District, Huanuco Dept., Huanzala mine, hunan, India, John S. White, John S. White collection, John S. White mineral, John Sampson White, John White, John White Collection, John White mineral, John White mineral collection, kyanite, kyanite crystal, kyanite fine mineral, kyanite specimen, Lengsuijiang Co., Letpanhla, Linopolis, Liubao, Maharashtra, Male, Mandalay Region, Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Minas Gerais, Morocco, Myanmar, Nashik, pakistan, Peru, Peruvian pyrite, pyrite, pyrite crystal, pyrite fine mineral, pyrite for sale, pyrite specimen, quartz, rhodochrosite, rhodochrosite crystal, rhodochrosite fine mineral, rhodochrosite specimen, Shigar District, Shigar Valley, Singu Twp., spessartine crystal, spessartine garnet, spessartine specimen, stibnite, stibnite crystal, stibnite fine mineral, stibnite specimen, Telirio Claim, toumaline specimen, tourmaline crystal, vanadinite, vanadinite crystal, vanadinite fine mineral, vanadinite specimen, Wutong Mine, Wuzhou, Xikuangshan Deposit

Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 01.21.2020 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted the fourth in a series of updates with superb specimens from John White’s collection.
Tags: Ahumada Mine, albite, Asbestos, Bahia, Brazil, Bulgaria, calcite, Canada, Chihuahua, china, elbaite tourmaline, epitactic Sphalerite, Estrie, Fujian Province, Galileia, Gilgit-Skardu Road, Guizhou, India, Jeffrey Mine, John S. White, John S. White collection, John S. White mineral, John Sampson White, John White, John White Collection, Khenifra, Lelatima Mountains, Los Lamentos Mtns., Madan Ore Field, Maharashtra, Manyara, Merelani Hills, Mexico, Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Minas Gerais, Morocco, New Jersey, Northern Areas, Novo Horizonte, pakistan, Passaic Co., Paterson, prehnite, quartz, Quartz. Tongbei, Quebec, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, Rhodope Mountains, Rutile and Hematite in Quartz, Smolyan Oblast, spessartine garnet, sphalerite, Spodumene, Stak Nala, Stellerite, Stibnite and Calcite, tanzania, Tongren Prefecture, Upper New Street Quarry, Urucum Mine, US, vanadinite, var. Kunzite, wulfenite, Wurtzite, Yunxiao Co.

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 08.29.2019 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted the first in a series of updates with superb specimens from John White’s collection. These wonderful high-quality specimens from John’s collection are from a wide range of localities (classic to contemporary) and include a variety of minerals.
Tags: afghanistan, alkali beryl, alkali beryl crystal, alkali beryl specimen, Altaiskii Krai, anatase, anatase crystal, anatase fine mineral, anatase specimen, Andalusite, andalusite crystal, andalusite fine mineral, andalusite specimen, aquamarine crystal, aquamarine specimen, Aragonite, aragonite crystal, aragonite fluoresce, aragonite phosphoresce, aragonite twin, aragonite ultraviolet, aragonite uv, Atacamite, atacamite crystal, atacamite fine mineral, atacamite specimen, azurite, azurite crystal, azurite fine mineral, azurite specimen, Babingtonite, babingtonite crystal, babingtonite fine mineral, babingtonite specimen, Badakshan, Balochistan, beryl, beryl crystal, beryl fine mineral, beryl specimen, beryl var goshenite, blue beryl, Bor Pit, calcite, calcite crystal, calcite fine mineral, calcite fluorescence, calcite specimen, calcite ultraviolet, Capodarso, Carrollite, carrollite crystal, carrollite fine mineral, carrollite floater, carrollite specimen, carrollite thumbnail, cavansite ball, cavansite crystal, cavansite fine mineral, Cavansite on stilbite, cavansite specimen, Cenxi Co, Chiavenna, china, Chinese babingtonite, Cuprite, cuprite crystal, cuprite fine mineral, cuprite specimen, Dalnegorsk, datolite, datolite crystal, datolite fine mineral, datolite specimen, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Deo Darrah, Dioptase, dioptase crystal, dioptase fine mineral, dioptase specimen, dioptase Tsumeb, Enna, fluorescent aragonite, fluorescent calcite, Fozichong Deposit, Giumentaro Mine, goshenite, goshenite crystal, goshenite specimen, Guangxi, Huya Deposit (Pingwu Beryl Mine), Ica Dept., India, Indian cavansite, Italy, John S. White, John S. White collection, John S. White mineral, John White, John White Collection, John White mineral, Kambove District, Kamoya, Kamoya South II Mine, Katanga, Kerrouchen, Kharan District, Khash & Kura Wa Munjan Districts, Khenifra Province, Lily atacamite, Lily Mine, Lombardy, Maharashtra, malachite, Morocco, Mt. Xuebaoding, Namibia, Otjikoto Region, pakistan, Peru, Peruvian atacamite, phosphorescent aragonite, Pingwu County, Pisco Umay, prehnite, Primorskiy Kray, Pune District, Qiaojia Co., rhombohedral calcite, Rubstsovkoe, Rudnyi Altai, Russia, Russian cuprite, Russian datolite, Sichuan Province, sicily, Sondrio Province, Tsumeb dioptase, Tsumeb Mine, var aquamarine, Wagholi, Wenshan, Wenshan calcite, Wenshan Mine, Yunnan