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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 07.15.2021 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve added more gorgeous specimens in this latest update from the John S. White quartz collection.
Tags: albite, amethyst, amethyst crystal, amethyst fine mineral, amethyst on calcite, amethyst skunk, amethyst skunk on calcite, amethyst specimen, Arkansas, Artigas, Balochistan, Bor Pit, Brazil, calcite, china, Collier Creek Mine, Colorado, Dalnegorsk, Er Rachidia Province, faden, faden quartz, ferruginous quartz, Galileia, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gold Lakes, Greece, Guangdong, hematite and quartz, hematite crystal, hematite fine mineral, hematite in quartz, hematite specimen, India, interference quartz, interrupted growth quartz, interrupted quartz, Itamirandiba, John S. White personal collection, John White personal mineral collection, John White quartz collection, Kharan District, Lechang Co., Lechang Mine, Little Giant Basin, Maharashtra, Mega Horio, Milos, Minas Gerais, Montgomery Co., Morocco, Mt. Ida, muscovite, Nashik, pakistan, Prase, Primorskiy Kray, quartz, Quartz (Faden), quartz calcite, quartz crysta, quartz crystal, quartz fine mineral, Quartz hedenbergite inclusions, quartz specimen, Quartz var Prase, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz, quartz variety amethyst, quartz with inclusions, red quartz, red quartz crystal, red quartz fine mineral, red quartz specimen, reverse scepter quartz, reverse sceptre quartz, Russia, San Juan Co., San Juan Mountains, Serifos Island, Shaoguan, Shigar District, Shigar Valley, smoky quartz, smoky quartz crystal, smoky quartz fine mineral, smoky quartz specimen, South Aegean, Tinejdad, Uruguay, USA, Zhob District
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
