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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 01.08.2025 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted great new specimens in this Brazil Update, including beautiful ludlamite, aquamarine, tourmaline, fluorapatite and more.
Tags: Amazonas, amethyst, amethyst crystal, amethyst fine mineral, amethyst specimen, apatite crystal, apatite specimen, aquamarine, aquamarine fine mineral, aquamarine specimen, Bahia, beryl, beryl crystal, beryl fine mineral, beryl specimen, beryl variety aquamarine, blue apatite, blue fluorapatite, Brazil, Brazil mineral, brazilianite, brazilianite aquamarine crystal, brazilianite crystal, brazilianite fine mineral, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Cabeça do Cachorro, chlorite inclusions, conselheiro Pena, Corinto, Coronel Murta, Diamantina, Divino das Laranjeiras, elbaite crystal, elbaite specimen, elbaite tourmaline, Fluor-Uvite, fluor-uvite crystal, fluor-uvite fine mineral, fluor-uvite price, fluor-uvite specimen, fluorapatite, fluorapatite crystal, fluorapatite specimen, Galileia, Ipira, Irai, Itatiaia Mine, John White personal mineral collection, John White quartz collection, Linopolis, Ludlamite, ludlamite crystal, ludlamite fine mineral, ludlamite price, ludlamite specimen, magnesite, magnesite crystal, magnesite specimen, Minas Gerais, Patrocino, Pederneira Mine, Planalto, Pombas Mine, Presidente Kubitscheck, quartz, quartz after anhydrite, quartz chlorite inclusions, quartz crystal, quartz crystal with chlorite inclusions, quartz crystals, quartz fine mineral, quartz pseudomorph after anhydrite, quartz scepter, quartz scepter price, quartz sceptre, quartz sceptre price, quartz specimen, quartz specimen pseudomorph, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz, quartz with inclusion, Resplendor, Rio Grande do Sul, São Gabriel da Brazil, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Sao Jose da Safira, Sapo Mine, scepter quartz, sceptre quartz, Sierra Negra, smoky quartz, smoky quartz crystal, smoky quartz fine mineral, smoky quartz scepter, smoky quartz sceptre, smoky quartz specimen, Spodumene, spodumene crystal, spodumene fine mineral, spodumene specimen, svanbergite, svanbergite fine mineral, svanbergite specimen, Telirio Claim, Teofilo Otoni, tourmaline crystal, tourmaline fine mineral, tourmaline specimen, Tracy Kimmel Collection, uvite crystal, uvite price, uvite specimen

Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 07.08.2022 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I have added excellent new specimens in this Brazil Update, including brazilianite, fluorapatite, elbaite, aquamarine, hematite, rutile, spessartine and beautiful fuchsite crystals, along with quartz and calcite.
Tags: albite, albite crystal, Almandine, almandine crystal, almandine fine mineral, almandine specimen, amethyst, amethyst crystal, amethyst fine mineral, amethyst specimen, aquamarine crystal, aquamarine fine mineral, aquamarine specimen, Bahia, beryl crystal, beryl fine mineral, beryl specimen, beryl variety aquamarine, Brazil, Brazil mineral, Brazilian calcite, brazilianite, brazilianite crystal, brazilianite fine mineral, brazilianite specimen, calcite, calcite crystal, calcite specimen, chrome muscovite, chromian mica, chromian muscovite, conselheiro Pena, Cruzeiro Mine, Divino das Laranjeiras, elbaite crystal, elbaite specimen, elbaite tourmaline, Elbaite tourmaline crystal from the Pederneira Mine, fluorapatite, fluorapatite crystal, fluorapatite specimen, fluorescent calcite, fuchsite, fuchsite crystal, fuchsite fine mineral, fuchsite specimen, garnet crystal, garnet fine mineral, garnet specimen, green muscovite, green muscovite crystal, green muscovite specimen, green tourmaline, hematite, hematite crystal, hematite specimen, Irai, Itamarandiba, Itinga, John White personal mineral collection, John White quartz collection, lepidolite', Linopolis, Medina, Minas Gerais, muscovite, muscovite crystal, muscovite fine mineral, muscovite mica, muscovite variety fuchsite, Navegadora Mine, Novo Horizonte, Paraiba, Pederneira Mine, Pedra Azul District, Penha do Norte, Planalto, Presidente Kubitscheck, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz fine mineral, quartz specimen, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz, reticulated rutile, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, rutile, rutile crystal, rutile fine mineral, rutile in quartz, rutile inclusion in quartz, rutile on quartz, rutile specimen, Sao Jose da Safira, Sapo Mine, smoky quartz, smoky quartz crystal, smoky quartz fine mineral, smoky quartz specimen, spessartine crystal, spessartine fine mineral, spessartine for sale, spessartine garnet, spessartine specimen, Telirio Claim, Tenente Ananias, Teofilo Otoni, tourmaline crystal, tourmaline fine mineral, tourmaline specimen, Urubu Mine

Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 09.10.2021 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted excellent new specimens from the John S. White quartz collection, representing many different phenomena of quartz crystallization, also from a great diversity of localities and mineral environments.
Tags: afghanistan, amethyst crystal, amethyst crystals, amethyst fine mineral, amethyst for sale, amethyst specimen, apatite in quartz, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Badakhshan, Bahia, Boekenhoutshoek area, Boyacá Dept., Brazil, china, Clinochlore inclusions, Colombia, Cristobalite inclusion, crystallized quartz shard, curved crystal, curved quartz, curved quartz crystal, Dhading District, Diamond Willow Mine, Doce Valley, doubly-terminated quartz crystal, El Hammam Mine, Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, faden, faden quartz, fence quartz, fluorapatite, fluorapatite in quartz, fluorite, fluorite crystal, fluorite cube, fluorite specimen, France, Ganesh Himal, gitterquarz, grape agate, grape agate specimen, grape amethyst, grape amethyst for sale, grape amethyst specimen, Hallelujah Junction Area, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dneri, hematite in quartz, hematite inclusions in quartz, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan quartz, hunan, India, Indonesia, Isère, John S. White personal collection, John White, John White personal mineral collection, John White quartz collection, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kokcha Valley, Kullu District, Ladujar Medam, lattice quartz, Leshan, Lignarre Valley, Mamuju area, Manali, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Minas Gerais, Mkobola, Morocco, Mpumalanga, Namibia, Nepal, Nevada, Nkangala, Novo Horizonte, Ontario, Ontario Amethyst, Ornon, pakistan, Parelhas, Peña Blanca Mine, Peshawar, Petersen Mountain, Province No. 3, quartz, Quartz (Faden), quartz crystal, quartz crystal Nepal, quartz crystallized shard, quartz crystals, quartz epitactic, quartz epitaxy, quartz fine mineral, quartz on fluorite, quartz oriented, quartz oriented over feldspar, quartz rutile inclusions, quartz scepter, quartz sceptre, quartz shard, quartz specimen, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz, Quartz with fluorapatite inclusions, quartz with hematite inclusions, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, rutilated quartz, rutilated quartz crystal, rutilated quartz specimen, rutile inclusion in quartz, San Pablo de Borbur, Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Sar-e Sang River, Sar-e-Sang, scepter quartz, sceptre quartz, Sichuan, smoky quartz, smoky quartz crystal, smoky quartz fine mineral, smoky quartz scepter, smoky quartz sceptre, smoky quartz specimen, South Africa, Sulawesi, Sulawesi Barat Province, Thunder Bay Amethyst, Thunder Bay District, Tipling Mine, USA, var. Amethyst, Washoe Co. No, Zagi Mountain

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