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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 05.21.2024 | Filed under: Latest
From a recent visit, I’ve posted some of my favourite specimens from the fabulous Mineralogy Museum at L’École des Mines de Paris.
Tags: Adamite, adamite crystal, adamite specimen, Aïn Babouche, Ain Babouche District, Algeria, anatase, anatase crystal, anatase specimen, anatase Swizerland, Arizona, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, azurite, azurite Chessy, azurite crystal, azurite fine mineral, Baia Mare, Baja California Sur, Binn Valley, Binntal, boleite, boleite crystal, boleite specimen, Boleo, Boleo District, Brazil, Cabrières, Castille-La Manche, Central Province, Cerussite, cerussite cyclical twin, cerussite twinned, chabazite, chabazite twinned, chabazite var phacolite, chabazite variety phacolite, Chalcocite, chalcocite crystal, chalcocite specimen, Chañarcillo, Chessy, Chessy copper mines, Chile, chrysoberyl, chrysoberyl crystal, chrysoberyl cyclic twin, chrysoberyl cyclically twinned, chrysoberyl Espirito Santo, chrysoberyl specimen, chrysoberyl twin, Ciudad Real, clinoclase, clinoclase Cornwall, clinoclase crystal, clinoclase specimen, Copper, copper crystal, copper specimen, copper Tsumeb, copper Tsumeb Namibia, Cornwall, Cronstedtite, cronstedtite crystal, cronstedtite specimen, cumengeite, cumengeite crystal, cumengeite epitactic on boleite, cumengeite specimen, Djebel Hammimat Mine, Dunabogdány, Durango, Ed Over wulfenite, Egypt, El Horcajo, England, Espirito Santo, ettringit, ettringite crystal, ettringite specimen, forsterite, forsterite crystal, forsterite specimen, forterite crystal, France, green adamite, Hérault, Herja Mine, Hotazel, Hungary, Kabwe, Kabwe District, Kabwe Mine, L'École des Mines de Paris, La Paz Co., liroconite, liroconite specimen, Lodève, M'Passa Mine, Mapimi, Marmures Co., Mexico, Mindouli District, Mineralogy Museum, Mineralogy Museum at L'École des Mines de Paris, Mulegé Municipality, Musee de mineralogie L'École des Mines de Paris, N'Chwaning Mines, Northern Cape Province, Occitanie, Ojuela Mine, Oum el Bouaghi Province, Paris School of Mines, peridot crystal, peridot specimen, Pest Co., phacolite, Pool Department, Proustite, proustite Chañarcillo, proustite crystal, proustite sainte-marie-aux-mines, proustite specimen, pyromorphite, pyromorphite crystal, pyromorphite specimen, Red Cloud Mine, Red Cloud wulfenite, Red Sea Governorate, Republic of the Congo, Rhône, Romania, rutile, rutile cyclic twin, rutile specimen, rutile Switzerland, rutile twin, rutile twinned, Santa Rosalia, Senarmontite, slphur crystal, South Africa, spain, St. Day, St. John's Island, sturmanite, sturmanite crystal, sturmanite specimen, sulphur crystal Italy, sulphur Italy, sulphur specimen Italy, Switzerland, Szentendre District, tetrahedrire crystal, tetrahedrite, tetrahedrite specimen, twinned chrysoberyl, United Kingdom, United States, Valais, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Wheal Gorland, wulfenite, wulfenite crystal, wulfenite specimen, Zabargad Island, Zambia
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 10.20.2021 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted a great selection of U.S. specimens from many different collections in the new US Update. There are specimens from the collections of Rock Currier, Robert Bartsch, John S. White, Pete Richards, Steve Szilard and from my collection too.
Tags: 2 1/2 Mine, Alaska, Allen Co., Arizona, Arkansas, Bargers Quarry, barite, barite crystal, barite specimen, Baryte, baryte crystal, baryte specimen, Bluffton, Bluffton Stone Company Quarry, Bootstrap Mining District, brookite, brookite crystal, brookite fine mineral, brookite specimen, calcite, calcite crystal, California, Carroll Co., Cave-in-Rock, Champion Mine, Cherokee Co., Colorado, Colorado smoky quartz, Conway, Crystal Peak, Dravite, dravite crystal, dravite fine mineral, dravite specimen, Dream Time Mine, Elko Co., epidote, epidote crystal, epidote fine mineral, epidote specimen, Ernie Schlichter collection, fluorescent calcite, fluorite, Fluorite and sphalerite, fluorite crystal, fluorite cube, fluorite specimen, Galena, galena crystal, galena octahedron, galena specimen, graphic granite, Hardin Co., hexagonite, Hot Spring Co., Illinois, Jeffrey Quarry, Kansas, Ketchikan Mining District, La Paz Co., Lexington, Magnet Cove, Meikle Mine, Minerva #1 Mine, Mono Co., Nevada, New Hampshire, New Hampshire quartz crystal, North Conway, NY, octahedral galena, Ohio, Picher Field, Picher Field galena, Pierrepont, Powers Farm, Prince of Wales Island, Pulaski Co., pyrite, pyrite crystal, pyrite specimen, pyrite trisoctahedron, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz fine mineral, quartz specimen, Red Cloud Mine, Red Cloud wulfenite, red sphalerite, Richland Twp., Rockbridge Co., ruby jack, ruby jack sphalerite, rutile, rutile crystal, rutile fine mineral, rutile for sale, rutile specimen, smoky quartz, smoky quartz crystal, smoky quartz fine mineral, Smoky quartz from Black Cap Mountain, smoky quartz New Hampshire, smoky quartz specimen, sphalerite, sphalerite crystal, sphalerite inclusion fluorite, sphalerite specimen, St.Lawrence Co., Talcville, Teller Co., Tourmaline, tourmaline crystal, tourmaline fine mineral, tourmaline specimen, tremolite, tremolite crystal, tremolite specimen, Tremolite var. hexagonite from the 2 1/2 Mine, Tri-State galena, Trigo Mountains, trisoctahedral pyrite, trisoctahedron, US, USA, var smoky quartz (graphic granite), Virginia, White Mountains, wulfenite, wulfenite crystal, wulfenite fine mineral, wulfenite specimen
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 06.12.2017 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
Great new specimens from the United States feature in this US Update. Wulfenites from the Red Cloud Mine, a Kelly Mine smithsonite, a Colorado amazonite, excellent ramsdellite specimens, a beautiful specimen hosting covellite crystals, and more.
Tags: amazonite crystal, amazonite fine mineral, amazonite specimen, Arizona, blue smithsonite, chrysocolla, Colorado, Colorado amazonite, Covellite, covellite crystal, covellite fine mineral, covellite specimen, Crystal Peak Area, Kelly Mine, Kelly Mine smithsonite, La Paz Co., Magdalena, microcline, Mistake Mine, New Mexico, Pinal Co., quartz, Ramsdellite, ramsdellite crystal, ramsdellite fine mineral, ramsdellite specimen, Ray Mine, Red Cloud Mine, Red Cloud wulfenite, Rio Grande Co., Sam Powell Peak, Smithsonite, smithsonite fine mineral, smithsonite specimen, Smoky Hawk Claim, smoky quartz, Socorro Co., Summitville District, Summitville Mine, Teller Co., Trigo Mountains, US, USA, var. Amazonite, wulfenite, wulfenite crystal, wulfenite fine mineral, wulfenite specimen, Yavapai Co.
