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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 07.12.2024 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted excellent new specimens in this Europe Update with many classics, including superb Alpine smoky quartz, pyromorphite from several localities, fluorite, hematite, specimens from the German silver mines and more.
Tags: Aachen, Alberoda, Alicante, Allerdale, Ambas Aguas, Ambasaguas 1 Mine, Andalusia, Antequera, Aosta Valley, Argentière Glacier, Arnsberg, arsenic, arsenic specimen, Asturias, Attica, Aue-Bad Schlema, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, azurite, azurite crystal, azurite fine mineral, azurite specimen, Bad Ems, Bad Ems-Nassau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Beihilfe Mine, Berbes District, Bigrigg, Branes Quarry, Braunlage, Bulgaria, calcite, calcite crystal, calcite fine mineral, calcite specimen, Caldbeck, Camino Cabezo Agudo, campylite, Castres, Cavardiras Valley, Cerro Canaleja, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Clara Mine, Cologne, Copeland, Córdoba, Cornish olivenite, Cornwall, Corrèze, Courmayeur, Covera De Asturias, Cumbria, Disentis, Djurkovo Mine, Driggith Open Cut, Dry Gill Mine, East Attica, Egremont, El Ponton de Solis, Elba, England, English mimetite, Erzegebirgskreis, Eschweiler, Felsenmeer, ferruginous quartz, Florence Mine, fluorite, fluorite Clara Mine, fluorite crystal, fluorite fine mineral, fluorite Germany, fluorite specimen, fluorite twin, France, Freiburg, Galena, galena crystal, galena fine mineral, galena Germany, galena specimen, German galena, Germany, Ghiac, Goslar District, Greece, green pyromprphite, Grisons, gwindel, Gwindel Chamonix, Gwindel fine mineral, gwindel France, Gwindel smoky quartz, Gwindel specimen, Halsbrücke, Hastenrath, hematite fine mineral, hematite specimen, Hemer-Sundwig, Italy, Konski Dol Mine, la rioja, Laki, Lavreotiki, Lavrion Mining District, Les Farges Mine, Los Vives, Lower Saxony, Madan District, Madan Ore Field, magnesioriebeckite, magnesioriebeckite inclusion, Málaga, Marciana, Meyer Quarry, mimetite, mimetite crystal, mimetite fine mineral, mimetite specimen, mimetite variety campylite, Mittlesachsen, Moscona Mine, Muro de Aguas, native arsenic, native arsenic specimen, native silver, negative crystal inclusions, North Rhine - Westphalia, Nouvelle-Aqiuitane, Oberwolfach, Occitanie, Olivenite, olivenite crystal, olivenite specimen, Orihuela, Oviedo, Piz Cavardiras, Plovidiv, Procchio, pseudomorph after silver, purple fluorite, pyrargyrite, pyrargyrite crystal, pyrargyrite fine mineral, pyrargyrite specimen, pyrite, pyrite crystal, pyrite cube, pyrite fine mineral, pyrite specimen, pyromorphite, pyromorphite crystal, pyromorphite fine mineral, pyromorphite specimen, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz epimorph, Quartz epimorph after Calcite, quartz fine mineral, quartz inclusions, quartz negative crystal inclusions, quartz pseudomorph, quartz pseudomorph after calcite, quartz specimen, Resuperferolitica Mine, Rhineland-Palatinate, Rhodope Mountains, Riebeckite, Riebeckite Inclusions, Russein Valley, safflorite, safflorite pseudomorph, safflorite pseudomorph after silver, safflorite specimen, Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Santa Eufemia, Sauerland, Saxony, scorodite, scorodite crystal, scorodite fine mineral, scorodite specimen, Shaft 366, Silver, silver pseudomorph specimen, smoky quartz, smoky quartz crystal, smoky quartz fine mineral, smoky quartz specimen, Smolyan Oblast, spain, Spanish fluorite, spanish pyrite, St. Andreasberg, Sursleva, Swiss gwindel quartz, Swiss Quartz, Swiss smoky quartz, Switzerland, Tarn, Tracy Kimmel Collection, Triolet Glacier, Tuscany, twinned fluorite, UK mimetite, Ussel, Val Ferret, var. Smoky Quartz
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 08.30.2022 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted new worldwide mineral specimens from the Gerald Panneton collection. This update features spectacular pieces, some of which are right up with the best I’ve offered on the website.
Tags: Ahumada Mine, Alba Co., albite, amber fluorite, amethyst crystal, amethyst specimen, Ancash Dept., apatite crystal, apatite fine mineral, apatite specimen, apophyllite crystal, apophyllite fine mineral, apophyllite specimen, aquamarine crystal, aquamarine fine mineral, aquamarine specimen, Arizona, azurite, azurite crystal, azurite fine mineral, azurite specimen, Baltistan, Barra de Salinas, beryl, beryl crystal, beryl fine mineral, beryl specimen, beryl variety aquamarine, Beryl variety aquamarine specimen, Boeny, Bolognesi Province, Brazil, Brazil mineral, calcite, calcite crystal, calcite fine mineral, calcite specimen, California, Carthage, cassiterite, cassiterite crystal, cassiterite fine mineral, cassiterite specimen, cassiterite twin, cassiterite twinned, cassiterite twinned crystal, Castrovirreyna province, celestine, celestine crystal, celestine fine mineral, celestine specimen, chenzhou, Chihuahua, china, Chirucu, Christoph Mine, Chumar Bakhoor, Coronel Murta, Dioptase, dioptase crystal, dioptase fine mineral, dioptase for sale, dioptase specimen, elbaite crystal, elbaite specimen, elbaite tourmaline, Elmwood Mine, epidote, epidote crystal, epidote fan, epidote fine mineral, epidote specimen, Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, fine minerals, fluorapatite, fluorapatite crystal, fluorapatite fine mineral, fluorapatite specimen, Fluorapophyllite, fluorapophyllite crystal, fluorapophyllite fine mineral, fluorapophyllite specimen, fluorite, fluorite crystal, fluorite cube, fluorite cuboctahedral, fluorite fine mineral, fluorite for sale, fluorite specimen, Galena, garnet crystal, garnet specimen, Gerald Manneton mineral collection, Gerald Panneton, Gerald Panneton collection, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, golden fluorite, green fluorite crystal, green fluorite specimen, Grisons, Guangdong, gypsum fine mineral, gypsum specimen, gypsum twin, gypsum twinned, Gypsum var. Selenite on Halite, Haramosh Mountains, hematite and quartz, hematite crystal, hematite fine mineral, hematite in quartz, hematite specimen, high-end fluorite, Himalaya Mine, Himalaya tourmaline, Huallanca, Huamachuco, Huancavelica Dept., hunan, Hunza Valley, Ica Dept., India, Jalgaon, Jinlong Hill, Kaokoveld Plateau, Karibib, Katsepy, Kunene Region, kyanite, kyanite crystal, kyanite fine mineral, kyanite specimen, La Libertad Dept., La Paz Co., Linwu Co., Longchuan, Los Lamentos Mtns., Lupca, Madagascar, Maharashtra, Medina, Mesa Grande District, Mesa Grande Mining District, Mexican fluorite, Mexican vanadinite, Mexico, Minas Gerais, Mitsinjo, Mt. Xuebaoding, Mun. de Tatatila, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Musca, Naica, Namibia, Namibia dioptase, Northern Cape Province, Otjikoto Region, pakistan, Pampa Blanca, Paracas, Pardatsch, Pedra Azul District, Peru, piedra parada, Pingwu County, pink apatite, pink fluorapatite, pink tourmaline, Pisco, Pisco Province, purple fluorite, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz fine mineral, quartz specimen, Red Cloud Mine, rhodonite, rhodonite crystal, rhodonite fine mineral, rhodonite for sale, rhodonite specimen, Riemvasmaak, Romania, Romanian vivianite, Rosario Mabel Claim, Rosia Poieni Mine, rubellite, rubellite crystal, rubellite specimen, Sakoany Deposit, Salinas de Otuma, San Diego Co., San Martin Mine, Sanchez Carrion Province, Saucillo Municipality, selenite ball, selenite crystals, selenite fine miner, selenite specimen, selenite twin, selenite twinned, Serra do Cipo, Sete Lagoas, Shigar District, Shigar Valley, Sichuan Province, Skardu District, Smith Co., South Africa, spessartine crystal, spessartine garnet, spessartine on quartz, spessartine specimen, sphalerite, Switzerland, Tennessee, titanite, titanite crystal, titanite fine mineral, titanite specimen, topaz, topaz crystal, topaz fine mineral, topaz specimen, Tormiq Valley, tourmaline crystal, tourmaline fine mineral, tourmaline specimen, Trigo Mountains, Tsumeb azurite, Tsumeb dioptase, Tsumeb Mine, Tujetsch, US, USA, Val Naps, vanadinite, vanadinite crystal, vanadinite fine mineral, vanadinite Los Lamentos, vanadinite Mexico, vanadinite specimen, variety Amethyst, veracruz, vivanite specimen, vivianite, vivianite crystal, vivianite fine mineral, wulfenite, wulfenite crystal, wulfenite fine mineral, wulfenite specimen, Xianghualing Mine, yellow fluorite
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 06.06.2021 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted the second update of many specimens to come from the John S. White quartz collection. In this update there are many specimens with inclusions.
Tags: amethyst crystal, amethyst fine mineral, amethyst inclusions, amethyst pseudomorph, amethyst pseudomorph after calcite, amethyst specimen, Ametrine, ametrine crystal, ametrine section, ametrine slice, ametrine specimen, Anahi Mine, Angel Sandoval Province, Aracuai, Arkansas, astrophyllite, astrophyllite crystal, astrophyllite fine mineral, astrophyllite in quartz, astrophyllite inclusion, astrophyllite specimen, Boekenhoutshoek area, Bolivia, Brazil, cactus amethyst, cactus quartz, Capelinha, Chenzhou Prefecture, china, Colorado, Cristobalite inclusion, crystallized quartz shard, curved quartz crystal, Disentis, Doce Valley, epidote, epidote crystal, epidote inclusion in quartz, epidote inclusions, epidote inclusions in quartz, epidote specimen, fenster quartz, fensterquartz, fluorite, fluorite crystal, fluorite fine mineral, fluorite for sale, fluorite octahedral, fluorite octahedron, fluorite specimen, Garland Co., Grisons, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., Hamid Abad Kafoor Dheri, helvine, helvine crystal, helvine in quartz, helvine inclusion, helvine inclusion in quartz, helvine specimen, helvite, helvite crystal, helvite specimen, Hongquizhen Quarry, Hot Springs, hunan, Hunan Province, inclusions in quartz, inclusions in quartz crystal, India, Indore, Iris quartz, Itamirandiba, Japan Law Twin, Jinkouhe District, John White, John White personal mineral collection, John White quartz collection, Khadekwani, Khyber Pakhtunkwha, Leiyang Co., Leshan, Liangshan Yi, Little Giant Basin, Madhya Pradesh, magnesite crystal, Meigu Co., Minas Gerais, Mkobola, Mpumalanga, Near North Star Mine, negative crystal inclusions, negative crystal inclusions in quartz, Nkangala, pakistan, Peshawar District, quartz, quartz and fluorite, quartz crystal, quartz crystal inclusions, quartz crystallized shard, quartz fine mineral, quartz inclusion specimen, quartz inclusions, quartz negative crystal inclusions, quartz on fluorite, Quartz phantom, quartz pseudomorph after calcite, quartz red phantom, quartz shard, quartz specimen, quartz twin, quartz variety ametrine, quartz with epidote crystal inclusions, quartz with helvine inclusion, quartz with hematite inclusions, Rainbow Quartz, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul No, rutilated quartz, rutilated quartz specimen, rutile, rutile crystal, rutile inclusion, San Juan Co., San Juan Mountains, Sanawat, Santa Cruz, Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Shangbao Mine, Sichuan, skeletal growth quartz, South Africa, Switzerland, twinned quartz, USA, var. Amethyst, window quartz, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Yizhang Co. No, Zagi Mountain
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 06.12.2019 | Filed under: Latest, Mineral Shows
The Rochester Mineralogical Symposium is one of the best mineral events of the year. Here’s my report from RMS 2019, with lots of great mineral photos.
Tags: 2020, albite on orthoclase epitactic epitaxy, Ambatofinandrahana, amethyst, Amoron'i Mania, Arizona, azurite, Bahia, Baja California Sur, Balochistan, barite, beryl, Bill Pinch book, Bill Pinch mineral collection, Bill Severance, Bill Severance mineral collection, Bill Severance minerals, Bill Severance Rochester, Bill Severance Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Bisbee, Boleo Mine, Bolivia, Brazil, Bristol, Bristol Copper Mine, Brumado Mine, Bulgaria, calcite crystal forms, Calcite on Fluorite, Calcite St. Andreasberg, Calcite Tsumeb, calcite twin, California, Canadian quartz, Cananea, Carl Francis Quartz Collection, Carl Francis Rochester, Cave-in-Rock, Cliff Mine, Co. Galway, Cochise Co., Colorado Quartz Mine, colours of calcite, Colton Hill, Connecticut, Connecticut Chalcocite, Copper, copper crystal, Copper Falls mine, Copper Queen Mine, Cordierite, crystals parked cars, Cummengeite, Curuglu workings, Cylindrite, Czar shaft, David Joyce mineral music, David Joyce mineral songs, David Joyce Rochester, Denton Mine, Dioptase, Doce Valley, Droujba Mine, epidote, Fedenstock, fluorapatite, fluorite, Geology, George Thompson mineral collection, George Thompson Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Grand Reef Mine, Illinois, incommensurate modulation, Ireland, Jeff Scovil, Jeff Scovil photo MetaAutunite Meta-Autunite, Jeff Scovil photo PinkEuclase Euclase, Jeff Scovil Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Joe Larkin's Quarry, john betts, John Betts Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, John Betts What's New Rochester, John Betts What's New Rochsester, John jaszczak, John Jaszczak Criminal Minerals: Investigating Minerals that Break the Law, john jaszczak Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, John rakovan, John Rakovan Crystal Growth, john rakovan rochester mineralogical symposium, Keweenaw County, Kharan, Klondyke, La Paz Co., Les Presmyk, Les Presmyk Arizona, Les Presmyk Arizona Sulfates, Linarite, Madagascar, Magma Mine, Maine, Mandrosonoro, Mariposa, marshalsussmanite, Meshberger Quarry, Mexico, Michael bainbridge Rochester, Michigan, Minas Gerais, Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University, Mineralogy, Minerals of the Grenville Province, Mont Saint-Hilaire: History, Namibia, native copper, native silver, Nevada, new Grenville book, New Hampshire, new mineral books, new Mont Sainte-Hilaire book, new Mont St Hilaire book, Owl Creek fissure, pakistan, Panasqueira, Pete Richards, Pete Richards Distorted Crystals, Pete Richards Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Petersen Mt., Poopo, Porcupine Hill, Portugal, Presmyk mineral collection, pyrite, Pyrite Cananea Mexico, quartz crystal Switzerland, Quartz gwindel, quartz sceptre, R. Peter RIchards, R. Peter Richards Distorted Crystals, R. Peter Richards Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, Red Cloud Mine, Rhone Glacier, Richmond, Richmond Soapstone Quarry, RMS 2019, Rochester 2019, Rochester Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy, Rochester displays, Rochester mineral, Rochester mineral displays, Rochester mineral symposium, Rochester mineral symposium dates April 20-23, Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Rochester Technical Session, Rochseter Mineralogical Symposium Technical session, San Francisco Mine, Santa Rosalia, Sarah Hanson Contributed Papers Specimen Mineralogy, Sarah Hanson Coordinator Technical Session, Sarah Hanson Rochester, Sarah Hanson Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, schizolite, schizolite Mont St Hilaire, Serandite, serandite Mont St Hilaire, Shannapheasteen, Silver, silver crystal, Spangolite, stepped growth, Swiss quartz crystal, Switzerland, Terry Huizing, Terry Huizing calcite collection, Terry Huizing Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Terry Huizing Variety and Appeal of Calcite, Topsham, Trigo Mountains, Tsumeb, Tsumeb Mine, Uri, Wallis, Warren District, Washoe, what's new in minerals, William Severance, wulfenite
