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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.
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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.
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