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Brazil – December 2020

I’ve posted some beautiful specimens in the new Brazil Update. These include gorgeous spessartine crystals (one from a rare locality), dravite crystals, blue topaz, rutile and hematite roses, among others.

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Rochester 2017

The Rochester Mineralogical Symposium is one of the best annual events in Mineral World. This post about RMS 2017 includes lots of great mineral photographs, with many from prominent mineral photographers Jeff Scovil and Michael Bainbridge. And hopefully, if you missed this year’s RMS, this will help you catch up – and plan for next year…

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Brazil Update – March 2017

I’ve posted some great new pieces in this Brazil Update. These include gorgeous stars of rutile on hematite from Novo Horizonte, older specimens of cyclically-twinned rutile from Diamantina, and beautiful muscovite crystals from Mantena, Minas Gerais.

Tags: Bahia, Brazil, Brazil fine mineral, Brazil mineral, Diamantina, Jequitinhonha Valley, mica, Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais mineral, muscovite, muscovite crystal, muscovite fine mineral, muscovite mica, muscovite specimen, Novo Horizonte, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, rutile, rutile crystal, Rutile Diamantina, rutile fine mineral, rutile on hematite, rutile specimen, rutile star

Tucson 2017

The Tucson Gem and Mineral show was great this year! This report includes photos of mineral specimens from many new finds.

Tags: Arizona, Arrondissement Diako, Bahia, blue apatite, blue fluorapatite, Bor Pit, Bou Azzer, Brazil, Brazil fine mineral, Brazli mineral specimen, calcite, calcite crystal, calcite fine mineral, Cercle de Bafoulabé, china, Clinoatacamite, clinoatacamite crystal, clinoatacamite specimen, Dalnegorsk, datolite, datolite crystal, datolite fine mineral, datolite specimen, Diabe Sira, erythrite, erythrite crystal, erythrite fine mineral, erythrite specimen, fluorapatite, Grossular, Hexigten Banner, Huamachuco, Huanggang Mines, Ica Dept., Inner Mongolia A.R., Ipira, Kayes Region, La Libertad Dept., lautite, lautite specimen, Lily Mine, Linopolis District, Mali, Mantena, Minas Gerais, Morocco, Mundo Nuevo Mine, muscovite, near Divino das Larajeiras, Northern Cape Province, Novo Horizonte, Orange River, Ouarzazate Province, parisite, parisite-(La), Peru, phantom quartz, Pisco Umay, Primorskiy Kray, pyrite, Pyrite and Lautite, quartz Presidente Kubischek, Ray McDougall, Raymond McDougall, Red Cloud Mine, red phantom quartz, red quartz, red quartz crystal, red quartz specimen, rhabdophane, rhapdophane pseudomorph, Russia, rutile fine mineral, rutile on hematite, rutile specimen, rutile star, South Africa, Tazenakht, Trigo Mountains, Tucson 2017, Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Tucson Gem and Mineral Show 2017, Tuscon mineral show, Ulanhad, Wodginite, wodginite crystal, wodginite specimen, wulfenite, wulfenite crystal, wulfenite fine mineral, wulfenite specimen

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