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Pete Richards Collection – U.S. – February 2022

I’ve posted great new U.S. specimens from the Pete Richards Collection. These include copper from the Keweenaw Peninsula, a world-class awaruite, personally-collected NY hematite specimens and more

Tags: 10th Ore Zone, Allen Co., Arizona, Awaruite, awaruite nugget, barite, barite crystal, barite specimen, Bartow Co., Baryte, baryte crystal, baryte specimen, Black Mountain, blue halite, Blue River, Bluffton, Bluffton Stone Company Quarry, Breckenridge Mining District, Buffalo, calcite, California, Carlsbad District, Cartersville, celestine, celestine crystal, celestine specimen, Central Mine, Chub Lake, Cochise Co., Colorado, columbite, columbite crystal, columbite mineral specimen for sale, columbite specimen, Copper, copper crystal, copper dodecahdron, copper fine mineral, copper specimen, County Road 38, Covellite, covellite crystal, covellite specimen, crystallized native copper, cuboctaheral halite, cyanotrichite, cyanotrichite fine mineral, cyanotrichite mineral specimen for sale, cyanotrichite specimen, datolite, Datolite nodule, datolite specimen, Delaware Mine, dodecahedral copper, Dodge Mine, Eagle Harbor, Eddy Co., Edwards, Elko Co., Ellington, Franklin, Franklin Mine, Georgia, halite, halite crystal, halite cuboctahedron, halite fine mineral specimen, halite specimen, hematite, hematite crystal, hematite fine mineral, hematite mineral specimen for sale, hematite specimen, Intrepid Potash East Mine, Iowa, Josephine Co., Josephine Creek, Keweenaw Co., Lake Superior, Laker Pocket, Linwood Mine, Maid of Sunshine Mine, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, native copper, native copper crystal, native copper specimen, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Oxford Co, PAGA Mine, Portage, pyrite, pyrite crystal, pyrite specimen, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz Cumberland habit, quartz specimen, red sphalerite, Republic, Reynolds Co., Richland Twp., Rio Grande Co., ruby jack, ruby jack sphalerite, San Bernardino Co., Scott Co., Searles Lake, Seneca Co., sphalerite, sphalerite crystal, sphalerite inclusion fluorite, sphalerite specimen, St.Lawrence Co., Stoneco Portage Quarry, Stoneco Quarry, Summit Co., Summitville, Sussex Co., Sweetwater Mine, Trotter Dump, USA, Willemite, willemite crystal, willemite fine mineral, willemite mineral specimen for sale, willemite specimen

Pete Richards Collection – United States – March 2021

I’ve added more great U.S. specimens in this new Pete Richards Collection Update. These include beautiful specimens from classic American localities from across the country.

Tags: amazonite crystal, amazonite fine mineral, amazonite specimen, Andalusite, andalusite crystal, andalusite spec, Arizona, Arizona wulfenite, Arkansas, Baxter Springs, Bingham, Cherokee Co., Colorado, Connecticut, copper after agate, copper fine mineral, copper in agate, Copper replacing agate, copper specimen, datolite, datolite crystal, datolite fine mineral, datolite specimen, East Granby, Erie Co., Galena, galena crystal, galena crystals, galena crystals on galena, galena cuboctahedral, galena fine mineral, galena second generation crystals, galena specimen, Garland Co., Gene Schlepp wulfenite, Georgia, Goodall Quarry, Graves Mountain Rutile, Graves Mtn Rutile, Graves Rutile, Hartford Co., Hematite from Graves Mountain, hematite variety turgite, Houghton Co., iridescent hematite, Kansas, Lake George, linarite crystal, linarite fine mineral, linarite pseudomorph after galena, Linarite pseudomorph after galena from the Blanchard Mine, linarite specimen, Lincoln Co., Maine, Michigan, microcline crystal, microcline fine mineral, microcline specimen, Microcline var. amazonite, Mount Mica, Mt. Mica, New Mexico, Norfolk Southern Railroad Bellevue Yard, Ohio, ohio pyrite, Old Yuma Mine, Oxford Co, Paris, Park Co., Pete Richards, Pete Richards collection, Pete Richards crystals, Pete Richards mineral collection, Pima Co., prehnite, pyrite, pyrite crystal, pyrite specimen, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz fine mineral, quartz specimen, R. Peter RIchards, Roncari Quarry, rutile crystal, rutile fine mineral, Rutile from Graves Mountain, rutile specimen, rutile twin, Saguaro National Monument, Sanford, Sanford vesuvianite, Socorro Co., Sportsman's Paradise, tabular quartz, Tucson Mountains, turgite, twinned rutile, USA, Velie-Leopard Mine, vesuvianite, vesuvianite crystal, vesuvianite fine mineral, vesuvianite specimen, wavellite, Wavellite Avant, wavellite ball, wavellite crystal, wavellite fine mineral, wavellite specimen, Wolverine #2 Mine, wulfenite, wulfenite crystal, wulfenite fine mineral, wulfenite specimen, York Co.

Rochester 2019

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.

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…

Tags: 3600 Level, 3700 Level, 4D Stope, afghanistan, Aït Ahmane Mine, Anglesite, anglesite Monteponi, Aragonite, aragonite fine mineral, aragonite specimen, Arizona, Auglaize Quarry, Aurangabad, Badakhshan, Bahia, Balmat, barite, Beaverdell, Bill Pinch Obituary, Bou Azzer, Boulemane Province, bournonite, Boyaca, Brazil, Brazil fine mineral, Brazil fine minerals, Brazil mineral specimen, Brazli, British Columbia, calcite, Cape D'Or, Casa de Pedra Mine, celestine, chabazite, china, Clinohumite, Colombia, Congonhas, Copper, crocoite, Crocoite Adelaide Mine, crocoite Dundas, crocoite Dundas Tasmania, crocoite Tasmania, Cumberland Co., Democratic Republic of the Congo, Divino das Laranjeiras, Djurleite, Doce Valley, elbaite, Elbaite tourmaline with albite, Euclase, Fes-Meknes Region, Fluorapophyllite, fluorite, Fluorite with Calcite, hematite, Herwig Pelckmans, Herwig Pelckmans Johannes Vaes, Herwig Pelckmans presentation, Herwig Pelckmans talk, Highland Bell Mine, Holloway Quarry, Huanggang Mines, hunan, In Memoriam Bill Pinch, In Memoriam William Pinch, In Memoriam William Wallace Pinch, India, Inner Mongolia, Itambacuri, Jianshan Mine, Jikhan, Johannes Vaes, John Cornish crocoite, Junction, Katanga, Katanga Copper Crescent, Koksha Valley, La Marina Mine, La Paz Co., Les Presmyk Arizona, Les Presmyk Magma Mine, Les Presmyk presentation, Les Presmyk Red Cloud, Les Presmyk talk, Linopolis District, Magma Mine, Maharastra, Mamsa, Michigan, Minas Gerais, mineral collecting Bay of Fundy, minerals Bay of Fundy, Monroe, Monteponi, Monteponi Mine, Morocco, Muzo District, natrolite, Nepouite, New Hampshire, New York, Newport, North Groton, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia mineral, Nova Scotia minerals, Novo Horizonte, nr. Sidi Ayed, Ohio, Orange Co., Ouarzazate, Palermo No. 1 Mine, phosgenite, phosgenite Monteponi, Pinal Co., quartz, Red Cloud Mine, renato pagano, rhabdophane, rhabdophane pseudomorph, rhabdophane pseudomorph after carbonate, rhapbdophane pseudomorph after parisite, rhapdophane pseudo, RMS, RMS 2017, RMS 2018, Rochester 2017, Rochester mineral, Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Rochester Symposium, Rochester Symposium 2017, Rochester Symposium 2018, rutile, Saleeite, Santa Rosa Mine, Shinkolobwe, Shinkolobwe Mine, Silver, sphalerite, Spinel, St.Lawrence Co., stilbite, struverite, struverite crystal, struverite specimen, Superior, Tasmania, thomsonite, Tourmaline, Trigo Mountains, vaesite, var. Struverite-Ilmenorutile, Wasson's Bluff, William Pinch Obituary, William Wallace Pinch Obituary, Wodginite, wodginite crystal, wodginite fine mineral, wodginite specimen, wulfenite, Xinjiang, Yaoganxian Mine

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