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Mineralogy Museum at L’École des Mines de Paris

From a recent visit, I’ve posted some of my favourite specimens from the fabulous Mineralogy Museum at L’École des Mines de Paris.

Gerald Panneton Collection – August, 2022

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

US Update – October, 2021

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

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

US Update – June 2017

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.

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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