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Here is a link to Iceland Spar in northern New Mexico. Vince Kelly was one of my geology professors at the University of New Mexico.

https://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/nmcalcite.ht ...

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All very interesting. I had hoped to go the the Tucson show this year but had some eye surgery that grounded me. Dang it, but I can now see my collection better! As to prices, I have a bi ...

I have wanted to visit this locality for years. I recently found a New Mexico Bureau of MInes report on the quarry operation from 1946 and it included a hard to read but accurate map of the location ...

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I am a brand new forum member and have a question on behalf of a friend. He is writing a book on the turquoise trade between the Southwestern US and Mexico before European contact. Most re ...

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Topic: Optical calcite spar
Rich Loose Replies: 8 Views: 16895	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 29, 2015 19:15 Subject: Re: Optical calcite spar
Rich Loose Replies: 8 Views: 16895	Here is a link to Iceland Spar in northern New Mexico. Vince Kelly was one of my geology professors at the University of New Mexico. https://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/nmcalcite.ht ...
Topic: Buying minerals as an investment?
Rich Loose Replies: 22 Views: 195555	Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Feb 16, 2012 17:21 Subject: Re: Buying minerals as an investment?
Rich Loose Replies: 22 Views: 195555	Peter- All very interesting. I had hoped to go the the Tucson show this year but had some eye surgery that grounded me. Dang it, but I can now see my collection better! As to prices, I have a bi ...
Topic: Ricolite Quarry near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Rich Loose Replies: 0 Views: 9908	Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Sep 15, 2011 21:41 Subject: Ricolite Quarry near Lordsburg, New Mexico
Rich Loose Replies: 0 Views: 9908	I have wanted to visit this locality for years. I recently found a New Mexico Bureau of MInes report on the quarry operation from 1946 and it included a hard to read but accurate map of the location ...
Topic: Turquoise mines in Northern Mexico
Rich Loose Replies: 1 Views: 7257	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Sep 09, 2011 18:30 Subject: Turquoise mines in Northern Mexico
Rich Loose Replies: 1 Views: 7257	Hello- I am a brand new forum member and have a question on behalf of a friend. He is writing a book on the turquoise trade between the Southwestern US and Mexico before European contact. Most re ...