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Sticky: Very little mineralogy in mineral collecting today
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John S. White
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Sep 23, 2014 15:47Martin Rich
When can a fossil be also considered a mineral?
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Carles Millan
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Mar 26, 2025 08:30Roger Warin
German Minerals
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Tobi
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Jul 29, 2024 09:44Tobi
Very nice Amethyst in the Railroad Works in North of Spain
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Joan R.
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Oct 06, 2021 17:28Aniol Soler
Freeware: Mineral Database
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Joan R.
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Jan 11, 2020 04:35Tobi
Is this a twin?
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Duncan Miller
101254
May 16, 2019 02:17Duncan Miller
Quartz collecting outings in South Africa
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Pierre Joubert
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Mar 25, 2019 11:26Pierre Joubert
Blue-green rock
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Viktorian
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Aug 13, 2018 21:33Justin Hickok
Stalactites?
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John S. White
215364
Jul 09, 2018 10:20lluis
Maximum number of minerals on a specimen
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David
132248
May 06, 2018 03:02Peter Perkins
Tetrahedron [111] penetration twin
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Josele
84506
Jan 13, 2018 20:26Pete Richards
New find of minerals from New York
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Glenn Rhein
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Dec 04, 2017 13:20Tom Mazanec
I am curious to know what camera you are using...
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Pierre Joubert
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May 25, 2017 15:33texasdigger
Radioactive minerals
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Roger Warin
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Nov 01, 2016 05:40Benj
What about heliodor from Tajikistan?
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parfaitelumiere
208444
Sep 09, 2016 03:20Tobi
More about beta Quartz
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nitana2000
95746
Mar 08, 2016 12:34Pete Modreski
Ilmenite pseudo
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John S. White
56006
Feb 18, 2016 08:02Howard Heitner
Question about cubic diamond crystals
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Jim
86876
Nov 26, 2015 11:28John Betts
Mysterious Black Crystals (Something Fishy!)
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Andy Love
127955
May 11, 2015 14:53Mike Wood
Daylight Fluorescent Hyalite Opal from Mexico
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Peter Megaw
98503
May 06, 2015 19:10jorgedavid
2014 - International year of crystallography: for example, pyrite.
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Roger Warin
77853
Dec 30, 2014 15:35Martin Rich
Hallelujah Junction, Nevada
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John S. White
89695
Oct 06, 2014 21:14GneissWare
Tessin habit quartz
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Scott LaBorde
103187
Sep 13, 2014 06:05Josele
What minerals are on your wish list?
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Michael Shaw
71585
Aug 12, 2014 16:15Dale Hallmark
Endomorph or Pseudomorph?
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Gail
281514
Jul 22, 2014 19:30Peter Megaw
Spinel twins
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Ru Smith
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Jun 23, 2014 15:45prcantos
Digging a little...
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Justin297206913
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Apr 26, 2014 19:57Justin297206913
"Smithsonite - Think Zinc!" Lithographie 13
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Elise
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Feb 10, 2014 19:16Arizona
Home Grown Crystals
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Screenname
95258
Jan 21, 2014 14:26trtlman
Euclase, an equant crystal
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Roger Warin
71723
Jan 06, 2014 17:28Roger Warin
Pachuca-Real del Monte District, Hidalgo Mexico
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Peter Megaw
33874
Dec 19, 2013 15:17disconeckted
Shiny metallic rock?
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p2k
69606
Nov 07, 2013 11:45John Jaszczak
"What's in a name?" - thoughts on the subject of provenance
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Tracy
63007
Nov 06, 2013 15:20alfredo
I am looking for decayed pyrite and marcasite specimens for research
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Trudy Bolin
65268
Oct 25, 2013 15:10Trudy Bolin
Derricks gold finds
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derrick
63147
Sep 18, 2013 17:55derrick
Growth zoning in fluorite
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Ru Smith
90571
Aug 09, 2013 20:56Ru Smith
Unusual metamorphic(?) tourmaline
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Pete Richards
52253
Jul 24, 2013 20:55Pete Richards
A mineralogical trip through Iran
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vhairap
78641
Jul 20, 2013 09:03vhairap
Burma / Myanmar
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Ru Smith
121112
Jun 29, 2013 09:38Ru Smith
Pegmatite's and Granit pocket 's minerals
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Benj
48779
Jun 12, 2013 10:34Benj
One Month Work in the Anarak mines
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h.abbasi
51089
Jun 08, 2013 07:31h.abbasi
Spodumene color question
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Carrington
63620
Jun 06, 2013 02:01Barry Vincent
Iolite/cordierite crystals
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Jim
51766
May 29, 2013 14:07Elise
Minerals and fluorescence
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Maxilos
75763
May 21, 2013 08:29Josele
Waterclear mineral from Nepal?
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Josele
75793
Apr 14, 2013 18:59Josele
Calling all Mexico Experts
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Turbo
50176
Mar 03, 2013 22:40Turbo
Jade
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Judith Chen
96384
Jan 03, 2013 15:58cascaillou
Some Eifel
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Matteo_Chinellato
38750
Dec 31, 2012 08:26domenico
Rutile
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Scott LaBorde
33318
Dec 31, 2012 07:15domenico
Mineral ice specimen
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Paul S
38532
Dec 21, 2012 15:41Carl
Calcite????
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Pierre Joubert
34001
Oct 26, 2012 03:50Pierre Joubert
Strange Quartz found In New York
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NYFineMineralExchange
60226
Sep 26, 2012 21:41Carl
The amount of radioactivity handling specimens is negligible?
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John S. White
204839
Aug 20, 2012 07:48Riccardo Modanesi
Mystic Merlinite
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katiafish
81782
Aug 16, 2012 13:57lemmingthought
Golden kyanite
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John S. White
39435
May 02, 2012 15:35John Jaszczak
Prices again
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Louis Friend
50786
Mar 26, 2012 23:22Louis Friend
Buying minerals as an investment?
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Jordi Fabre
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Feb 22, 2012 14:18John Medici
Anatase specimen with unknown locality
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Tobi
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Feb 08, 2012 04:38Tobi
Romanian Minerals
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Blake Barnett
54084
Nov 14, 2011 15:11Deyu
Pyrite from Nanisivik
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Antonio Alcaide
49384
Oct 27, 2011 12:55weaver
Topaz from Mexico
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John Jaszczak
44419
Sep 18, 2011 10:38Peter Megaw
Can someone clarify what 'adularia' is? - What is meant by 'variety'?
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bugrock
56295
Sep 13, 2011 21:49dtkasper
What are "floaters?"
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Tracy
91950
Aug 17, 2011 04:12Peter
Feldspar staining methods
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Bill Carson
39640
Jul 14, 2011 23:46mmauthner
Anton Potgieter collection.
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Anton Potgieter
146233
Jul 05, 2011 06:11Debbie Woolf
Celestine on Calcite from Mexico
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GneissWare
44181
Jun 20, 2011 11:37Darren
Travels and Jokes of Rock Currier
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Jordi Fabre
51757
May 21, 2011 15:13Jordi Fabre
Museums policy
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Gail
83280
May 08, 2011 19:28Peter Megaw
Carboniferous septarians
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nightengale
45195
Apr 21, 2011 23:56hettybrah
Need help with selecting microscope/binocular.
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Tomasz Praszkier
48672
Apr 15, 2011 17:09Jesse Fisher
Brazil Law?
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Scott LaBorde
58228
Mar 14, 2011 09:27Duncan Miller
Ojuela Mine
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Jordi Fabre
97405
Mar 07, 2011 14:40Jordi Fabre
Right names for minerals
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Pete Richards
40539
Mar 06, 2011 11:47lluis
pegmine
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Jason
38542
Mar 02, 2011 12:02Leodore Champigny
Red or pink Grossular Garnet, Mexico
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Elise
65831
Feb 07, 2011 01:17Elise
Pyrargyrite, St Andreasberg, Wüster collection
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Joan Massagué
104464
Dec 02, 2010 07:38Joan Massagué
Pleochroism in minerals
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Paul S
82866
Oct 09, 2010 19:57Matt_Zukowski
Quartz variety: Prase
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bugrock
66975
Sep 04, 2010 14:06nicu
Baryte vs. Baryte
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Carles Millan
75859
Aug 21, 2010 06:50Tobi
Microscope photography lighting
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Paul S
31189
Jul 10, 2010 14:23Paul S
What Quartz is it?
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pro_duo
30522
Jun 08, 2010 15:10Jeevan kracht
Imperial topaz..whats in a name
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Jason
53152
Apr 12, 2010 11:21Jason
A Couple of Different Specimens from an Auction, looking for Identification Help
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Patti3435
80098
Mar 29, 2010 18:03Pete Modreski
Chalcanthite growth
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Paul S
266685
Mar 28, 2010 17:12Paul S
Babingtonite mine
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taoxue
49317
Mar 12, 2010 02:04Tobi
Wire "silvers" from Imiter (Morocco)
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FMF Forum
103790
Mar 08, 2010 12:45alfredo
Olivine from Marburg, Germany
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Tobi
34420
Mar 07, 2010 03:37Tobi
Citrine from Brazil?
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Idahorocks
59038
Feb 28, 2010 07:18José Miguel
Quartz and family
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arturo shaw
43426
Feb 06, 2010 17:41Amir Akhavan
Seeking info on hyalite
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bailey1
66249
Jan 04, 2010 17:48Peter Megaw
Blue garnet
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Turbo
45055
Dec 27, 2009 00:19MGR
Hemimorphite
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Jordi Fabre
43477
Dec 21, 2009 22:24bugrock
Numbering specimens
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mholdgraf
63695
Dec 15, 2009 19:08John S. White
Too much of the same thing
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John S. White
40308
Dec 11, 2009 08:14Farlang
What is the definition of 'No Damage'?
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nurbo
92910
Dec 06, 2009 03:27nurbo
Native Bismuth, Saxony, Germany
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bugrock
41542
Nov 26, 2009 00:25bugrock
Why is this wulfenite silver?
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Tracy
65289
Nov 13, 2009 16:48Val
Why we collect?
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Jordi Fabre
61936
Nov 10, 2009 19:28Jason
Less costly pieces
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Darren
61095
Nov 06, 2009 03:55Tobi
The Pegmatites of Mawi Mine Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan
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ikram
56277
Oct 30, 2009 22:30GoldenKing
The specimens should be perfect or some minor dings could be acceptable?
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Jordi Fabre
339350
Sep 22, 2009 07:10garchin
Color blind (daltonism). Disadvantages and advantages!
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James Catmur
76819
Sep 03, 2009 03:26keith
Photographing minerals??
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Jason
46273
Aug 03, 2009 00:29Jason
Preserving old labels
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John S. White
58137
Jun 06, 2009 13:26GneissWare
The (uncertain) future of the mineral magazines
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Joan R.
42014
May 25, 2009 19:01crocoite
I need help identifying my mineral collection
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2 Bar A
136886
May 24, 2009 13:542 Bar A
Removing clay? from a copper specimen
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Linda Smith
54131
May 08, 2009 13:09Les Presmyk
Auctions and prices
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rocknut
73936
May 05, 2009 16:06keldjarn
New pictures of Micros
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ploum
45293
May 03, 2009 13:30Jason
Nickel Mines around the Carratraca Massif, Malaga (Spain)
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gottadr
36622
Apr 29, 2009 17:42Inma
Some more that I need some help with.
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Paul
42513
Apr 21, 2009 14:38Ed Huskinson
About the correct Wulfenite (chillagite) locality
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Sergio
53811
Apr 21, 2009 04:55Carles Millan
Help Identifying Collection
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Paul
51413
Apr 13, 2009 04:35Paul
A giant pure tin ore(SN) mineral is found?unique mineral?help me to identify it.
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tinore
37115
Feb 26, 2009 15:45Pete Modreski
Meeting in Tucson of FMF Forum's friends?
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John S. White
90031
Feb 20, 2009 05:54Jordi Fabre
Zircons from Madagascar
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Carles Millan
36116
Feb 03, 2009 17:40Carles Millan
Colorless Wulfenite
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Peter Megaw
44549
Jan 09, 2009 05:52John S. White
Sulfur from Sicily
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William Size
35900
Dec 22, 2008 14:43Jordi Fabre
Misrepresented localities
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Jordi Fabre
66953
Nov 25, 2008 08:10James Catmur
Visit to the Blue John sites in Derbyshire, UK
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Massonia
33123
Nov 11, 2008 13:57Jordi Fabre
Sensitive minerals
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chris
42104
Oct 27, 2008 10:12alfredo
Picture of micro
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ploum
62958
Sep 24, 2008 11:15chris
Hollow geode; some with flint?
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dgc
41088
Sep 03, 2008 16:02wardp
Mystery solved! - fluorapophyllite from Mexico
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Tracy
26201
Aug 13, 2008 13:17Tracy
Blue topaz from Japan
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Jim
116023
Aug 08, 2008 14:44Tony H Gill
cobaltian calcite - and its fluorescence
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Pete Modreski
29398
Jul 30, 2008 13:41Pete Modreski
Mineral that appears close to a conichalcite specimen
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nitana2000
47502
Jul 23, 2008 17:17nitana2000
Is it true green Okenite?
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EastCulture
44941
Jul 14, 2008 06:38Carles Curto
The Paraiba controversy rages on!
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Jim
53643
Jun 12, 2008 17:56Jim
Specimen Criteria
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Konstantinos Ch.
72020
May 29, 2008 05:25Konstantinos Ch.
Self collected
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John S. White
129721
May 14, 2008 09:17Les Presmyk
Minerals from Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Mexico
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jwoll
36740
May 09, 2008 09:55Peter Megaw
The New Generation
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Jordi Fabre
119469
Apr 04, 2008 10:24Brokenstone
Right labels
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Jordi Fabre
324082
Mar 31, 2008 09:34mmauthner
Sulphur and ???
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rockbottom
58972
Mar 26, 2008 00:45rockbottom
Iridiscent Goethite from Southern Spain
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Joan R.
24953
Feb 06, 2008 16:32Jordi Fabre
Cleaning our minerals
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Joan R.
25068
Jan 27, 2008 18:13Joan R.
Pyrite from Ambasaguas, La Rioja, Spain
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Joan R.
42584
Jan 03, 2008 11:45Joan R.
Rhodochrosite & Covellite occurance in Bisbee?
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rockbottom
142593
Dec 07, 2007 15:22Les Presmyk
How to photograph my specimen(s)
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Tracy
38857
Nov 29, 2007 05:59Joan R.
Geodes are killing my lawn mower!
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k4gap
36037
Nov 11, 2007 20:40ILIKEROCKS
Philadelphia Academy affaire
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Jordi Fabre
48200
Nov 01, 2007 17:17Farlang
Misterious names
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joao pereira
28250
May 03, 2007 14:04joao pereira
Curved crystals
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John S. White
82741
Apr 11, 2007 05:03John S. White
A unknow 'mineral' from China.
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chinarocks
27523
Mar 30, 2007 15:09ChineseMinerals
Vanadinite from Mibladen/Taouz, Morocco
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Jan Erik
51638
Feb 26, 2007 12:46Mike Hopkins
Labels and history
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Tracy
58218
Dec 14, 2006 17:42ike wilson
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