Now that you've all seen the "Shades of Blue" theme displays at The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®, it's time to show some of the individual minerals. Once again, since there were so many good blue minerals that I photographed, the post was too large for a single post, so I am dividing the blue minerals into two separate posts. This is the first of the two. Stay tuned for the next one which will be posted shortly.
All the images are clickable for larger photos. The larger photos may also have additional information such as a label.
Fibrous Celestine from the type locality of Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania
Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh)
Azurite (stalagmites) from Bisbee, Arizona
University of Arizona Mineral Museum (Donated from Princeton University in 2013)
Blue Halite from the Kerr-McGee Mine, Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico
The Sherman Dugan Museum of Geology at San Juan College
Blue and White Halite from the Potash Corp-Lanigan Mine, Guernsey, Saskatchewan, Canada
Royal Ontario Museum
Blue and White Halite from Dorndorf, near Merkers, Thuringia, Germany
Mineral Museum of Bonn, Germany, Poppelsdorfer Schloss
Azurite "Suns" from the Malbunka Copper Mine, Central Australia
Dehne & Maureen McLaughlin Collection
Large Lazurite Crystal on Matrix from Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Martin Zinn Collection
Azurite Nodule Pair from the Mikheyevskoyew Mine, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals
Fersman Mineralogical Museum Collection (Moscow)
Corundum var. Sapphire Crystal from Galbkka, near Vallivaya, Uvo Province, Sri Lanka
Mineral Enthusiasts of the Tucson Area (META)
Topaz from Yuzhakova Village, Ural Mts., Russia
The David Eidahl Collection at the Natural History Museum of L.A. County
Blue Fluorite with Barite from Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
The Thomas Hales Collection
Azurite Rosettes on Malachite Stalagmites from the Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona
Martin Zinn Collection
Azurite Crystal Cluster from Utah (Apex Mine or La Sal)
Martin Zinn Collection
Ball Shaped Azurite Aggregates on Malachite from the Junction Shaft, Bisbee, Arizona
Rice Museum of Rocks & Minerals
Iridescent Bornite on Wedge-shaped Chalcocite from the Flambeu Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Rice Museum of Rocks & Minerals
Blue Topaz from the Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Maine
Maine Mineral & Gem Museum
Large Celestine Crystals from the Luz Mine, La Paz, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum
Lazurite Polished Slab from Gunnison Co., Colorado
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Blue Gems
GIA Museum
More Blue Gems
GIA Museum
Blue Fluorite from Le Beix, Puy de Dome, France
Alain Martaud Collection
Blue Fluorite from Le Burc, Tarn, France
Alain Martaud Collection
