After posting the pictures of all those minerals from the Smithsonian on our news blog, we decided to add some of those pictures (as well as some additional ones from the museum) to our mineral and gemstone detail pages. The new photos are of specimens on public exhibit in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. All the new photos added an additional level of enhancement to the existing photos that were, whether by quality, habit, or a new locality. This list links to all the minerals that have the new photos:
- Augite var. Jeffersonite (Franklin, New Jersey)
- Andradite var. Demantoid (Val Malenco, Italy)
- Bornite (Dalnegorsk, Russia)
- Bournonite (Quiruvilica, Peru)
- Calaverite (Cripple Creek, Colorado)
- Chondrodite (Tilly Foster Mine, New York)
- Enargite (Butte, Montana)
- Jamesonite (Mazapil, Mexico)
- Labradorite (Nain, Labrador)
- Malachite (Shaba, D.R. Congo)
- Meionite (La Panchita Mine, Mexico)
- Polybasite (Los Chispas, Mexico)
- Rhodolite (Sri Lanka)
- Rhodochrosite (Hotazel, South Africa)
- Rhodonite (Franklin, New Jersey)
- Smithsonite (Tsumeb, Namibia)
- Sylvanite (Sacaramb, Romania)
- Turquoise (Lynch Station, Virginia)
- Turquoise (Hotazel, South Africa)
- Zoisite var. Thulite (Spruce Pine, North Carolina)
