This blog post lists some of the individual minerals I photographed from the public exhibits. Though there were thousands of minerals within the multiple showcases, and most of them were of interest and picture-worthy, the ones I photographed individually stood out to me for some reason or another, either because of their rarity, uniqueness, or interesting habit not commonly seen. I have 28 pictures and will divide them into two posts. There is no specific order here - they are in order of the sequence of when I photographed them.
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Platinum Nugget from Russia. From the Hubert De Monmonier Collection.
Gold from the Eagle's Nest Mine in California. T L Potucek Collection
Very Large Rubellite Tourmaline from the Cryo Genie Mine, California
From the Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society Case
Analcime on breccia from the Phoenix Mine in Keweenaw Co., Michigan
From the William Severance Collection
Incredible Silver/Copper Halfbreed from the Baltic Lode, Houghton Co., Michigan
A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum (Michican Technical University)
Chlorargyrite, a rare silver-bearing mineral, from Broken Hill, Australia
R. Scott Werschky Collection
Silver from Kongsberg, Norway
Incredible Elongated Aquamarine in Quartz from the Sierrita Mountains, Arizona
From the Mineral Minions of the Tucson Area Showcase
Deep Blue, Backlit Halite Crystal from the Intrepid Mine in New Mexico,
From the Red, White & Blue Showcase
Deep Orange Orpiment in matrix, from the Twin Creeks Mine, Nevada
Bright Orange Orpiment Crystals from the Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt, Nevada
Rare gemmy Green Microcline from Kyatpyin, Mogok Burma
From the Mogok Showcase of the American Museum of Natural History
Gemmy Orange Danburite from Sakan-gyi, Mogok Burma
From the Mogok Showcase of the American Museum of Natural History
Ruby in matrix from Kyauk-poke, Mogok, Burma
From the Mogok Showcase of the American Museum of Natural History
