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Individual Minerals in Western Europe Exhibits at the TGMS Show: Part 1

March 6, 2015 Hershel Friedman (0)

In addition to taking pictures of all the exhibit showcases, I took some individual shots of those that I found particularly interesting. There were so many great minerals that I could have spent all my time on this, but I had to pick a limited number so that I wouldn't get overwhelmed. If I saw a mineral in case that had interesting aesthetics, was unique to a locality, and had something else about it that piqued my interest, I took a photo of it. I did take more photos, though these are the ones that came out well.


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Elbaite Tourmaline from Elba, Italy
Elongated Elbaite Tourmaline from Elba, Italy (type locality for Elbaite
American Museum of Natural History


Epidote Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria
Elegant Epidote from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County


Dolomite Penetration Twins, Astuerra Quarry, Eugui, Navarre, Spain
Dolomite Penetration Twins, Astuerra Quarry, Eugui, Navarre, Spain
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County


Smithsonite cadmium-rich talagtite Masua, Sardinia, Italy
Polished Smithsonite (Cadmium-Rich) Stalactite, Masua, Sardinia, Italy
Royal Ontario Museum


Sulfur crystals, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Very large Sulfur Crystal Cluster, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Denver Museum of Nature & Science


Pyromorphite plate, Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
Huge Pyromorphite Plate, Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals


Phosgenite Crystal, Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
Very large Phosgenite Crystal, Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals


Banded Fluorite Variety Blue John, Derbyshire, England
Banded Fluorite Variety Blue John, Derbyshire, England
Carnegie Museum of Natural History


Quartz scepter Praseme Arresalos, Seriphos, Greece
Amethystine Quartz scepter on Praseme, Arresalos, Seriphos, Greece
Greek Rocks


Blue Smithsonite pseudomorph Calcite Adamite Hilarion Mine, Lavrion, Greece
Blue Smithsonite pseudomorph after Calcite with Adamite, Hilarion Mine, Lavrion, Greece
Greek Rocks


Rhodochrosite Madem Lakkos Mine, Chalkidiki, Greece
Rhodochrosite with Pyrite, Madem Lakkos Mine, Chalkidiki, Greece
Greek Rocks


Smoky Quartz Granite, Rufiback Pocket, Ziggenstock, Grimsel, Switzerland
Exceptional Smoky Quartz Cluster on Granite, Rufiback Pocket, Vorge Ziggenstock, Grimsel, Borne, Switzerland
Siber+Siber


Smoky Quartz gwindel, Juchlistock, Bern, Switzerland
Smoky Quartz gwindel, Juchlistock, Bern, Switzerland
Siber+Siber


Stellerite Balls, Malmberget Mine, Lappaland, Sweden
Yellow and White Stellerite Balls, Malmberget Mine, Lappaland, Sweden
Unlabeled Swedish Case


dendritic Chalcopyrite Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Germany
Rare dendritic Chalcopyrite in matrix, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Germany
Mineral Museum of Bonn, Germany, Poppelsdorfer Schloss


Green radiating Strontianite Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland
Green radiating Strontianite from the type locality of the Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland
National Museum of Scotland