There were many new and interesting minerals to be seen at the Springfield Show. There was both old and classic material, as well as new finds. I photographed some of the more interesting items that I encountered at the show and am glad to be able to share them with you.
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![Purple Apatite from Namibia](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-01.jpg)
Purple
Apatite from Namibia
Throwin' Stones (Rusty James - Asheville, NC)
![Very Large Jeremjeyvite Crystal](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-02.jpg)
An Exceptionally Large Jeremjeyvite Crystal from Erongo, Namibia (Collected 2006)
Throwin' Stones (Rusty James - Asheville, NC)
Amethyst with Lepidocrocoite Inclusions, Gobobosberg Mountains, Erongo, Namibia
Allectoris Minerals (Rocko Rosenblatt - Margaretville, NY)
![New Find of Dolomite from the Lead Mine Road Gash Vein, Macomb, St. Lawrence Co., NY](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-04.jpg)
New Find of
Dolomite from the Lead Mine Road Gash Vein, Macomb, St. Lawrence Co., NY
Collected May 2015 by Michael Walter
Geologic Desires (Michael Walter - Nicholville, NY)
![Flat of the New Find of Dolomite from the Lead Mine Road Gash Vein, Macomb, St. Lawrence Co., NY](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-05.jpg)
Flat of the New Find of Dolomite from the Lead Mine Road Gash Vein, Macomb, St. Lawrence Co., NY
Collected May 2015 by Michael Walter
Geologic Desires (Michael Walter - Nicholville, NY)
Adularescent Peristerite from the Ellis Farm, Macomb, St. Lawrence Co., New York
Collected June 2015 by Michael Walter
Geologic Desires (Michael Walter - Nicholville, NY)
Willemite Crystal in
Calcite from the Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ
The Mineral Cabinet (Bill Butkowski - New Providence, NJ)
![Huge Datolite Crystal from Charcas, St. Luis Potosi, Mexico](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-08.jpg)
Huge
Datolite Crystal from Charcas, St. Luis Potosi, Mexico
Alan's Quality Minerals (Alan Benson - Mt. Laurel, NJ)
![Unusual Elongated Morganite Crystal from Madagascar](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-09.jpg)
Unusual Elongated
Morganite Crystal on Matrix from Madagascar
Morganite is usually flattened and tabular, and rarely elongated
The Uncarved Block (Pu Tzu - Sebastopol, CA)
![An Enormous Green Fluorite from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-10.jpg)
An Enormous Green
Fluorite from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia
The Uncarved Block (Pu Tzu - Sebastopol, CA)
![Mineral Artist Fred Wilda Posing with a Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Eden Mills, VT](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-11.jpg)
Mineral Artist Fred Wilda Posing with a Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Eden Mills, VT
This Specimen was dug out from a groundhog hole in the mine
Natures Finest Creations (Fred Wilda - Hadley, MA)
![Large Titanite from Bras Couper, Montcerf, Quebec, Canada](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-12.jpg)
Large
Titanite from Bras Couper, Montcerf, Quebec, Canada
Lambert Minerals (Dan & Shelley Lambert - Newport, MI)
![Rare red Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite from Connecticut](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-13.jpg)
Rare Red
Elbaite Tourmaline in
Lepidolite from Connecticut, from the Neil Wilson Collection.
(Specific locality not available.) Such Tourmaline is almost unheard of from Connecticut.
Minerals America (Michael Jacob - Eagle, PA)
Chalcopyrite Formation in
Galena from Shullsburg, Wisconsin
Donald K. Olson - Bonsall, CA
![Classic Witherite Crystals from Cumberland, England](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-15.jpg)
Classic
Witherite Crystals from Cumberland, England
Donald K. Olson - Bonsall, CA
![Diopside Crystal Cluster from the Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Canada](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-16.jpg)
Unusual
Diopside Crystal Cluster from the Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Canada
Geokrazy Minerals: (Geoffrey Krasnov - Wilmington, NC)
Aquamarine in a
Biotite Cast.
Beryl in a
Pseudomorph Cast is Unusual.
![Lustrous Topaz Crystal from Karengerenge, Solwezi, Zambia. This Topaz Highly Resembles the Imperial Topaz from Brazil.](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-18.jpg)
Lustrous
Topaz Crystal from Karengerenge, Solwezi, Zambia.
This Topaz Highly Resembles the Imperial Topaz from Brazil.
![Classic Magnetite Dodecahedrons from the Tilly Foster Mine in Brewster, NY](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-19.jpg)
Classic
Magnetite Dodecahedrons from the Tilly Foster Mine in Brewster, NY.
These old-time specimens are from the 1800's and were from the Ron Januzzi Collection.
Yankee Mineral & Gem Co (Ted Johnson - Cobalt, CT)
![Classic Chondrodite Crystals from the Tilly Foster Mine in Brewster, NY](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-20.jpg)
Classic
Chondrodite crystals from the Tilly Foster Mine in Brewster, NY.
These old-time specimens are from the 1800's and were from the Ron Januzzi Collection.
Yankee Mineral & Gem Co (Ted Johnson - Cobalt, CT)
![Red Spinel in Marble from Luc Yen, Vietnam](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-21.jpg)
Red
Spinel in Marble from Luc Yen, Vietnam
Breck Kent - High Bridge, NJ
![Large Orange Grossular Garnet from the Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Quebec](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-22.jpg)
Large Orange
Grossular Garnet from the Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Quebec
Well Arranged Molecules (Kevin Downey - Florence, MA)
![Exceptional Azurite Crystals on Limestone Matrix, Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-23.jpg)
Exceptional
Azurite Crystals on Limestone Matrix, Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico
Unique Minerals (Evan Jones & Marc Miterman)
![Torbernite from Margabal, Averyon, France](/image.axd?picture=%2f2015%2f08%2fspringfield-show-dealer-minerals-2015-24.jpg)
Torbernite from Margabal, Averyon, France
Unique Minerals (Evan Jones & Marc Miterman)