This final posting of items the Smithsonian gem and mineral collection features phosphates, molybdates, and silicates in the collection.
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Two
Fluorapatite Crystals with
Quartz from Panasqueira, Portugal
Wulfenite with
Mimetite from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Sparkling
Wulfenite Crystal Cluster from Tsumeb, Namibia
Giant
Apatite Crystals with
Calcite from Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada
Turquoise Vein from Los Cerillos, New Mexico
Crystallized
Turquoise from Lynch Station, Virginia
Inesite with
Apophyllite from Broken Hill, NSW, Australia
Pink
Zoisite Spray from Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Chondrodite with
Chlorite from the Tilly Foster Mine, Brewster, New York
Meionite with
Diopside from La Pachita Mine, Ayoquezezco, Oxaca, Mexico
Rhodonite with
Calcite and
Franklinite from Franklin, New Jersey
