Minerals & Gemstone 480x104
 

The 2016 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® Part 7: Shades of Blue Individual Minerals Continued

This post contains the rest of the photos of individual blue minerals we wanted to share from the The 2016 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®. These minerals were all in the public display exhibits at the show set up by various private collectors and museums. The photos used in all of the Tucson show reports were taken by Hershel Friedman. All images are clickable for larger photos. (The larger photos may also have additional information such as a label.)


Cavansite on Stilbite from the Wagholi Quarry, Pune, India Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Cavansite on Stilbite from the Wagholi Quarry, Pune, India
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History

Jeremejevite Crystal and Gem from the Erongo Mountains of Namibia Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Jeremejevite Crystal and Gem from the Erongo Mountains of Namibia
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History

The Logan Sapphire, 422 carats, from Sri Lanka Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
The Logan Sapphire, 422 carats, from Sri Lanka.
This is largest mounted gemstone of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History

Polished Lazurite Nodule from the Malo-Bystrinskoe Deposit, Baikal, Russia Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
Polished Lazurite Nodule from the Malo-Bystrinskoe Deposit, Baikal, Russia
Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow

Oligoclase Showing an Adularescent Moonstone Effect from Khetolambino, Chupa, Karelia, Russia Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
Oligoclase Showing an Adularescent Moonstone Effect from Khetolambino, Chupa, Karelia, Russia
Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow

Afghanite from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan Friends of Mineralogy
Afghanite from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Friends of Mineralogy

Blue Halite and White Sylvite from the Kerr McGee Mine, Carlsbad, Eddy Co., New Mexic
Blue Halite and White Sylvite from the Kerr McGee Mine, Carlsbad, Eddy Co., New Mexico
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology

Electric Blue Linarite Sprays from the Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico
Electric Blue Linarite Sprays from the Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico
From the "New Mexico Blues" Case

Lazulite from Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia Tellus Science Museum
Lazulite from Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia
Tellus Science Museum, Georgia

Blue Color-Changing Garnet from Bekily, Magdagascar
Blue Color-Changing Garnet from Bekily, Magdagascar
This is a fascinating discovery, and we plan to write a post about it in the future
Unlabeled Case

Giant Aquamarine Crystal from the Hogg Mine, Troup Co., Georgia Tellus Science Museum
Giant Aquamarine Crystal from the Hogg Mine, Troup Co., Georgia
Tellus Science Museum, Georgia

Transparent Kyanite with Staurolite from Sponda Alp, St. Gotthard, Tessin, Switzerland Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University
Transparent Kyanite with Staurolite from Sponda Alp, St. Gotthard, Tessin, Switzerland
Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University

Iridescent Labradorite from Bekily, Toliara, Madagascar Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University
Iridescent Labradorite from Bekily, Toliara, Madagascar
Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University

Krohnkite from the Chuquicamata Mine, El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University
Krohnkite from the Chuquicamata Mine, El Loa, Antofagasta, Chile
Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard University

Euclase from the La Marina Mine, Boyaca Dept, Colombia Scott Rudolph Collection
Euclase from the La Marina Mine, Boyaca Dept, Colombia
This is one of the largest blue Euclase crystals I have ever seen!
Scott Rudolph Collection

Euclase from the La Marina Mine, Boyaca Dept, Colombia Scott Rudolph Collection
Polished Banded Azurite & Malachite from the Holbrook Mine, Bisbee, Arizona
From the Collection of Richard W. Graeme IV and Douglas L. Graeme

Blue Crystallized Prehnite from the Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania Jim & Gail Spann
Blue Crystallized Prehnite from the Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
From the Collection of Jim & Gail Spann

Blue Hemimorphite from  Wenshan, Yunnan Prov., China  Jim & Gail Spann
Blue Hemimorphite from Wenshan, Yunnan Prov., China
From the Collection of Jim & Gail Spann

Blue Quartz Crystals with Color Caused by Tourmaline Inclusions from Dara-i-Pech, Konar, Afghanistan  Jim & Gail Spann
Blue Quartz Crystals with Color from Tourmaline Inclusions, Dara-i-Pech, Konar, Afghanistan
From the Collection of Jim & Gail Spann

Kinoite with Apophyllite from the Christmas Mine, Gila Co., Arizona  Martin Zinn Collection
Kinoite with Apophyllite from the Christmas Mine, Gila Co., Arizona
Martin Zinn Collection

Hauyne with Calcite from Ladjuar Medan, Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan Thomas P. Moore & Robert M. Woodside
Hauyne with Calcite from Ladjuar Medan, Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Thomas P. Moore & Robert M. Woodside

Benitoite and Neptunite from the Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California Rick Kennedy Collection
Benitoite and Neptunite from the Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
Rick Kennedy Collection

Aquamarine from Boise County, Idaho The Dorris Family
Aquamarine from Boise County, Idaho
The Dorris Family Collection