Here are a handful of mineral specimens I found intriguing at the InnSuites Showl. All photographs taken by Hershel Friedman.
Amazing Crocoite needles from the Adelaide Mine in Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
From the 2012 Red River Find
Adam Wright collection
Top-notch Ajoite inclusions in Quartz, from the Messina Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Patrick Mayer collection, Baby Bush Lodge
Thick and tall natural Ametrine crystal from the Anahi Mine in Bolivia
Thomas Nagin, Crystal Springs Mining & Jewelry collection
This is one of the best Sulfurs I have ever seen from the El Desertio Mine in Bolivia
Samora Minerals collection
Interestingly shaped new form of Pyrite from the Merelani Hills near Arusha, Tanzania
UK Mining Ventures collection, Cal & Keith Graber
Large Sphalerite crystal from the Kruschev Dol Mine in Bulgaria
This mine has been an amazing specimen producer
Ivan Pojarevski, Bulgarian Minerals & Gems collection
Natural cubic crystals of Platinum from Kondor, Russia.
Dr. Ivo Szegeny, Karp Minerals collection (Czech Republic)
