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.
Elongated
Elbaite Tourmaline from Elba, Italy (
type locality for Elbaite
American Museum of Natural History
Elegant
Epidote from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Austria
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Dolomite Penetration Twins, Astuerra Quarry, Eugui, Navarre, Spain
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Polished
Smithsonite (Cadmium-Rich)
Stalactite, Masua, Sardinia, Italy
Royal Ontario Museum
Very large
Sulfur Crystal Cluster, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Huge
Pyromorphite Plate, Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals
Very large
Phosgenite Crystal, Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals
Banded
Fluorite Variety
Blue John, Derbyshire, England
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Amethystine
Quartz scepter on
Praseme, Arresalos, Seriphos, Greece
Greek Rocks
Blue
Smithsonite pseudomorph after
Calcite with
Adamite, Hilarion Mine, Lavrion, Greece
Greek Rocks
Rhodochrosite with
Pyrite, Madem Lakkos Mine, Chalkidiki, Greece
Greek Rocks
Exceptional
Smoky Quartz Cluster on Granite, Rufiback Pocket, Vorge Ziggenstock, Grimsel, Borne, Switzerland
Siber+Siber
Smoky Quartz gwindel, Juchlistock, Bern, Switzerland
Siber+Siber
Yellow and White
Stellerite Balls, Malmberget Mine, Lappaland, Sweden
Unlabeled Swedish Case
Rare
dendritic Chalcopyrite in matrix, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Germany
Mineral Museum of Bonn, Germany, Poppelsdorfer Schloss
Green
radiating Strontianite from the
type locality of the Whitesmith Mine, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland
National Museum of Scotland
