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Individual Minerals in Western Europe Exhibits at the TGMS Show: Part 2

Here are the rest of the photos of the individual minerals from the Western European exhibits at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show® that I found interesting. Stay tuned for additional posts in the coming days, which will include "The Great Quartz Crystal Face Off" and other miscellaneous exhibits.



Click on the images below for larger pictures. The pop-up pictures can also be downloaded in a higher resolution by right clicking them to save them locally.)

Jordanite Lamellar Twinning from Lengenbach, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Large Jordanite Crystal with Lamellar Twinning from Lengenbach, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Natural History Museum of London


Large Anatase from Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Incredibely Large Crystal of Anatase from the Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Natural History Museum of London


Twinned Fluorite from the Rogerly Mine, England
Twinned Fluorite from the Rogerly Mine, England
UK Mining Ventures


Zircon Seiland Island, Alta Fjord, Finnmark, Norway
Large Zircon crystals Seiland Island, Alta Fjord, Finnmark, Norway
Canadian Museum of Nature


Large Pyrite Cubes In Matrix from Navajun, Spain
Large Pyrite Cubes In Matrix from Navajun, Spain
Unknown Case


Calcite Butterfly Twins Malmberget Mine, Gallivare, Lappaland, Sweden
Calcite Butterfly Twins from the Malmberget Mine, Gallivare, Lappaland, Sweden
Unknown Case


Orange-Pink Fluorite on Albite Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
Orange-Pink Fluorite on Albite from Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
Unknown Case


Calcite St. Andreasberg, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany
Classic Calcite from St. Andreasberg, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany
University of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg (Mining Acadamy)


Blue Halite Menzengraben Mine, Rhon Mts, Thuringia, Germany
Blue and White Halite from the Menzengraben Mine, Rhon Mts, Thuringia, Germany
University of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg (Mining Acadamy)


Silver Wire from the Himmelsfurt Mine, Saxony, Germany
Large Silver Wire from the Himmelsfurt Mine, Saxony, Germany
Unknown Case


Epidote V-Twins Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Salburg, Austria
Epidote V-Twins from Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Salburg, Austria
Unknown Case


Axinite LeCatonge, Sembrancher, Les Bagnes Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Large Axinite Crystal from LeCatonge, Sembrancher, Les Bagnes Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Unknown Case


Smithsonite Masua Mine, Sardinia, Italy
Yellow Smithsonite Polished Slice and Nodule from the Masua Mine, Sardinia, Italy
Unknown Case


Aragonite Flos Ferri Erzberg, Styria, Austria
Tubular Aragonite var. Flos Ferri from the Erzberg, Styria, Austria
Unknown Case


Silver Wire from the Himmelsfurt Mine, Saxony, Germany
Hematite Kidney Ore with Dolomite from the Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
Scott Rudolph


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