FMF Minerals Gallery

Malachite
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
4.2 × 3.3 × 3.1 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Malachite
Katanga Copper Cresc

Manganite (after Pyrolusite)
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Manganite (after Pyrolusite)
I

Mas Sever Quarry (Massabé Quarry) - November 2007 Photo: Pepe (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Mas Sever Quarry (Massabé Quarry)

Meionite with minor Titanite Rhein property, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA Specimen size: 24 x 35 cm. Main crystal size: about 4 cm. Photo: Glenn Rhein (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Meionite with minor Titanite Rhein

Metazeunerite Xls on Creedite Xls Guizhou, China Specimen: William Pinch Collection Photo: Jeff Scovil & The RRUFF Project (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Metazeunerite Xls on Creedite

Milky Quartz Old railroad cut, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA Specimen size: about 40 cm wide by 30 cm high by about 40 lbs (ca. 18 kg) Mined by Vic Rzonca Photo: Vic Rzonca (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Milky Quartz
Old railroad cut,

Millerite Kaser Quarry, Ollie, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA Field of view is 3.8cm. Photo: Jim Prentiss A "cat’s hair" Millerite from Jim Prentiss (http://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=8866#8866) Thanks Jim! (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Millerite Kaser Quarry, Ollie, Keo

Millerite Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA 6 cm. high Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Millerite
Halls Gap, Lincol

mim Museum 10th anniversary (1).jpeg (Author: Jordi Fabre)

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mim Museum 10th anniversary.jpg (Author: Jordi Fabre)

mim Museum 10th anniversary.jpg

Mine des Farges, 150 meter deep, Ussel, Corrèze France (1974) Specimen size: 8.6 × 8.1 × 3.7 cm = 3.4” × 3.2” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” Former Silvane collection Photo: http://www.fabreminerals.com/specimens/RSSLV-silvane-notable-specimens.php#AH52M4 (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Mine des Farges,
Specimen size: 8.

Muscovite book specimen 12 cm in length, 2 cm thick. Woodlawn Quarry, Wilmington, Delaware, USA Another self-collected specimen from the Woodlawn Quarry, Wilmington, DE. This is a typical glinting pegmatite from this site composed of muscovite, white plagioclase, and quartz. Occasionally these pegmatites feature almandine as an accessory mineral. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Muscovite book sp
Woodlawn Quarry,

Norbergite and Spinel on Calcite
Oak-saung-taung, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.4 × 4.3 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Norbergite and Spinel on Calcite
Oak-saung-taung, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Bur

Octahedral Fluorite William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA Mined in 1990 Former John H. Marshall Collection Specimen size: 8.9 × 5.7 × 4.6 cm. Main crystal size: 6.3 × 4.5 cm. Fluorescent long & short UV (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Octahedral Fluorite William Wise M

Octahedral Fluorite with Dolomite and Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Specimen size: 11.3 × 9.5 × 9.2 cm / main crystal (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Octahedral Fluorite with Dolomite and Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan

Olivenite and Quartz
Cornwall, England / United Kingdom
(Author: Jordi Fabre)

Olivenite and Quartz
Cornwall,

Olivenite with Malachite
Wheal Gorland, Saint Day, Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall, England / United Kingdom
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Olivenite with Malachite
Wheal

Olivenite
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Olivenite
Milpillas Mine, leve

Olshanskyite with Roweite and Andradite
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Olshanskyite with Roweite and Andradite
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Reg

One of the nicer specimens of the find of Rhodochrosites and Kentrolites from Rivet Quarry, Peyrebrune, France. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

One of the nicer specimens of the

One of these wonderful Chalcopyrites with Siderite Specimen Size: 12.5 × 6.9 × 5.3 cm. Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm. Locality: Hezhang County, Bijie Prefecture, Guangxi, China Mined in 2012 (Author: Jordi Fabre)

One of these wonderful Chalcopyrit

Opal (variety hyalite) with Aragonite
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.6 × 3.8 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Opal (variety hyalite) with Aragonite
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén,

Outrageous Chinese CaF2 (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Outrageous Chinese CaF2

Page 287 of the March-April 2015 issue, volume 46, number 2 of the Mineralogical Record magazine. Published with the kind permission of the Mineralogical Record. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

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Parasymplesite, Ojuela Mine, Mexico 4 mm Photo: Christian Rewitzer (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Parasymplesite, O
4 mm

Phosphophyllite
Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Phosphophyllite
Hagendorf, Wai

Phosphophyllite
Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany
main crystal: 0.4 x 0.2 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Phosphophyllite
Hagendorf, Wai

Prehnite with Albite and Epidote
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.4 × 2.9 cm / main crystal s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Prehnite with Albite and Epidote
La Combe de la Selle, Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, Le Bourg d'Oisans Comune, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fra

Prehnite with Epidote Fairfax quarry, Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA 9.8 cm tall. Photo & Collection: John S. White (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Prehnite with Epidote Fairfax quar

Prehnite O & G Quarry, Southbury, Connecticut, USA 96 x 75 x 50 mm Photo and Specimen: nurbo (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Prehnite
O & G Quarry,

Proustite on Calcite
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.4 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Proustite on Calcite
Aït Ahma

Proustite with minor Quartz
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.1 × 4.3 cm / main crystal s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Proustite with minor Quartz
Im

Pyrargyrite St. Andreasberg, St. Andreasberg District, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany Main rosette size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm Former collection of Folch (duplicates) Specimen & Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyrargyrite St. Andreasberg, St. A

Pyrargyrite on Siderite Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Group of Pyrargyrite crystals: 1.4 × 1.1 cm Former collection of Folch duplicates Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyrargyrite on Siderite Annaberg D

Pyrite Road Cut, Dallas County, Texas, USA 6 x 3 x 3 cm. Collection and photo: Javier Ruiz Martin Pyrite on a Pyrite nodule (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyrite Road Cut, Dallas County, Te

Pyrite on Enargite Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.3 × 2 cm Mined about 1955 Former collection of Folch duplicates Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyrite on Enargite Butte, Silver B

Pyrite on Galena
West Fork Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
5 x 3 cm. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyrite on Galena
West Fork Min

Pyrite. The only mineral from Mississippi Bob have seen in over 40 years of collecting... Selma Chalk Formation, Starkville, Mississippi, USA Specimens size: 3.2 x 2.5 cm. Photo: Bob Weaver Bob Weaver provided this photo to lead the Mississippi thread. I hope other people can supply more images of the Mississippi’s minerals. Thanks Bob! (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyrite. The only
Selma Chalk Forma

Pyrite Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco, Peru Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.5 × 3.9 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 1.5” Former Silvane collection Photo: Reference Specimens -> http://www.fabreminerals.com/specimens/RSSLV-silvane-notable-specimens.php#AH96M4 (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Hu

Pyromorphite Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm Mined in 1998 Detail (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite Clara Mine, Rankach v

Pyromorphite Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.8 × 4.4 cm Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm Mined in 1998 Specimen & Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite Clara Mine, Rankach v

Pyromorphite with Quartz Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm Minor fluorescence long & short UV Former collection of John H. Marshall (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite with Quartz Roughton

Pyromorphite
Münstertal, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald District, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite
Münstertal, Brei

Pyromorphite
Münstertal, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald District, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.9 × 2.3 cm / Main crystal s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite
Münstertal, Brei

Pyromorphite
Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Distrito Hochsauerland, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite
Ramsbeck, Bestwig

Pyromorphite
Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite
Bad Ems, Bad Ems

Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 3 cm / main crystal size: (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine (

Pyromorphite
Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
6 x 2.9 x 3 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite
Yangjiang Prefect

Pyromorphite
Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
6.6 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite
Yangjiang Prefect

Pyromorphite
Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
4.5 x 2 x 1.3 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite
Yangjiang Prefect

Pyromorphite
El Horcajo Mines, El Horcajo, Almodóvar del Campo, Comarca Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
4.4 × 3.5 × 1.4 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Pyromorphite
El Horcajo Mines,

Quartz Soudan Mine, Soudan, Vermilion Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA 9.5 cm. high From Don & Gloria Olson Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz Soudan Mine, Soudan, Vermil

Quartz ("Thunder Egg") Oregón, USA (no specific locality) 8.4 cm high From Joe and Susan Kielbaso collection Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz ("Thunder Egg") O

Quartz (Japan law twin)
Municipio La Belleza, Vélez Province, Santander Department, Colombia
8.2 × 6 × 5 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz (Japan law twin)
Munici

Quartz (variety amethyst and smoky quartz)
Soliva Quarry (AVE Quarry works), Can Sala, Riudarenes, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya, Spain
Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.5 × 2.9 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz (variety amethyst and smoky quartz)
Soliva Quarry (AVE Quarry works), Can Sala, Riudarenes, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Cat

Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy
5.5 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardeg

Quartz (variety amethyst)
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya, Spain
Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm / main crystal s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz (variety amethyst)
Mas

Quartz after Gypsum Crawford, Dawes County, Nebraska, USA 4.5 cm. x 4.8 cm. Photo: Bob Weaver Kindly, Bob Weaver supplied a photo to lead this Nebraska thread. Thanks Bob! (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz after Gypsum Crawford, Dawe

Quartz Amethyst Diamond Hill, Ashway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA 3.0 x 4.8 cm. Photo: Bob Weaver One more time it happens that the state is not so prolific in minerals, so one more time, thanks to Bob Weaver to supply the image to lead this thread. Again, thank you Bob! (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz Amethyst Diamond Hill, Ashw

Quartz Amethyst Fat Jack Mine, Lane Mountain, Yavapai Co., Arizona Specimen from Evan Jones (Show case Tucson 2009) Photo: Jordi Deusedes -> http://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=3522#3522 (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz Amethyst
Fat Jack Mine, La

Quartz and Hematite Soudan Mine, Soudan, Vermilion Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA 2.7 cm. wide From Don & Gloria Olson Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz and Hematite Soudan Mine, S

Quartz and Hematite Soudan Mine, Soudan, Vermilion Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA 4.2 cm. high From Don & Gloria Olson Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz and Hematite Soudan Mine, S

Quartz and Hematite Soudan Mine, Soudan, Vermilion Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA 4 cm. high From Don & Gloria Olson Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz and Hematite Soudan Mine, S

Quartz and Hematite inclusions Soudan Mine, Soudan, Vermilion Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA 3.6 high From Don & Gloria Olson Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz and Hematite inclusions Sou

Quartz encrusted scalenohedral calcite - Fuzichong Mine - China.jpg (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz encrusted scalenohedral cal

Quartz Gwindel from Argentière Glacier. Specimen size: 11 × 6.8 × 3.7 cm. Mined aproximately on 1985 (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz Gwindel fr
Specimen size: 11

Quartz variety amethyst scepter Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA 5.3 cm high Steve Maslansky collection Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz variety am
Hopkinton, Washin

Quartz variety amethyst scepter Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA 6.1 cm high Steve Smale collection Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz variety amethyst scepter Ho

Quartz variety amethyst scepter Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA 5.3 cm high Steve Maslansky collection Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz variety amethyst scepter Ho

Quartz variety chalcedony and petrified wood Blue Forest, Eden Valley, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, EEUU. 10 x 4 x 4,5 cm. Photo & specimen: Jose Luis Zamora (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz variety chalcedony and petr

Quartz with Anatase and Chlorite inclusions
Sainj Valley, Manihar Valley, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India
Specimen size: 20 × 11.3 × 8.3 cm / main crystal s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz with Anatase and Chlorite inclusions
Sainj Valley, Manihar Valley, Kullu District, Himachal

Quartz with Goethite Tizirine, Tizi n’Tichka, Ouarzazate Morocco Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz with Goethite Tizirine, Tiz

Quartz with Goethite Tizirine, Tizi n’Tichka, Ouarzazate Morocco Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz with Goethite Tizirine, Tiz

Quartz with Goethite
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia), Spain
18.4 × 10.4 × 4.6 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz with Goethite
San Valen

Quartz with Hematite Jonesville, Union Co., South Carolina, USA Size: 1.7 cm x 1.3 cm x 1.3 cm Collected in Spring 2010 Photo & Specimen: Pro_duo’s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz with Hematite Jonesville, U

Quartz with Hematite and Pyrite Soudan Mine, Soudan, Vermilion Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA 6.5 wide From Don & Gloria Olson Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz with Hematite and Pyrite So

Quartz with Siderite
Mésage Mine, Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
7.2 × 5.6 × 6.1 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz with Siderite
Mésage M

Record of the Folch Collection and the original label (with handwritten notes of Sr. Folch) of the Swiss dealer Peter Indergand from Göschenen, Switzerland (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Record of the Folch Collection and

Record of the Folch Collection and handwritten label with the original label of the New York dealer Hugh A. Ford (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Record of the Folch Collection and

Rhodochrosite Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm Former collection of Folch (duplicates) Specimen & Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rhodochrosite Wolf Mine, Herdorf,

Rhodochrosite on Hisingerite-Neotocite (Series)
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
(Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rhodochrosite on Hisingerite-Neotocite (Series)
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán,

Rhodochrosite on Hisingerite-Neotocite (Series)
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.2 × 5.8 × 3.6 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rhodochrosite on Hisingerite-Neotocite (Series)
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán,

Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Arsenopyrite
Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department, Greece
Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm / main crystal s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Arsenopyrite
Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Depar

Rhodochrosite with Tetrahedrite and Quartz Corner Pocket, Watercourse Raise, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, USA Mined in September 1994 Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm. Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.5 cm. Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rhodochrosite with Tetrahedrite an

Rhodochrosite
Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
11.3 × 8.5 × 5 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rhodochrosite
Wolf Mine, Herdo

Rhodonite with Franklinite Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey USA Mined about 1970 Specimen size: 9.3 × 5 × 5.5 cm. Main crystal size: 2.9 × 0.8 cm. Former Folch Collection Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rhodonite with Franklinite Frankli

Right side (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Right side

Rutile (twinned) Magnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas, USA Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 2.9 cm. Mined about 1956 Former Folch Collection Photo: Reference Specimens The perfect cyclic twin! From the classic Magnet Cove locality. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rutile (twinned) Magnet Cove, Hot

Rutile eightling Parkesburg, Sadsbury Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA 2 cm across Photo: Ru Smith (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rutile eightling Parkesburg, Sadsb

Rutile with Muscovite
Boiling Springs, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rutile with Muscovite
Boiling

Rutile Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA Collected by Terry and Jean Ledford in the spring of 1998 Specimen size: 7 × 6.8 × 5.3 cm. Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Rutile
Graves Mountain,

Sampling of the mineral. San Juan Pachuca Mine, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico (1988) Author: Marco Antonio Hernández Badillo from the book "Entre la tierra y el aire". Edition: Archivo Histórico y Museo de Minería, A.C. www.distritominero.com (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sampling of the mineral. San Juan

San Juan mine, Pachuca, Hidalgo, México (Author: Jordi Fabre)

San Juan mine, Pachuca, Hidalgo, M

Scheelite on Muscovite
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
Specimen size: 13.2 × 11.6 × 8.6 cm / main crystal (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Scheelite on Muscovite
Mount X

Schorl on Quartz and Feldspar West Branch, Newark, Delaware, USA 6.2cm x 5.1cm. Collected by Roland Bounds through Larry Conklin to Kevin Brown Collection and now in Bob Weaver Collection Photo: Bob Weaver (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Schorl on Quartz
West Branch, Newa

Senarmontite xls on Pääkkönenite balls Caiwa Mine, Danfeng County, Shaanxi, China Specimen size: Small cabinet Specimen: William Pinch Collection Photo: Jeff Scovil & The RRUFF Project (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Senarmontite xls on Pääkköneni

Shinichengite with Bultfonteinite
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
8 × 7.3 × 2.7 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Shinichengite with Bultfonteinite
Shijiangshan Mine, Shijiangshan village, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, C

Side of the same specimen (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Side of the same specimen

Siderite on Quartz with Pyrite
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal
6.3 × 2.9 × 2.9 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Siderite on Quartz with Pyrite
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portuga

Siegenite with Chalcopyrite and Dolomite Milliken (Sweetwater) Mine, S. Orebody, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri Mined in June 1997 Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm. Former Silvane Collection Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Siegenite with Ch
Milliken (Sweetwa

Silver White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm. Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Silver White Pine Mine, White Pine

Silver and Calcite
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province, China
8.5 × 4.4 × 3 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Silver and Calcite
Jizishan de

Silver coated by Acanthite and on Calcite
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Catalunya, Spain
5.2 × 3.7 × 5.2 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Silver coated by Acanthite and on Calcite
Balcoll Mine, Falset, Comarca Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia / Cata

Silver on Calcite
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Silver on Calcite
Aït Ahmane,

Silver with Quartz
Kongsberg mining district, Kongsberg, Norway
Specimen size: 4 × 4 × 2.8 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Silver with Quartz
Kongsberg m

Silver with Sphalerite
Kongsberg mining district, Kongsberg, Norway
main crystal size: 2 × 0.2 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Silver with Sphalerite
Kongsbe

Silver with Stephanite on Calcite
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
Specimen size: 6.8 × 5 × 3 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Silver with Stephanite on Calcite
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Ger

Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou, Lingqiu, Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm / main crystal s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggo

Silver
Encantada Mine, La Encantada, Municipio Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza), Mexico
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.2 cm / main crystal siz (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Silver
Encantada Mine, La Enca

Silver
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
3.3 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Silver
Himmelsfürst Mine, Bra

Smithsonite (variety Cu-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Smithsonite (variety Cu-bearing)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Nami

Some of the specimens from the collection on loan to David Friend Hall at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, new permanent Hall of Minerals. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Some of the specimens from the col

Sperrylite with Cabriite
Oktyabr'skoe deposit, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
2 × 1.5 × 2 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sperrylite with Cabriite
Oktya

Spessartine on Quartz
Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Spessartine on Quartz
Navegado

Spessartine with Feldspar and Mica
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
8 × 6.5 × 1.7 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Spessartine with Feldspar and Mica
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province,

Sphalerite after Enargite, coated by Smithsonite and with minor Galena and Cuprite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
11.1 × 5.6 × 2.7 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite after Enargite, coated by Smithsonite and with minor Galena and Cuprite

Sphalerite on Dolomite
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite on Dolomite
Áliva

Sphalerite on Dolomite
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
4 × 3.3 × 1.6 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite on Dolomite
Áliva

Sphalerite on Fluorite Bluffton Stone Co. Quarry, Bluffton, Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio, USA micro Photo: Marc C (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite on Fluorite Bluffton St

Sphalerite on Quartz
Taolin Mine, Linxiang, Yueyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite on Quartz
Taolin Mi

Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite, Calcite and Dolomite Hoxie, Lawrence County Zinc, Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA Specimen size: 6.8 × 4 × 3 cm Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm Calcite and Dolomite fluorescent under long & short UV Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite, Calc

Sphalerite with Dolomite
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
(Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite with Dolomite
Áliv

Sphalerite with Dolomite
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 3.6 cm / main crystal siz (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite with Dolomite
Áliv

Sphalerite with Dolomite
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
3.5 × 3.3 × 1.8 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite with Dolomite
Áliv

Sphalerite with Dolomite
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
3.5 × 3.3 × 1.8 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite with Dolomite
Áliv

Sphalerite with Quartz
Malaespera Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi), Spain
5.5 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite with Quartz
Malaesp

Sphalerite with Siderite
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Specimen size: 9.1 × 5.4 × 3.3 cm / main crystal s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite with Siderite
Stan

Sphalerite
Androvo Mine, Erma Reka, Zlatograd, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
3.8 × 3.7 × 3 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite
Androvo Mine, Erma

Sphalerite
Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
5.5 × 5 × 1.1 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sphalerite
Áliva mining area,

Spinel (twinned) on Calcite
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
2.6 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Spinel (twinned) on Calcite
Pe

Spinel on Calcite
Oak-saung-taung, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
0.8 × 0.6 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Spinel on Calcite
Oak-saung-ta

Spinel on Calcite
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Spinel on Calcite
Pein-Pyit, M

Spodumene (variety Hiddenite) Stony Point (Hiddenite), Alexander County, North Carolina, USA Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 0.8 cm. Minor fluorescence short UV Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Spodumene (variety Hiddenite) Ston

Stannite (twinned) with Zinkenite
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Stannite (twinned) with Zinkenite
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bol

Stilbite on Mesolite Goble Quarry, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA 6.5 cm. x 6.4 cm. Photo: Bob Weaver (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Stilbite on Mesolite Goble Quarry,

Stilbite with Aegirine Big Rock Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA Field of view: 3mm. Photo & Collection: Jean-Marc Johannet (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Stilbite with Aeg
Big Rock Quarry,

Stilbite-Ca
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
11.5 × 9.6 × 4.7 (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Stilbite-Ca
Jalgaon District,

Stokesite on Microcline with Albite
Isabel Quarry (La Saludadora Quarry), La Cabrera pluton, Valdemanco, Comarca Sierra de Guadarrama, Community of Madrid, Spain
Specimen size: 1 × 0.8 × 1 cm / main crystal size: (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Stokesite on Microcline with Albite
Isabel Quarry (La Saludadora Quarry), La Cabrera pluton, Valdemanco, Comarca Sierra de Guadarrama, Community of Madrid,

Strengite on Quartz Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Oberpfälzer Wald, Bavaria, Germany Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm Former collection of Folch (duplicates) Mined about 1956 Specimen & Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Strengite on Quartz Kreuzberg, Ple

Strontioginorite
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
(Author: Jordi Fabre)

Strontioginorite
Kohnstein Qua

Sulfur covering large crystals of Stibnite formerly considered as "Stibiconites" Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan, China Specimen size: 27.7 × 3.7 × 1.7 cm. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sulfur covering large crystals of

Sulfur on Stibnite.jpg (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sulfur on Stibnite.jpg

Sulfur with Calcite
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily, Italy
Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.3 × 6.3 cm = 3.70” × 2.87” (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Sulfur with Calcite
Cozzo Disi

Tarbuttite with Smithsonite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
9.7 × 6.3 × 4.8 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Tarbuttite with Smithsonite
Sk

Tellurium on Quartz
Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.3 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Tellurium on Quartz
Emperor Mi

Tetrahedrite covered by Chalcopyrite and Quartz Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Liskeard, Cornwall, England, UK Detail Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Tetrahedrite covered by Chalcopyri

Tetrahedrite covered by Chalcopyrite and Quartz Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Liskeard, Cornwall, England, UK Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Tetrahedrite covered by Chalcopyri

The analysis of the previous ones (related with the Pentahydroborites) re-confirmed also for the new ones (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The analysis of the previous ones (related with the Pentahydroborites) re-confirmed also for the new ones

The collection’s label (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The collection’s label

The correspondent label (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The correspondent label

The detail (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The detail

The find in situ, in the 1st level - 3° ribaine in the Rivet Quarry, Peyrebrune, Réalmont, Tarn France. The vug had 3-4 square meters. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The find in situ,
France.

The find in situ, in the 1st level - 3° ribaine in the Rivet Quarry, Peyrebrune, Réalmont, Tarn France. The vug had 3-4 square meters. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The find in situ,
France.

The image that Michael published here. Chalcocite Tongshan Mine, Daye Mine, Huangshi Pref., Hubei Prov., China 1.0 x 4.7 cm Stalactitic chalcocite coated with a thin film of iridescent chalcopyrite. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The image that Michael published h

The label (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The label

The labels (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The labels

The mentioned spectrum of the Duftite (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The mentioned spectrum of the Duft

The original analysis and report written by the missed Dr. Joan Viñals (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The original analysis and report w

The original label from Scott J. Williams (Scott Williams Mineral Company, Scottsdale, Arizona) To know more about Scott please use -> http://www.mineralogicalrecord.com/labels.asp?colid=484 ) (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The original label from Scott J. W

The related labels (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The related labels

The same crystal standing up (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The same crystal standing up

The whole history of an era of the mineralogy in a single specimen... (Author: Jordi Fabre)

The whole history of an era of the

Titanite on Albite
Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.4 × 3.5 × 3 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Titanite on Albite
Haramosh Mo

Top of the same specimen (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Top of the same specimen

Topaz on Albite
Yuno, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.6 × 2.2 × 2.7 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Topaz on Albite
Yuno, Shigar V

Typical record from the Folch collection (back) (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Typical record from the Folch

Typical record from the Folch collection (front) (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Typical record from the Folch

Ullmanite
Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
(Author: Jordi Fabre)

Ullmanite
Souss-Massa Region,

Unusual Fluorite from La Collada, Filón Josefa-Veneros, Asturias, Spain Mined about 1974 Photo: Reference Specimens -> http://www.fabreminerals.com/specimens/RSSFL-spanish-fluorite-notable-specimens.php#B9RH2 (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Unusual Fluorite
Mined about 1974

Uvite Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm. Mined about 1959 Former collection of Folch duplicates Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Uvite Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Cou

Vanadinite with Gypsum and Baryte
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm. / main crystal (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Vanadinite with Gypsum and Baryte
ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Mor

Vanadinite T-West Mine, Midelt, Khénifra, Morocco 6! x 5.3 x 2.8 cm. Jordi Fabre private collection Photo: Jordi Deusedes (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Vanadinite
T-West Mine, Mide

Vanadinite
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm. / main crystal (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Vanadinite
Mohamedine, Coud'a,

Vanadinite
Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Specimen size: 6.8 × 3.7 × 6.7 cm / main crystal s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Vanadinite
Coud'a, Mibladen mi

Vanadinite
Mohamedine, Coud'a, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Specimen size: 12 × 8.6 × 6.7 cm / main crystal si (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Vanadinite
Mohamedine, Coud'a,

Vivianite Clear Springs Mine, Bartow, Florida, USA xl - 1.9 cm. high Specimen: Canadian Museum of Nature Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Vivianite Clear Springs Mine, Bart

Volborthite with Malachite and Azurite and on Dickite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm / main crystal s (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Volborthite with Malachite and Azurite and on Dickite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Sa

Wavellite on Quartz
Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
Main ball of crystals: 0.6 × 0.6 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Wavellite on Quartz
Mauldin Mo

Wavellite on Quartz
Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
7 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Wavellite on Quartz
Mauldin Mo

Willemite (variety Troostite) with Calcite. Rear of the specimen. Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Specimen size: 2 × 2 × 1.4 cm. Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm. Extremely intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV Former collection of Thomas Moore Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Willemite (variety Troostite) with

Willemite (variety Troostite) with Calcite Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Specimen size: 2 × 2 × 1.4 cm. Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm. Extremely intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV Former collection of Thomas Moore Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Willemite (variety Troostite) with

Witherite
Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Hexham, Tyne Valley, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Witherite
Fallowfield Mine, Ac

Witherite
Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Hexham, Tyne Valley, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Witherite
Fallowfield Mine, Ac

Wulfenite Stevenson-Bennett Mine, Organ Mountains, Organ district, New Mexico, USA Specimen size: 6 × 4.5 × 3 cm. Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm. Former Folch collection Photo: "Reference Specimens" (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Wulfenite Stevenson-Bennett Mine,

Wulfenite Silver Bell District, Pima County, Arizona, USA Former Martín Oliete Collection Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.8 × 4 cm. Photo: Reference Specimens (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Wulfenite
Silver Bell Distr

Wurtzite with Galena
Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas mining district, Ánimas , Chocaya, Municipio Atocha, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Specimen size: 9 × 8.3 × 5.2 cm / main crystal si (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Wurtzite with Galena
Ánimas M

Zoisite (variety tanzanite)
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.4 × 1.9 × 0.9 cm (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Zoisite (variety tanzanite)
D-

_"Ademe", San Juan Pachuca Mine, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico (1995) Author: Marco Antonio Hernández Badillo from the book "Entre la tierra y el aire". Edition: Archivo Histórico y Museo de Minería, A.C. www.distritominero.com (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_"Ademe", San Juan Pachu

_...always working... (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_...always working...

_...and here you have Mr. Salim Edde... (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_...and here you have Mr. Salim Ed

_...and some parts still are a kind of old style, so "a mix" could be a good word to describe this city. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_...and some parts still are a kin

_...or giving instructions to Suzy Hakimian... (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_...or giving instructions to Suzy

_...with some time for relax with Suzy Hakimian and Carole Atallah. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_...with some time for relax with

_...with the MIM Museum addition inside. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_...with the MIM Museum addition i

_A lot of rocks! (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_A lot of rocks!

_And talking about Carole Atallah, here she is! ;-) (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_And talking about Carole Atallah,

_And the front page of the Saint-Joseph University booklet... (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_And the front page of the Saint-J

_And to finish this slight promenade for the MIM Museum, let me add the flyers they have as well as the booklet of the Saint-Joseph University with the insertion of the MIM Museum in the University general description. This is the front side of the main flyer (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_And to finish this slight promena

_Back side (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Back side

_Back side of the main flyer (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Back side of the main flyer

_Beirut is not an old, decadent city, some parts are modern and all around you can see new buildings being built... (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Beirut is not an old, decadent ci

_Breakfast at The Smallville Hotel From left to right: Top collector and now also dealer Gilles Emringer, Paris, material scientist/ mineralogist/gemmologist Elois Gaillou from LA County Museum, french dealer Brice Gobin (Mr Carrolite jackpot!), french geologist/dealer/Madagascar expert Laurent Thomas. Photo & text: Peter (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Breakfast at The Smallville Hotel

_But I know you expect more, the Museum ;-) Here you have his wonderful entry... (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_But I know you expect more, the M

_Do you want a large amazonite? a kunzite? ;-) (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Do you want a large amazonite? a

_Front side of another flyer (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Front side of another flyer

_Let me start the images with something that everybody expects to see when visiting Beirut, a Mosque! (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Let me start the images with some

_Like small stars shining in the dark (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Like small stars shining in the d

_MIM Museum Photo & text: Peter (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_MIM Museum Photo & text: Pet

_Much better photos of the minerals than the photos I can do were already published in this thread, and many more will be published, so, aside from the two videos I took, I prefer to add just some shots of the show cases in order to show how they look. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Much better photos of the mineral

_Salim Eddé is starting his private showing for the invitees on Saturday morning with the University Building in the background. Entrance to the MIM is behind the photographer. Photo & text: Peter (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Salim Eddé is starting his privat

_Thanks to Salim, Suzy and Carole for the help to improve my text as well as to James Catmur to revise my confusing English language! ;-) And...thanks again to Carole for her indefatigable patience answering my numerous questions about Lebanon. (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Thanks to Salim, Suzy and Carole

_Underground in public area Photo & text: Peter (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Underground in public area Photo

_Wendell E Wilson and Tom Gressman from the Mineralogical Record were invited as expert mineral connoseurs and of course for the beautiful journal The Mineralogical Record which has been the Tzar of Mineralogical Journals for many decades. Here having breakfast at the just opened modern 5 star hotel The Smallville Hotel with very friendly staff, located only 500 m down the Damascus Road from the MIM Museum. I would HIGHLY recommend to stay here for a visit. Photo & text: Peter (Author: Jordi Fabre)

_Wendell E Wilson and Tom Gressman