Marty zinn

Azurite American Museum of Natural History

This is one of the best Azurites in the world. Its crystals measure up to 8 inches. This piece was found at  Tsumeb

Photo by Karen Peterson

Rice Museum

Rhodochrosite. Weight of this specimen is 70 pounds.

It has 2.5" to 4" rhombohedral crystals and sphalerite, tennatite, tetrahedrite, quartz, fluorite and calcite. Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado

Azurite from Bisbee

Babingtonite with green prehnite and white calcite. Lane Traprock quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Scolecite with Calcite. Baird Creek quarry, Cowlitz County, Washington

Yellow and brown calcite with Natrolite. Gopher Valley quarry, Sheridan, Yamhill County

All Photo's by Rhiannon Boyle

Big Quartz

Collecting Pyrites

Gold Museum

Here's a link to there website

http://www.welcometoromania.ro/DN76/DN76_Brad_e.htm

Worlds Largest Gold Nugget

Biggest Crystalised Gold in the World

Fluorite at Saint-Marie aux Mines

Fluorite specimens at the Saint-Marie aux Mines Show

American Mineral Treasures

Gold

Rhodochrosite

Emerald

Tourmaline

Copper

Tourmaline

Calcite

Amazonite

Barite

Quartz

All photos by Steve

To see all of Steve's American Mineral Treasures photos, follow the link below

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7665648@N04/2327850230/in/set-72157604137459686/

Halpern Mineral Collection

Some pieces from the Halpern Collection.

Red Beryl

Neptunite

Rhodochrosite

Morganite

Topaz on Schorl

Big Rhodochrosite

Rhodochrosite

Elbaite

Crocoite

Dioptase

Fluorite

All photos by Eric Hunt

Tuscon 2011

Photos by : Lee Allison

Put on display by Collectors Edge of Colorado. Rumor price for the "Empress" $1.8 million dollars and the "Emperor" could be worth $15 million dollars but will be returning to China.

Latrobe nugget

Photo by Ross Nieuwburg

The Latrobe nugget is one of the largest groups of gold crystals known.The nugget weighs 717 grams. It was found at Mount McIvor, Victoria, Australia. In the British Museum of Natural History.

Exploring the Himalaya Tourmaline Mine

Scott Rudolph Collection at the Springfield Show

Thank you to Hamerron for all the photos