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Schedule of Upcoming Featured Minerals
Smithsonite, El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico |
October
2008 This will be another exceptional month, as we feature Smithsonite
from El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. This valuable and beautiful
botryoidal material is found in shades of purple, pink, green, and blue.
Most of our specimens are pink or purple, with some blues and greens, as
well. If you've never seen it, this will be
quite a treat! The write-up, as usual, examines smithsonite's unusual
properties as determined by its crystal structure, its collecting
localities, its jewelry and decorative uses, its technological uses, and the
history of its discovery and name. Much information is given
describing the geologic conditions under which it formed in the historic Choix (pronounced "cho-EEZ") area of Sinoloa,
Mexico. A special section is devoted to the man in whose honor it was named,
James Smithson, and this section gives his history as it pertains to his
study of minerals and his bequest that led to the formation of the world's
largest museum complex, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. |
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November
2008 Another outstanding month, as we feature lovely specimens of gemmy
green Talc from the
Argonaut Quarry,
Ludlow,
Windsor
County,
Vermont. This will be
a month of firsts for us--our first featured mineral from Vermont, where
Talc is the state mineral;
first time we've had an opportunity to obtain enough attractive specimens of
Talc in order to feature it--and with very pretty color indeed; and first
mineral we've featured at 1 on the Mohs hardness scale! The write-up will
explain where the lovely color comes from, the importance of Vermont
Talc in the past, and will talk about the origin and significance of the Mohs hardness scale. It will be fascinating reading!
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 Talc,
Argonaut Quarry,
Ludlow,
Windsor
County,
Vermont |
Azurite, Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Province, China |
December
2008 What a way to finish off the year! We'd been hoping to send you these
gorgeous specimens last year, but it just didn't work out--and now it has!
This will be a wonderful month, as we send Club members these exceptional
and valuable specimens of the intensely beautiful mineral Azurite. Don't
miss out on this one! |
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January 2009 We'll start off the new year by sending quartz-lined geodes
from a new find in Morocco. Platinum-level and Gold-level members will
receive both halves of the geode to display together, and Silver-level
members will have the opportunity to pay an additional $7 to receive both
halves of a geode (otherwise, they will receive just one half.) Many of
these specimens fluoresce, too! The photo here doesn't do justice to the true
beauty of the specimens--we'll replace it with a better photo as soon as
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 Quartz Geode, Morocco |
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February 2009 and beyond. In February, we'll feature either Uralite from the Calumet
Iron Mine, Chaffe County, Colorado, or Heulandite from India, with
the other mineral being featured in March. |
Bookmark this page and come back
to see what
treasures we have coming up! Here are photos of some minerals we hope to
feature in the near future: |
Grossular Garnet, Coyote Front Range, near Bishop, Inyo County,
California |
 Lazurite
(main mineral that comprises Lapis Lazuli), Afghanistan |
Wollastonite, Nevada |
Chrysoprase, Australia |
Almandine Garnet, Tyrol, Austria |
Dendrites in Limestone, Solenhofen, Germany |
Andradite Garnet, Mexico |
 Anapaite,
Spain |
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Aragonite, Spain |
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