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Mindat News

• 20th December 2011 Defending the freedom to collect minerals.
• 19th November 2011 SMLS - Haywards Heath Mineral Show 2011
• 3rd November 2011 The Munich Mineral Show 2011
• 17th October 2011 The 48th annual Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree, 2011
• 17th October 2011 Minerals Newspaper - Issue 3
• 2nd October 2011 Denver Symposium and Field Trip
• 16th August 2011 Pocket Mindat Catalogue - Now Available
• 11th August 2011 New Book - Agates from Ploczki Gorne
• 25th July 2011 Mindat Conference 2011 - Conference and Workshops
• 21st July 2011 Mindat Conference 2011 - Field Trips
• Older News ArticlesClick here to view all older mineral news articles

New Discussions

• Re: Micromount boxes and supplies for collectors00:35 4th Feb 2012 - posted by Jonathan Levinger
• Re: The Nature Thread00:00 4th Feb 2012 - posted by Stephen Rose
• Re: Today's quiz: Arsenopyrite, lӧllingite or ? ...23:53 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Mark J. Sigouin
• Re: anyone have issues with ...23:49 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Jim Bauer
• Re: Favorite Self-Collected Specimens23:42 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Jonathan Levinger
• Re: Massachusetts Rattle Snakes23:37 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Keith Wood
• Re: Only from Canada, eh?23:29 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Jonathan Levinger
• Re: Today's quiz: Arsenopyrite, lӧllingite or ? ...22:48 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Modris Baum
• Re: Today's quiz: Arsenopyrite, lӧllingite or ? ...22:35 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Peter Andresen
• Re: Massachusetts Rattle Snakes22:22 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Keith Compton
• Re: Today's quiz: Arsenopyrite, lӧllingite or ? ...22:18 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Modris Baum
• Re: Today's quiz: Arsenopyrite, lӧllingite or ? ...22:16 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Keith Compton
• Re: Today's quiz: Arsenopyrite, lӧllingite or ? ...22:00 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Reiner Mielke
• Re: Sphalerite - Illinois, USA21:07 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by gary moldovany
• Re: Fluorite, Germany20:26 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Holger Klapproth
• Re: Tantalum - Pavlovskoe REE-coal Deposit, ...19:48 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Uwe Kolitsch
• Re: Is this silver?19:47 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by james miller
• Re: Today's quiz: Arsenopyrite, lӧllingite or ? ...19:29 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Modris Baum
• Re: This is just amazing19:12 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Dan Fountain
• Re: Information needed on Agarshill Mine, ...18:52 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by nralsop
• Re: Today's quiz: Arsenopyrite, lӧllingite or ? ...18:45 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Christian Auer
• Re: Tantalum - Pavlovskoe REE-coal Deposit, ...18:30 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Alfredo Petrov
• Re: Tantalum - Pavlovskoe REE-coal Deposit, ...18:10 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Timothy Blackwood
• Re: Today's quiz: Arsenopyrite, lӧllingite or ? ...17:55 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by Modris Baum
• Re: Anyone recognize this?17:12 3rd Feb 2012 - posted by George Creighton

Dealer News

• 3rd Feb - e-RocksFriday Once More
• 3rd Feb - YourMineralCollectionNew update from Tucson
• 3rd Feb - SpiriferMinerals.comUpdate, new specimens!
• 2nd Feb - e-Rocks1 Auction Ending & 1 To Start
• 2nd Feb - mineralman.comTUCSON 2012 Specimens!
• 2nd Feb - Weinrich Minerals, Inc.High Quality Auctions
• 2nd Feb - PriceDownMinerals.comWeekly Price-Down action
• 1st Feb - e-RocksTuesday's Double Auctions
• 1st Feb - M&W MineralsWeekly Update
• 1st Feb - PriceDownMinerals.comSuperb Malachite ps. from Ajo
• 1st Feb - Minservice.comNew specimens
• 31st Jan - e-RocksJanuary's last update....
• 30th Jan - YourMineralCollectionTucson update
• 30th Jan - e-RocksMonday's Auction Bulletin
• 30th Jan - SpiriferMinerals.comNew specimens listed, from 1$
• 30th Jan - mineralman.comTUCSON 2012 Specimens!
• 29th Jan - Voelter MineralsNew Arizona Minerals
• 29th Jan - MineralspauliGalena auctions.
• 29th Jan - e-RocksSunday's best!
• 28th Jan - e-Rocks A few Saturday Updates

New Minerals

• IMA2011-077 a synonym of Thermessaite-NH4
• Unnamed (NH4-analogue of Thermessaite) a synonym of Thermessaite-NH4
• IMA2011-006 a synonym of Adranosite-(Fe)
• hughesite an IMA-approved mineral species
• IMA2011-030 a synonym of Hizenite-(Y)
• Hizenite-(Y) an IMA-approved mineral species
• Tengerite Group
• Fluornatroroméit a synonym of Fluornatroroméite
• Fluorcalcioroméit a synonym of Fluorcalcioroméite
• Hydroxycalcioroméit a synonym of Hydroxycalcioroméite
• Oxycalcioroméit a synonym of Oxycalcioroméite
• Cuproroméit a synonym of Cuproroméite
• Hydrokenoelsmoreit a synonym of Hydrokenoelsmoreite
• Oxyplumboroméit a synonym of Oxyplumboroméite
• Silvan a synonym of Tellurium
• Silvanerz
• Weißsilvanerz
• Leukocyclit a synonym of Apophyllite
• Leukorhönit a synonym of Leucorhönite
• Leukozyklit a synonym of Apophyllite

New Localities

• Bolkesjø, Notodden, Telemark, Norway
• Granville, Addison Co., Vermont, USA
• Hancock, Addison Co., Vermont, USA
• Quinalt, Jefferson Co., Washington, USA
• Ashburton River, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
• Mt Baldy, Springs Junction, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
• Springs Junction, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
• Pudding Island, Portobello, Otago Peninsula, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
• Krauthausen quarry, Dorff, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Seltermicke mine, Olpe, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Richterich, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Hahn, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Baesweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Büsbach, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Breinig, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Verlautenheide, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Alsdorf, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Ozukure cliffs, Yaizu, Shizuoka prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan
• Johannesberg mine (Johannisberg mine), Günsen, Olpe, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• West Hawley, Hawley, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA

New Blogs

• Bruce Ueno - 1st Feb 2012Collecting at the Alvord Mine
• Farid Mohammadi - 22nd Jan 2012My New Discover: Happy Agate
• Farid Mohammadi - 20th Jan 2012Calcite(Crystall)
• Rowan Lytle - 19th Jan 2012Winter Shenanigans
• Farid Mohammadi - 12th Jan 2012New Panoramic from Iran Four levels geology of Mahallat
• Rick Kennedy - 11th Jan 2012Tucson Approacheth!!
• Christian Auer - 5th Jan 2012My field trips 2011
• Fred A. Schuster - 2nd Jan 20122006 Trip to Rt 278 road cut Todt Hill Staten Island
• Farid Mohammadi - 1st Jan 2012GEOTHITE
• Farid Mohammadi - 1st Jan 2012Center of Iran's Mineral resource potentials
• Fred A. Schuster - 25th Dec 2011Christams photos
• Fred A. Schuster - 25th Dec 2011Christmas and still have so many minerals to share
• Fred A. Schuster - 24th Dec 2011Spragueville NY
• Farid Mohammadi - 23rd Dec 2011Introduce My Local By KML In (Google Earth)
• Farid Mohammadi - 19th Dec 2011Azbest Mineral Local :Panoramic photo from Kahak Cave and My Nice Tour
• Farid Mohammadi - 12th Dec 2011Waw My Fossile(Iran) Collection
• Rick Kennedy - 6th Dec 2011Down a truck, but up a collection and a mining project!
• Farid Mohammadi - 3rd Dec 2011 New Talc from My personal Gallery
• Farid Mohammadi - 30th Nov 2011Iran And Italy Foot Ball Team aftre search of Mierals
• Farid Mohammadi - 29th Nov 2011My Nice Calcopyite

New Articles

• Richard Gunter - YesterdayWightmanite
• Frank Festa - Yesterday13. The Richardson Gold Mine, ElDorado, Ontario
• John Bean - 24th Jan 2012LAZY HOARDER!
• Amir C. Akhavan - 22nd Jan 2012Photos of Fake Skeletal Galena
• Frank Festa - 22nd Jan 201212. Exploring Former Mining Sites From Kaladar to Fernleigh Ontario, Canada
• Rui P. Nunes - 20th Jan 2012”Gesseira de Santana” – Gypsum in Sesimbra
• Jolyon Ralph - 17th Jan 2012The Vug Magazine Book
• Jolyon Ralph - 17th Jan 2012Mindat.org evening presentations at Tucson's Pueblo Show
• Everett Harrington - 16th Jan 2012Stoneco Auglaize quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio, USA recent finds
• Philip Persson (2) - 15th Jan 2012'An Essay on the Modern Mineral Specimen Market; or,“Mineral Prices: Why so High
• Philip Persson (2) - 16th Jan 2012U-REE Mineralization in the Fe Deposits of the New Jersey Highlands
• Philip Persson (2) - 14th May 2011Galkhaite, a complex Tl-Sulfosalt from the Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt County, NV
• Philip Persson (2) - 23rd Jan 2012“Some Notes on a Novel Fluorescent Mineral Assemblage from the Franklin Mine, NJ
• Rolf Luetcke - 12th Jan 2012home page article
• Richard Gunter - 11th Jan 2012Type Locality Schirmerite
• Rolf Luetcke - 28th Dec 2011Jasper find
• Rolf Luetcke - 25th Dec 2011Johnson Camp
• Farid Mohammadi - 24th Dec 2011Center of Iran's Mineral resource potentials
• Stephen Moreton - 14th Jan 2012Defending the freedom to collect minerals.
• Stephen Moreton - 18th Dec 2011Minerals new to Ireland found by amateur & commercial collectors.