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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: Libethenite na Mostardeira, sim ou não?04:54 8th Feb 2012 - posted by Rui P. Nunes
• Re: Is this silver?03:24 8th Feb 2012 - posted by Michael Rush Williamson
• Re: Transportation of Radioactive Minerals02:43 8th Feb 2012 - posted by Dan Fountain
• Re: Gail's NEW favourite of the day, PART 201:44 8th Feb 2012 - posted by Gail Spann
• Re: Franklin copper - real, crushed or fake?01:28 8th Feb 2012 - posted by Modris Baum
• Re: Franklin copper - real, crushed or fake?01:03 8th Feb 2012 - posted by Steven Kuitems
• Re: Franklin copper - real, crushed or fake?01:02 8th Feb 2012 - posted by gary moldovany
• Re: Franklin copper - real, crushed or fake?01:00 8th Feb 2012 - posted by Steven Kuitems
• Re: Blue quartz not blue00:52 8th Feb 2012 - posted by Stephanie Martin
• Re: Using photoshop ...00:20 8th Feb 2012 - posted by Jake Harper
• Re: "Tantric" twin00:10 8th Feb 2012 - posted by Jake Harper
• Re: "Tantric" twin23:55 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Carl (Bob) Carnein
• Blue quartz not blue23:49 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Jenna Mast
• Re: Twinning in pyromorphite23:15 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Stuart Mills
• Re: smoky vs. smokey; something to ponder22:55 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Peter Cristofono
• Nybøite22:49 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Norman King
• Re: Libethenite na Mostardeira, sim ou não?22:23 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Luís Martins (2)
• Re: Libethenite na Mostardeira, sim ou não?22:08 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Rui P. Nunes
• Re: smoky vs. smokey; something to ponder21:44 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Michael Hatskel
• "Tantric" twin21:29 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Peter Hargis
• Re: Diabase quarries, Bornberg, Herbornseelbach, ...21:13 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Amir C. Akhavan
• Re: Using photoshop ...20:47 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Zbynek Burival
• Franklin copper - real, crushed or fake?20:43 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Modris Baum
• Re: Transportation of Radioactive Minerals20:40 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Douglas Merson
• Re: Transportation of Radioactive Minerals20:07 7th Feb 2012 - posted by Frank Festa

Dealer News

• 7th Feb - e-RocksTUESDAY'S update!
• 7th Feb - mineralman.comTUCSON Finds! New Auctions!
• 7th Feb - Weinrich Minerals, Inc.Auctions Closing!
• 7th Feb - YourMineralCollectionNew update from Tucson
• 6th Feb - e-RocksLots of Auctions Today!
• 6th Feb - GreekrocksGreekrocks.com
• 6th Feb - mineralman.comTUCSON Auctions! New Finds!
• 5th Feb - MineralspauliFebruary discount.
• 5th Feb - e-RocksTucson Auction Closes Today
• 4th Feb - e-RocksSaturday Auctions
• 4th Feb - Webminerals s.a.s1°Tucson Update & Report
• 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

New Minerals

• Stypticite a synonym of Fibroferrite
• Unnamed (Zn-analogue of Ktenasite)
• Sandcalcit
• Gunterite an IMA-approved mineral species
• IMA2009-035a a synonym of Hughesite
• Tinnkis a synonym of Stannite
• 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

New Localities

• "Fruehjahr-Winter" mine, Brunskappel, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• "Himmelreich" mine, Brunskappel, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Olbersleben, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
• Grace Mine, Michipicoten, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
• Yamato 74 meteorites, Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts), Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
• Goshen, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
• Etna Highlands, Hanover, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
• Woodstock, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA
• West Wardsboro, Wardsboro, Windham Co., Vermont, USA
• Wardsboro, Windham Co., Vermont, USA
• Mizunuma, Kita-Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Kanto region, Honshu Island, Japan
• Saxtons River, Rockingham, Windham Co., Vermont, USA
• Yojiro water-fall, Hanazono-river, Kita-Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Kanto region, Honshu Island, Japan
• Mt Kamakuradake, Takanuki, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
• Montpelier, Washington Co., Vermont, USA
• Copperas Hill, Cuttingsville, Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA
• Paxton, Plumas Co., California, USA
• Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vermont, USA
• East Area orebody, Catalão No. 1 mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil
• Mine II orebody, Catalão No. 1 mine, Ouvidor, Catalão I Carbonatite Complex, Goiás, Brazil

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

• Keith A. Peregrine - YesterdayBuergerite Identified by X-Ray Diffraction
• Keith A. Peregrine - YesterdayX-Ray Diffraction of Keokuk Geode Samples, Part 3 of 3
• Keith A. Peregrine - 4th Feb 2012X-Ray Diffraction of Keokuk Geode Samples, Part 2 of 3
• Keith A. Peregrine - YesterdayX-Ray Diffraction of Keokuk Geode Samples, Part 1 of 3
• Richard Gunter - 3rd Feb 2012Wightmanite
• Frank Festa - 3rd Feb 201213. 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