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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: Favorite Self-Collected Specimens20:19 6th Feb 2012 - posted by BOB HARMAN
• Re: Diabase quarries, Bornberg, Herbornseelbach, ...20:09 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Amir C. Akhavan
• cant find photo on site but i have no photos that ...19:48 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Jason Evans
• Re: Can not find my photos when doing search19:45 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Martin Slama
• Diabase quarries, Bornberg, Herbornseelbach, ...18:43 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Jürgen Wachsmuth
• Re: Usikos Mine South Africa18:36 6th Feb 2012 - posted by David Von Bargen
• Re: Fluorite, Germany18:34 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Uwe Ludwig
• Heinrichite??? White King Mine, OR18:21 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Jeff Weissman
• Re: Shafranovskite?18:12 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Jeff Weissman
• Re: Favorite Self-Collected Specimens17:44 6th Feb 2012 - posted by David Dugan
• Re: Linarite - Grand View Mine, Cape Royal, ...17:43 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Uwe Kolitsch
• Lorenzenite, Flora Mountain, Kola, Russia17:32 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Richard Gunter
• Usikos Mine South Africa17:23 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Debbie Woolf
• Re: Journal of X-Ray Spectrometry17:05 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Travis Olds
• Re: Linarite - Grand View Mine, Cape Royal, ...17:00 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Jeff Weissman
• Re: Yttropyrochlore-(Y) ??16:57 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Ralph Parkes
• Re: Can not find my photos when doing search16:47 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Donn Cuson
• Re: Shafranovskite?16:45 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Knut Edvard Larsen
• Re: Can not find my photos when doing search16:36 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Dan Fountain
• Journal of X-Ray Spectrometry16:19 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Debbie Woolf
• Re: Favorite Self-Collected Specimens16:16 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Jonathan Levinger
• Re: Can not find my photos when doing search16:04 6th Feb 2012 - posted by David Von Bargen
• Re: Maybe a bug? Uploading photos and messages ...16:01 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Harald Schillhammer
• Re: Maybe a bug? Uploading photos and messages ...15:50 6th Feb 2012 - posted by David Von Bargen
• Re: Favorite Self-Collected Specimens15:44 6th Feb 2012 - posted by Uwe Ludwig

Dealer News

• 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
• 1st Feb - PriceDownMinerals.comSuperb Malachite ps. from Ajo
• 1st Feb - Minservice.comNew specimens
• 31st Jan - e-RocksJanuary's last update....
• 30th Jan - YourMineralCollectionTucson update

New Minerals

• 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
• Silvan a synonym of Tellurium
• Silvanerz

New Localities

• Kammentobel, Feldberg area, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Norwich, Orange Co., Vermont, USA
• Randolph, Orange Co., Vermont, USA
• East Braintree, Braintree, Orange Co., Vermont, USA
• Elmore, Lamoille Co., Vermont, USA
• Waterville, Lamoille Co., Vermont, USA
• St. Joe No.2 Mine, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA
• South Hero, South Hero Island, Grand Isle Co., Vermont, USA
• Grand Isle, South Hero Island, Grand Isle Co., Vermont, USA
• Enosburg Falls, Enosburgh, Franklin Co., Vermont, USA
• Highgate, Franklin Co., Vermont, USA
• Groton, Caledonia Co., Vermont, USA
• Manchester Center, Manchester, Bennington Co., Vermont, USA
• Lepanto Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
• Ljosland Quarry, Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
• Åseral, Vest-Agder, Norway
• Nordre Kleivan, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
• Russeberget, Mulåsen, Re, Vestfold, Norway
• Ryans Shaft, Moonta mines, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
• Heazlewood River, Bald hill osmiridium field, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia

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 - 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
• 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.