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Mindat News

• 31st August 2010 Visit to Dallas
• 25th July 2010 Mineral Treasures of the World - Beijing 2010
• 16th July 2010 XIII Lwóweckie Lato Agatowe - Updated
• 8th June 2010 Stephen Hui Geological Museum, Hong Kong
• 23rd February 2010 Mindat 10 years Anniversary Celebration - Mineral ...
• 22nd February 2010 Tucson Gem and Mineral Shows 2010 - Part 3 - TGMS
• 20th February 2010 Tucson Gem and Mineral Shows 2010 - Part 2
• 9th February 2010 Tucson Gem and Mineral Shows 2010 - Part 1
• 18th January 2010 Tokyo International Mineral Show, December 2009
• 9th December 2009 Nature's Treasures II: Sunday 13th Dec, London UK
• Older News ArticlesClick here to view all older mineral news articles...

New discussions

• Re: Wakefield Lake, Quebec?14:18 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Alfredo Petrov
• Re: Those fake alphabet agate cabs14:03 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Rusty James
• Re: Old Roman Mine Slag And Copper Ball And ...14:02 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Jolyon Ralph
• Re: Sugilite confusion14:01 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Alfredo Petrov
• Re: Native lead?13:58 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Alex Homenuke
• Sugilite confusion13:55 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Jason Evans
• Re: Native lead?13:49 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Peter Andresen
• Re: IMA 2006-056 = heftetjernite13:36 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Uwe Kolitsch
• Re: Mineral with Ti-Zr-Y-Fe-Nb-U-Sc-Yb from ...13:32 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Logan Babcock (2)
• Re: zeunerite/torbernite location13:30 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Logan Babcock (2)
• Re: Mineral with Ti-Zr-Y-Fe-Nb-U-Sc-Yb from ...13:30 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Ronald John Gyllenhammer
• Re: Old Roman Mine Slag And Copper Ball And ...13:29 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Logan Babcock (2)
• Re: Mineral with Ti-Zr-Y-Fe-Nb-U-Sc-Yb from ...13:27 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Logan Babcock (2)
• Re: How to list upcoming shows13:00 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Alfredo Petrov
• Media at work; lots of misinformation here12:52 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Mark Gottlieb
• Re: Branchville Quarry12:43 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by mark
• Re: How to list upcoming shows12:37 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Paul Brandes
• Re: Green Rocks12:34 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Paul Brandes
• Re: Blue Rocks12:23 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Paul Brandes
• Re: Gail's Favourite of the day, Version 6, the ...11:46 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by AM Mizunaka
• Re: Denver Show and Mindaters11:26 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Chris Stefano
• Re: Blue Rocks11:18 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by charles kraft
• Re: Blue Rocks11:01 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by charles kraft
• Re: Those fake alphabet agate cabs11:00 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Justin Zzyzx
• Re: Blue Rocks10:41 2nd Sep 2010 - posted by Wayne Corwin

Dealer News

• 2nd Sep - SpiriferMinerals.comGold, Rogerley and more!
• 2nd Sep - mineralman.comAuctions Ending - RIGHT NOW!
• 1st Sep - Christopher J Stefano Fine MineralsSpringfield Show etc. Updates
• 1st Sep - Dan Weinrich mineralsNew Update/New Auctions
• 1st Sep - mineralman.comSPECIAL 72-hour Auctions!
• 31st Aug - Dan Weinrich mineralsAuctions Closing!
• 30th Aug - YourMineralCollectionNew update online
• 29th Aug - mineralman.comSPECIAL New Auctions!
• 28th Aug - MineralspauliBrasil Special
• 27th Aug - Pala InternationalNew Mineral Specimens
• 27th Aug - Dakota Matrix MineralsMinerals Posted Everyday!
• 26th Aug - Dakota Matrix MineralsWeekly Update!
• 26th Aug - Dan Weinrich mineralsNew Auctions Posted
• 26th Aug - mineralman.comSpecial Auctions ENDING NOW!
• 24th Aug - Crystal ClassicsEuropean Minerals
• 23rd Aug - YourMineralCollectionAugust Update
• 22nd Aug - mineralman.comSPRINGFIELD Auctions!
• 21st Aug - MineralspauliAuctions and Brazil Special.
• 20th Aug - Dakota Matrix MineralsSpecial Edition Update!
• 19th Aug - SpiriferMinerals.comNEW - Rogerley, Morocco, Gold!

New Minerals

• Unnamed (Pb Thiosulphate Carbonate)
• Hagendorfite Group a synonym of Alluaudite Group
• Helvite Group
• Meteoric Iron a synonym of Meteoritic Iron
• Bergbeck a synonym of Asphaltum
• Urdite a synonym of Monazite
• Kalknatronfeltspat a synonym of Albite-Anorthite Series
• Alkalifeltspat a synonym of Alkali Feldspar
• Kalinatronfeltspat a synonym of Alkali Feldspar
• Xanthopite a synonym of Ferrokentbrooksite
• IMA2000-030a a synonym of Uvite
• IMA2010-002 a synonym of Fluorotetraferriphlogopite
• IMA2010-004 a synonym of Klajite
• Fluorotetraferriphlogopite an IMA-approved mineral species
• IMA2009-092 a synonym of Mendeleevite-(Ce)
• Mendeleevite-(Ce) an IMA-approved mineral species
• IMA2010-014 a synonym of Hydroniumpharmacosiderite
• Hydroniumpharmacosiderite an IMA-approved mineral species
• IMA2010-011 a synonym of Linzhiite
• Linzhiite an IMA-approved mineral species

New Localities

• Unnamed small Au prospect, Tunnel Ranch, Figueroa Mountain, Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara Co., California, USA
• Tunnel Ranch, Figueroa Mountain, Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara Co., California, USA
• Rio Dell, Sonoma Co., California, USA
• Unnamed shaft, Wall tract, Rio Dell, Sonoma Co., California, USA
• Unnamed road quarry, Wilbur Springs, Sulphur Creek District (Sulfur Creek District; Wilbur Springs District), Colusa Co., California, USA
• Hoddles Creek, Victoria, Australia
• Villedieu Township, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
• Sheffield Lake (Lac Sheffield), Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
• Wakefield, La Pêche, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
• Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield, Val-des-Monts, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
• Dudice, Republic of Macedonia
• Suksun, Permskiya region, Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
• Bergsråds sänkning, Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
• Unnamed Asbestos occurrence, Unnamed ridge, Poteet Quarry area, Green Valley, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
• Unnamed ridge, Poteet Quarry area, Green Valley, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
• Poteet Quarry area, Green Valley, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
• Unnamed ridge, Lake Hughes, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
• Unnamed Baryte occurrence, Unnamed ridge behind Lippincott Mine, Ubehebe District, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA
• Unnamed ridge behind Lippincott Mine, Ubehebe District, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA
• Unnamed Mn occurrence, Unnamed ravine, Lytle Creek, Coldwater Canyon, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

New Blogs

• JAMES TOVEY - 22nd Aug 2010Working the Tripp Mine, July
• Fred A. Schuster - 22nd Jul 2010When the Levis gets broken
• Fred A. Schuster - 18th Jul 2010The trip to the Roseville Iron Mine
• Roger Lang - 8th Jul 2010Ste. Marie-aux-Mines show report pt. 3
• Jessica and Robert Simonoff - 7th Jul 2010Our Visit to the Keswick Mining Museum, June 2010
• Jessica and Robert Simonoff - 6th Jul 2010Ste Marie Aux Mines Show, 2010
• JAMES TOVEY - 5th Jul 2010Working the Tripp Mine late June
• Roger Lang - 30th Jun 2010Ste. Marie-aux-Mines show report pt. 2
• Roger Lang - 29th Jun 2010Ste. Marie-aux-Mines show 2010 pt.1
• JAMES TOVEY - 20th Jun 2010Working the Tripp Mine
• Peter Andresen - 19th Jun 2010Rock-room is ready to rock! and other updates...
• JAMES TOVEY - 12th Jun 2010Getting into the grove at the Tripp Mine
• Matt Neuzil - 9th Jun 2010Bancroft Trip June 23-29
• JAMES TOVEY - 5th Jun 2010Slow 2010 start at the Tripp Mine
• JAMES TOVEY - 30th May 2010Opening the Tripp Mine, 2010
• Matt Neuzil - 25th May 2010Getting things in order.
• Peter Andresen - 23rd May 2010Update on progress with rock-room
• Maggie Wilson - 22nd May 2010Attention Bancroft Blackflies! Incoming Rockhounds!
• STEFANO DEL MAGRO - 22nd May 2010Exchange mineraLS
• Peter Andresen - 20th May 2010Rock-room is ready for rocks!

New Articles

• Mark Willoughby - YesterdayBasic Geological and Mineralogical Glossary
• Jolyon Ralph - 31st Aug 2010Visit to Dallas
• Antonio Borrelli - 30th Aug 2010My swap list
• Ermanno Gianoli - 24th Aug 2010SWAP LIST
• Knut Edvard Larsen - 23rd Aug 2010Knut Edvard s swap list - Microminerals
• Scott L. Ritchie - 18th Aug 2010Where Nature Stores Her Jewels by Edna R. Schley 1905
• George Creighton - 16th Aug 2010forgot to mention it but.....
• Barry Flannery - 13th Aug 2010Guidelines on using chemicals to clean minerals
• William C. van Laer - 11th Aug 2010Cathedral Rock Pluton
• Alfredo Petrov - 11th Aug 2010Anorthite and Native Brass
• George Creighton - 10th Aug 2010Finders keepers
• Cindy Hasler - 7th Aug 2010R.B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy
• Robert Broughton - 6th Aug 2010Denizens of the Oxford Clay.
• Robert Broughton - 6th Aug 2010Causes of the End-Permian Mass Extinction.
• Bill Tompkins - 5th Aug 2010Oregon's First Iron Smelter
• Peter Andresen - 4th Aug 2010My swap list
• Kuno Stoeckli - 4th Aug 2010Aquamarine-Collection and Artwork
• Slavomír ŠIMKO - 3rd Aug 2010Goldpanning in Low Tatra mts.
• Jessica and Robert Simonoff - 31st Jul 2010Exploration of the Hollowed Galenas
• William C. van Laer - 31st Jul 2010THE STONE CREEK PEGMATITE