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15th Jul 2014 21:26 UTCByron Thomas

Hey all its been a while since i posted I have been very busy with work and i am now on vacation.

Anyhow I am looking for a list of nice Green minerals, if asked why green minerals my response is.... I like green( my favorite color) but more so because at our show in October we have display boxes and i am going to set up two of them. One of them will be nothing but Green minerals of any type and variety. The other will be filled with what ever our show theme is which at the moment i dont remember. So back to the first one any help with a list of green minerals would be great if i can collect them that would be awesome but being from Indiana Ill be buying them. Just remember im not buying $15000 minerals if i pay 200 or 300 that's not bad. I want to impress with the color green.

Torbernite from Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Democratic Republic of Congo

Heulandite with Celadonite inclusions from Savada Jalgaon District Maharashtra, India

15th Jul 2014 22:47 UTCVik Vanrusselt Expert

Hello Byron,

the "advanced search" feature on Mindat can give you a list of all green minerals (http://www.mindat.org/advanced_search.php)

You can add other filters to limit the number of possibilities (the list of "green IMA approved species" alone gives you 44 pages of species to choose from.)

Vik

16th Jul 2014 02:48 UTCDoug Daniels

A few of the more obvious greenies would be malachite, dioptase, uvarovite, epidote (although it may be nearly black), green elbaite (tourmaline), rosasite, and variscite.

16th Jul 2014 11:27 UTCSusan Robinson

A few more green minerals are brochantite, antlerite, and conichalcite.

16th Jul 2014 14:18 UTCBill Cordua 🌟 Manager

About mid-way through the course my mineralogy students always complained about the green minerals! Serpentine group, chlorite group, actinolite, epidote, prehnite, pumpellyite, diopside, jadeite, grossular, olivine, gahnite - oh my!

16th Jul 2014 14:37 UTCOlav Revheim Manager

Byron,

It seems like a very interesting approach to a collection. As many of the others already have stated, there are many relatively common green minerals. It might be interesting to find minerals with different chromophores, such as

copper: malachite, dioptase etc.

iron: diopside, actinolite, prehnite etc.

uranium. tobernite etc

chromium: uvarovite etc.

inclusions, such as your heulandite

or a combination of more than one chromophore, such as common green beryl (Fe) and emerald ( Cr)

Olav

16th Jul 2014 16:05 UTCSteven Kittleson

Byron,

One of my favorite greens - Pargasite.

TTFN

16th Jul 2014 16:33 UTCBob Harman

Hey BYRON, this is BOB H in Bloomington. My fav green mineral……and it is from a locale that you want with an alphabet soup name …..is CUPROSKLODOWSKITE.

CHEERS…..BOB

16th Jul 2014 17:59 UTCSusan Robinson

Pyromorphite, duftite, olivine, olivenite, tsumebite, beryl, var. emerald, beryl, fluorapatite, vanadian dravite, vesuvianite, clinochlore, fuchsite, chromedravite, are a few more to consider.

16th Jul 2014 20:50 UTCHolger Hartmaier 🌟

Byron,

A few more that I see sitting in my display case next to the computer:

annabergite, gormanite, ludlamite, fluorapatite, pyromorphite, fluorite

(You may need more than 1 case to hold them all !!)

Cheers,

Holger

17th Jul 2014 02:19 UTCDoug Daniels

and don't forget any dyed agates.....seriously, why not? And, you could add a chunk of green glass - they both could be educational to the public.

17th Jul 2014 04:11 UTCRachel Cesana

Byron

bowenite, Rhode Island state mineral. I'll send you one if you send me your address...What's left of the quarry only has very pale versions but a nice photo in the mindat pages of an apple green one which is best color.

rach

18th Jul 2014 12:36 UTCDennis McCoy

Why dyed agates when there are naturally green ones? There are plenty of microcrystaline quartz varieties that are green or contain green. Chrysoprase, prase, jasper, bloodstone, mossy agate, to name a few. These might be best displayed as slabs or cabochons.

19th Jul 2014 01:38 UTCRock Currier Expert

Why fake emeralds when there plenty of natural ones?

19th Jul 2014 02:12 UTCMichael Hatskel

Surprisingly no one has mentioned Amazonite... Is that the Colorado effect? :-)

19th Jul 2014 02:49 UTCDoug Daniels

He might need two cases.....

13th Aug 2014 18:05 UTCJuicestain

Anyone know what these are? All found in Hawaii on the beaches.

14th Aug 2014 07:36 UTCRock Currier Expert

Looks like volcanic glass to me.

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