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Published Articles

Article Title	Last Revision Date
Photos of Fake Skeletal Galena	22nd Jan 2012
Mineralien Hamburg, December 2010	21st Jun 2011
Tokyo International Mineral Show, December 2009	18th Jan 2010

Amir C. Akhavan's Photos

You can use this search form to find photos in Amir C.'s photo gallery. Mineral, locality and other photos are shown together unless you specify the type of photo. The default order is to show the most recent photos first, but again you can change this.	What Photos to Show All Minerals - in my collection - that I collected - Photo of the Day My Photos - Talk pages Locality Photos Other Photos	Which Locality All ACF Mine (incl. Coud'a shaft; Coudia shaft), Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Agoudal, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Aguascalientes, Mexico Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Alibates Flint Quarry National Monument, Potter Co., Texas, USA Aouli, Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Artesia, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA Ashland District, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA Auf dem Stein quarry, Suttrop, Warstein, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Baia Sprie (Felsöbánya), Maramureș Co., Romania Barros Cassal, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Belvédère hotel, Furka, Furka pass area, Goms, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Berglia-Glassberget, Sørli, Lierne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Bleiwäsche quarry, Bleiwäsche, Bad Wünnenberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Bochum, Ruhr Coal Mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Bor Pit (Boron Pit; Bor Quarry), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia Bou Azer, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Brandberg Complex, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Büchenberg Mine, Elbingerode, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Caestert mine, Pietersberg, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium Cape Marrargiu, Bosa, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy Carajás mineral province, Pará, Brazil Casaccia Valley, Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Caschlè, Strem Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Cement works quarry, Lägerdorf, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Cerro Chico, Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí City, Potosí Department, Bolivia Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí City, Potosí Department, Bolivia Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France Chli Bielenhorn, Tiefenbach, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Colle della Croce, La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy Cristallina Valley, Medel Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia Dalbyover, Randers, Midtjylland Region, Denmark Damavand, Tehran Province, Iran Dasoto, Kato Nevrokopi basin, Dráma Prefecture, Macedonia Department, Greece Deep Springs Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA Degen, Lugnez Valley (Lumnezia Valley), Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Druntobel (Drun Tobel; Drun Sedrun; Krüzli valley; Kreuzli pass; Ruinas Plaunas), Sedrun, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland East Coleman Mine (Ron Coleman Mine; Old Coleman Mine; West Chance; Dierks No. 4; Blocker Lead; Geomex), Jessieville, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA Eckernförde Bay, Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA El Molino, Cerro Huañaquino, Potosí Department, Bolivia Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia Ewald Mine, Herten, Ruhr Coal Mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Feldbach Valley (Fäldbach Valley), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Feldschijen glacier, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Furka pass area, Goms, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Gabbro Quarry (Bärenstein Quarry), Bad Harzburg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany Galenstock, Tiefenbach, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland Gerstenegg cleft, Gerstenegg-Grimsel cable tunnel, Gerstenegg, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland Giuv Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Giuvstöckli, Giuv Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia Goldfield District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland Groot Spitzkopje (Groot Spitskopje; Große Spitzkoppe), Spitzkopje Area, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia Großer Auerberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Hachijo Island (Hachijyojima; Hachijojima), Izu Archipelago, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan Hameda Quarries (Lhamda Mine), Jorf, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Hauser beds (Hauser Geode beds), Wiley Well, Imperial Co., California, USA Helgoland Island, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Hohenlimburg quarry, Oege, Hohenlimburg, Hagen, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Holzerspitz, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Horní Halže, Klášterec nad Ohří, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit (Huanggangliang Mine; Huanggang Mine), Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China Huaron mines, Huaron mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco department, Peru Hüttenberg, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria Iou Island (Iwo Island; Iou-tou; Satsuma-Iou-jima; Satsuma-Iwojima), Kagoshima Prefecture, Nansei Archipelago, Kyushu Region, Japan Iouriren Mine (AGM Mine; Iourirne Mine), Akka, Tafraout, Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Josheghan-e-Kamoo, Kashan County, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran Kalkspat-Lücke, Giuv Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Kami Mine, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia Kato Nevrokopi basin, Dráma Prefecture, Macedonia Department, Greece Kerrouchene (Kerrouchen), Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Kien Valley, Reichenbach, Kander Valley, Bern, Switzerland Kofu City, Kinpuzan district, Yamanashi prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan Komshejeh Mine (Komshecheh Mine), Komshejeh (Komshecheh), Ardestan County, Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran Kresti Hill, Kato Vrontou, Kato Nevrokopi basin, Dráma Prefecture, Macedonia Department, Greece Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India Kurokami, Sakurajima, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan Lac Mort, Bionaz, Valpelline, Aosta Valley, Italy Lahrmann quarry, Rösenbeck, Brilon, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Lake Co., California, USA Lake Co., Oregon, USA Lake Tahoe, Alpine Co., California, USA Laki (Luki), Rhodope Mtn, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria Landsverk 1 Feldspar Quarry (Jokeli), Landsverk, Evje og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Cascade Range, Shasta Co., California, USA Lattice quartz occurrence ('Gitterquarz-Fundstelle'), Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany Leirdalen, Lom, Oppland, Norway Les O, Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Lidal Mine (Liwali), Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Limestone quarries, Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany Limestone quarry, Lieth, Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Limestone quarry, Medenbach, Breitscheid, Dillenburg District, Hesse, Germany Loreley rock, St Goarshausen, Taunus, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Los Pedreñales, Azaila, Teruel, Aragón, Spain Lucomagno pass (Lukmanier pass), Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Lüneburger Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany Lwówek District, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland Madhya Pradesh, India Maibolte Quarry, Dörentrup, Lemgo, Eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Mallachuma mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia Medel Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Miehlen, Nastätten, Taunus, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Milà Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Miller Mountain Mine (New Coleman Mine; Jimmy Coleman Mine), Blue Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy Mount Fuji, Shizuoka prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA Mt. Storenut, Odda, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway Mysore District, Karnataka, India Naica Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico Nalps Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India National Deep Drilling Project Lieth, Lieth, Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Nawaji mine, Kawazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan Nishiizu, Shizuoka prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan Nuoro Province, Sardinia, Italy Oberalpstock south slope, Strem Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Okutama mine, Okutama-cho, Nishi-Tama-gun, Tokyo Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu Island, Japan Okutama-cho, Nishi-Tama-gun, Tokyo Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu Island, Japan Opal Hill Mine, Mule Mts, Riverside Co., California, USA Ossa river, Sillaro Valley, San Clemente, Bologna province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Oumlil Mine (incl. Oumlil East Mine), Oumlil, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Outjo, Outjo District, Kunene Region, Namibia Pajcha Pata, Esteban Arce Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia Petersen Mountain (Hallelujah Junction [sic]), Hallelujah Junction area, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA Piz Cavardiras, Cavardiras Valley, Russein Valley, Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Piz Rondandura, Rondadura Valley, Medel Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Płóczki Górne, Kaczawskie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland Porticciolo, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy Potosí Mine (El Potosí Mine), Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico Priozersk, Balkhash (Balqash; Karatas; Prebalkhashie) Region, Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan Radau valley, Bad Harzburg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany Rammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany Recklinghausen II mine, Recklinghausen, Ruhr Coal Mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Rhône Glacier, Furka, Furka pass area, Goms, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Rien Valley, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland Ringedal, Odda, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Rock Corral, Mineral Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA Rondadura Valley, Medel Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Rotwichel, Giuv Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Różana (Wołek; Kotek; Miłek Hill), Nowy Kościół, Kaczawskie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland Sakkabira, Osumi Peninsula, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan Sakurajima volcano, Sakurajima, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan Sandstone quarries, Unteralpfen, Görwihl, Waldshut, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Secunda Muotta, Giuv Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Seulo, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy Shiromaru mine (Hakumaru mine), Okutama-cho, Nishi-Tama-gun, Tokyo Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu Island, Japan Sidi Ayed (Sidi Ayad), Boulemane Province, Fès-Boulemane Region, Morocco Sidi Rahal (Sidi Rahhal), El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potosí Department, Bolivia Siskiyou Co., California, USA Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA St Nikolai church, Hamburg, Germany Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Steinkaulenberg (Galgenberg), Idar-Oberstein, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Strzegom (Striegau), Świdnica District, Strzegom-Sobótka Massif, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland Suzaki mine (Susaki mine), Shimoda City, Shizuoka prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan Switzerland Thumb Peak, Palo Verde, Palo Verde District, Palo Verde Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA Tiefenbach, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland Tiny-Arenas Mine, Oridda Valley, Fluminimaggiore, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Tipling Mine, Dhading, Dhading District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal Torsby, Värmland, Sweden Tres Hermanas District, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Turbe Alp (Turben Alp; Turbe), Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Turtle Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA Uffeln Quarry, Ibbenbüren, Steinfurt, Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Union Carbide Christy Vanadium Mine, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA Urnerboden, Klausen pass area, Schächen Valley, Uri, Switzerland Val Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Vein 12, Tadaout, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Vizille, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France Volodarsk-Volynskii (Volodars'k-Volyns'kyy; Wolodarsk-Wolynskii), Zhytomyr Oblast' (Zhitomir Oblast'), Ukraine Voßberg, Wallenhorst, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany Weiken quarry, Kallenhardt, Rüthen, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Xanthi, Xánthi Prefecture, Thraki Department (Thrace; Thracia), Greece Yanda, Kawazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan Yugawara Hot Spring, Yugawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu Island, Japan
	Which Order Most Recent First Oldest Photos First By Mineral Name/Photo Title By Locality Name By Region Name Most Viewed First Least Viewed First Most Recently Viewed Least Recently Viewed	Which Mineral All Actinolite Actinolite-Ferro-actinolite Series Actinolite-Tremolite Series Agate Albite-Anorthite Series Amethyst Anorthite Azurite Baryte Calcite Celestine Chalcedony Chalcopyrite Chert Citrine Cristobalite Epidote Group Fire Agate Flint Fluorite Fuchsite Galena Garnet Gold Hematite Heulandite Iris Agate Iris Quartz Jasper K Feldspar Lechatelierite Malachite Mordenite Muscovite Opal Pietersite Prase Prasiolite Pyrite Quartz Quartzine Rock Crystal Ruby Smoky Quartz Stilbite Sulphur Vanadinite Wavellite Zoisite	Keyword(s)

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