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Paul Nicholson's Photos

You can use this search form to find photos in Paul'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 Locality Photos Other Photos	Which Locality All Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), East Allendale, North Pennines, Northumberland, England, UK Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Aughamore Quarry (Maye Quarry), Aughamore, Co. Sligo, Ireland Barstow's Trench, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Beckermet Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Bigrigg Mine, Bigrigg, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Blue Circle Cement Quarry, Eastgate, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Boldut Mine, Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Brandy Bottle Incline (Brandybottle Mine), Old Gang Mines, Reeth, Swaledale, North Pennines, North Yorkshire, England, UK Broadwood Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Bunker Hill Mine (Tyler; Stemwinder; Bunker Hill and Sullivan; Bunker Chance Mine), Bunker Hill Properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA Cambokeels Mine (Cammock Isle Mine; Cumnock Isle Mine; Cammock Eals Mine), Westgate, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Crich Quarry, Crich, Derbyshire, England, UK Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia Dale Head Mine, Newlands Valley, Braithwaite District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Danburitovaya pegmatite vein, Malkhan pegmatite field (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia Darra-i-Pech (Darra-e-Pech) Pegmatite Field, Nangarhar (Ningarhar) Province, Afghanistan Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Driggith Opencut (Roughton South Vein), Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Eagle Crag Mine, Patterdale, Ullswater, South Eastern Region (Westmorland), Cumbria, England, UK Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK George and Charlotte Mine, Devon & Cornwall United Mines, Morwellham, Tavistock Hamlets, Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK Glenarm, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Callington District, Cornwall, England, UK Haile Moor Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Hilton Mine, Scordale, Hilton, Escarpment District, North Pennines, South Eastern Region (Westmorland), Cumbria, England, UK Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA Hull Mine, Hull Mine group (Rialto Mine group; Hull group of claims; Rialto claims), Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA Iron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India Kandivali Quarry, Malad, Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India Kingman District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA Le Queyron, Saint-Véran, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Mawi pegmatite, Laghman (Lagman; Nuristan) Province, Afghanistan Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Milldam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, England, UK Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA Moonen Bay, Dunvegan, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Nagar (Nagir), Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England, UK Pallaflat Mine, Bigrigg, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Penberthy Croft Mine (Wheal Fancy), St Hilary, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Potts Gill, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Puzzler Mine (Puzzler claim), Adams Mine group (Adams claims), Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Rotherhope Fell Mine (Rodderup Fell Mine), Black Burn Area, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Saddleback Old Mine, Blencathra, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico Sapo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Sarbaiskoe deposit (Sarbai; Sarbay Mine), Qostaney Oblysy (Kostanai [Kustany] Oblast'), Kazakhstan Sgurr nam Boc, Glen Brittle, Minginish, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan Sichuan Province, China Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan Stari Trg Mine, Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA Taff's Well Quarry, Taff's Well, Cardiff (Mid Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK Talisker Bay, Talisker, Carbost, Minginish, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, UK Tazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Threlkeld Mine, Threlkeld, Threlkeld District, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, South Tynedale, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK U.S. Borax Open Pit, U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico Violet claims, Wah Wah Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa West Pastures Mine, Stanhope, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
	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 Albite Alstonite Analcime Anglesite Ankerite Apophyllite Apophyllite-(KOH) Aquamarine Aragonite Augelite Axinite-(Mn) Baryte Beryl Calcite Cerussite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Datolite Dolomite Duftite Dundasite Elbaite Ettringite Fluorite Galena Gaudefroyite Gmelinite Gonnardite Hausmannite Hematite Kunzite Linarite Malachite Mimetite Mimetite-Pyromorphite Series Mixite Muscovite Plumbogummite Pyrite Pyromorphite Quartz Rosasite Scheelite Scholzite Schorl Smithsonite Specularite Sphalerite Stilbite Vanadinite Wendwilsonite Wulfenite	Keyword(s)

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