Paul's Favourites

This page lists Paul's favourite minerals, localities, mindat.org members and photos. All lists in alphabetical order.

Paul Gilmore's Blog

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Paul Gilmore's Articles

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Published Articles

Article Title	Last Revision Date
Top Ten Nutritional Supplements for Collecting Trips	24th Jul 2008
Worst Ten Excuses for Being Apprehended in an Off-Limits Collecting Spot	22nd Nov 2007
Top Ten Qualities in a Collecting Partner	19th Nov 2007
Top Ten Bad Dreams for a Mineral Collector	19th Nov 2007
Top Ten Reasons to Wrap Up a Field Trip and Head Home	19th Nov 2007
Top Ten Things You Shouldn't Say to Another Mineral Collector	19th Nov 2007
Top Ten Reasons to Divulge Locality Information to Another Collector	19th Nov 2007
Top Ten Gifts for the Serious Mineral Collector	8th Dec 2007
Our Mineral Afflictions	19th Nov 2007
A Mineral to Call My Own	19th Nov 2007
Rock, Paper, Scissors	19th Nov 2007
"Barf" Datolite	19th Nov 2007
Pre Hibernation Collecting	19th Nov 2007
"Ladder Day" Collecting	19th Nov 2007
Colorado Collecting Trip	19th Nov 2007

Paul Gilmore'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 Locality Photos Other Photos	Which Locality All Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA B.B. #7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Becker Quarry (Becker's Quarry), West Willington, Willington, Tolland Co., Connecticut, USA Berry-Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA C-line Quarry, Porter, Gray's Harbor Co., Washington, USA Charles Pingree Ledge Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Cheapside Quarry, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA Condon Quarry, Dracut, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Dracut, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Estes Quarry, Baldwin, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA Five Mile Quarry, Porter, Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA Gilman Notch, Ossipee, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA Hamm and Weeks Quarry (Province Lake Quarry), Wakefield, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA Hollister Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Keating Quarry, Lunenburg, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA Lane & Sons Traprock quarries, Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA Lane's Quarry, Northfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA Lee Lime mine (Lee Lime quarry), Lee, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA Lunenburg, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA Moosup, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA Mt Belvidere Mines (Vermont Asbestos Company Mines; Vermont Asbestos Group Mines; VAG Mine; Rubberoid Asbestos Mines), Lowell & Eden Mills, Lamoille & Orleans Cos., Vermont, USA Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Northfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA Notch Quarry, Granby, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Oakville Quarries, Oakville, Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo #1 pegmatite), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA Purple Passion Mine (Diamond Joe Mine; Cuprite Mine), Red Picacho District, Wickenburg area, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA Reed's Gap Quarry, Wallingford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Roncari quarry (Tilcon quarry), East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Scribner Ledge Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Slocum Quarry, East Hampton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA Square One Mall, Saugus, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA Strickland Quarry, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA Tilcon Capaldi quarry (Warren Brothers quarry; Bluestone quarry), Acushnet, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA Torrington, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA Webster prospects (Sanford vesuvianite locality; Goodall Farm prospect; Webster vesuvianite prospect), Sanford, York Co., Maine, USA Woodbury traprock quarry (Orenaug Quarries; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
	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 Apatite-(CaF) Apophyllite Apophyllite-(KF) Babingtonite Baryte Beryl Beryllonite Calcite Chabazite Childrenite-Eosphorite Series Columbite Datolite Elbaite Fluorite Harmotome Heliodor Heulandite Lepidolite Manganese-bearing Apatite-(CaF) Microlite Mimetite Molybdenite Muscovite Pectolite Phosphosiderite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rose Quartz Schorl Spodumene Stilbite Thomsonite Thomsonite-Ca Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon	Keyword(s)

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