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Arøya (Arö; Store Arøya), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
Van King
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Van King is from Skowhegan, Maine, USA. He graduated with an B.A. from the University of Maine at Orono in Earth Science. He was an environmental geologist and school teacher and returned to the State University of New York and received an M.S. in Geochemistry specializing in granite pegmatites of Newry, Maine. He entered the Ph. D. program at the State University of New York researching mica structures and synthesis and is ABD. In 1979 through 1987, he was staff mineralogist for Ward's Natural Science Establishment and then became a professional mineralogical consultant and scientific writer and continues in that capacity.
He has been a columnist and editor of Rocks and Minerals magazine and an editor for Matrix, vice-president of the Friends of Mineralogy national chapter, board member of the Canadian Micromineralogists Association, president and fellow of the Mineral Section of Rochester Academy of Science, co-chairman of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, founder, secretary, and vice-president of the Geoliterary Society, founder of the Systematic Mineral Dealer's Association, chairman of the Mineral Critical Areas Program. He has written, co-authored, or edited 16 mineralogical books, including Dana's System of Mineralogy, eighth edition, Mineralogy of Maine (2 volumes), and Bernard and Hyrsyl's Handbook of Mineralogy. He was outside editor and contributor to volumes 4 and 5 of the Handbook of Mineralogy. He has over 225 peer reviewed articles. He has two books in press and 1 near completion with four others in research.
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Paramelaconite
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Cu
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Cu
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O
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Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Black paramelaconite crystal 1 mm. Ex AMNH
© Van King
Photo ID: 203641 View Count: 191
Adamite
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Zn
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(AsO
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Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Sample crystallized with 6x5x4cm - December of 2005
© Martins da Pedra
Photo ID: 68338 View Count: 266
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"In der Ahl" Quarry, Hochsimmer volcano, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
185th Street & Harlem Speedway, Manhattan Island, Manhattan (New York Co.), New York City, New York, USA
7U7 Ranch (7-U-7 Ranch), Bagdad Mine area, Hillside, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Abija N. Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry), Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA
Almond Formation Locality, Rock Springs, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA
Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Northeast Region, Brazil
Apache Mine (Defiance Mine; Defiance Lead Mine; Apache Vanadium Mine; Defiance vein; Vanadium shaft), Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway
Arøya (Arö; Store Arøya), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
Ashley Mine, Matachewan, Bannockburn Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Aughamore Quarry (Maye Quarry), Aughamore, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Bell Pit (Bell Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Beryllonite Locality, Stoneham, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Bjellåsen, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK
Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Blue Bell claims (Hard Luck claims), Section 2; T13N; R7E (SB), Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton quarry; Whitcomb quarry; Hildreth quarry), Bolton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA
Booker West Quarry, Bowdoin, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA
Brack Gem Prospect (Brack Prospect), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
Braens Quarry, Hawthorne, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Broome Prospect, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Buffalo Road Quarry, North Gates, Monroe Co., New York, USA
Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Cameroon pegmatite, Goabeb 63 farm, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
Cape Neddick, York, York Co., Maine, USA
Castellaccio di Petrignano, Vetralla, Vico Lake, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy
Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
Chestnut Flats Mine, Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
Churchill, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK
Chute prospect, Casco, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA
Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Commercial quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Cornwall Mines, Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Criminoso claim, Água Boa, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Cromford, Matlock, Derbyshire, England, UK
Crooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries (includes former Crooker Quarry; Blue Pit; Plumbago Prospects; Grand Canyon prospect; Martin Prospect; Big Blue Prospect; Vandelight Ledge Prospect; Stanley Prospect; several unnamed prospects), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Davis Quarry, Dungannon Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
Deer Park No. 2 Mine, Penland, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
Dennis Hill locality (Litchfield sodalite locality), Litchfield, Kennebec Co., Maine, USA
Deo Gratias Mine, La Cienega, Mun. de Pitiquito, Sonora, Mexico
Diamond Ledge Locality, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
E.E. Smith Quarries (Smith Quarry; Bullock Quarry), Alexandria, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Edison-Bodnar quarry, Rudeville, Hardyston Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra de Los Lamentos), Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
Eta-Etu, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Fanny Gouge Mine (Spruce Pine Mica Company No. 10 Mine), Micaville, Celo, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA
Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA
Fjærland Tunnel, Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA
Frank Perham prospect, Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Furka basis tunnel (west section), Oberwald, Goms, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Gap Lode Pegmatite, Unorganized District, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA
Gin Cove, Perry, Washington Co., Maine, USA
Gleeson, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Glove Mine (Sunrise Mine), Glove Mine group (Zombie & Zeco claims; Festiago-Franklin; Blacksmith adit), Devil's Cash Box ridge, Amado, Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
Gouge Mine (Googe Mine), Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
Government Pit (Government Gravel Pits), Albany, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA
Groves Quarry (Hole in the Ground Quarry), Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
Gun Claim, MacMillian Pass, Itsy Mts, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Hamm and Weeks Quarry (Province Lake Quarry), Wakefield, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA
Hamrefjell, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway
Harding Mine (Harding pegmatite), Picuris District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA
Havey #1 & #2 Quarries, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA
Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Somerset, England, UK
Hiltveit 1 Feldspar Quarry (Grasdalen), Hilltveit (Hiltveit), Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway
Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Iragna, Lodrino, Riviera, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
J.G. Gole Quarry, Madawaska, Murchison Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada
Jaguaraçu pegmatite (José Miranda mine; José Pinto mine; Carneirinho mine), Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Jas Roux, Pelvoux Mt., Valgaudemar, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
John Oliver locality (Oliver trench), Middle Moat Mt. locality (Moat Mountain), Hale's Location, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA
Johnny Lyon Hills, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Kavir-e-Sagand, Saghand (Sagand; Saqand), Yazd Province, Iran
Kelly Mine, Randsburg, Rand District, Kern Co., California, USA
Kennecott, Nizina District, Valdez-Cordova Borough, Alaska, USA
Kinglet Prospect, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway
Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
La Speranza (Pisani's Quarry), San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Lane Quarry, Northfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
Lawson Mine, Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA
Leduc Mine, St-Pierre-de-Wakefield, Wakefield Township, Gatineau Co., Québec, Canada
Leonard Mine, Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Lincoln Quarry (Beamsville Quarry), Beamsville, Clinton Township, Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA
Littleton Hospital construction site, Littleton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Lookout Quarry, Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Loring Cove, Perry, Washington Co., Maine, USA
M. T. pit No. 1, Thompson Peak, Plumas Co., California, USA
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Merrivale Quarry, Princetown, Central Dartmoor, Dartmoor & Teign Valley District, Devon, England, UK
Milgun Station, Western Australia, Australia
Mina Las Mojarras, Tanti, Punilla Department, Córdoba, Argentina
Mineral Claim 790 Pegmatite, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Brussilof mine (Bay Mag Mine), Radium Hot Springs, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Mt Belvidere Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA
Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
MW claim, Screw Creek, Cassiar Mts, Watson Lake Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Old 20 Mine (Carolina Mineral Company #20 Mine), Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
Overlook Quarry (Atlas Feldspar Company Quarry; Atlas Quarry), Overlook, Saratoga Co., New York, USA
Øvstebø, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway
Pahau River, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Parker Mountain Pegmatite Quarry (Buzzo Quarry; Buzzo Mine), Parker Mt, Strafford, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, USA
Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Pohndorf mine, Toll Mountain, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA
Poorman Mine, Banner District, Boise Co., Idaho, USA
Posey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Princess Sodalite Quarry (Princess Quarry), Dungannon Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
Prospect Park Quarry (Sowerbutt Quarry; Vandermade Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry), Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
Qiaojia, Qiaojia Co., Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Rancho Coyamito (La Fortuna Claim), Sierra del Gallego, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Red Hill quarries, Rumford, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Richmond Soapstone Quarry (Harris Quarry), Richmond, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA
Richmond-Sitting Bull Mine, Galena District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA
Rose Quartz Crystal Locality (Pegmatite 24), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Route 105 road cut, Appleton, Knox Co., Maine, USA
Route 13 roadcut, Chittenango Falls, Fenner Township, Madison Co., New York, USA
Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos patented claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Ruggles mine, Grafton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Hunedoara Co., Romania
Salistone Mine ("Shining Stone Mine"; "Okuta-didan Mine"), Jos Plateau, Plateau State, Nigeria
Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany
Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise Co., Idaho, USA
Scotty Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Slobrekka (Frikstad 7) pegmatite, Frikstad (Frigstad), Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway
Spodumene Brook Prospects, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Suishoyama pegmatite (Suishouyama; Suisyoyama; Suishyoyama), Iizaka (Iisaka) Village, Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein (Scar Vein); Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK
Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Swift River Gold locality, Byron, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Symmes Pond Syenite, Straw Hill, Newfield, York Co., Maine, USA
Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
The Slide, Gilead, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Timberlands Lithium Pegmatite Prospect, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Tin mine, Altenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Tonopah District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia
Tungsten Hills, Tungsten Hills District (Bishop District), Inyo Co., California, USA
Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Villa Hermosa, Sonora, Mexico
Voron'i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Walworth Quarry (Dolomite Products Co. Inc. Quarry), Walworth, Wayne Co., New York, USA
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Wheeler Quarries, Gilead, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia
White Elephant Mine, Cicero Peak, Pringle, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Willis Mountain Mine, Sprouses Corner, Farmville District, Buckingham Co., Virginia, USA
Ytterby, Resarö, Vaxholm, Uppland, Sweden
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Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
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Cryptomelane
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Iodargyrite
Kaolinite
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Orthoclase
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Paradamite
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Paramelaconite
Paulkerrite
Perite
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Phenakite
Phuralumite
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Pierrotite
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Pseudolaueite
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Samsonite
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Thorogummite
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Uralolite
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Vanadinite
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Walentaite
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Yttrogummite
Yttrotantalite-(Y)
Zaïrite
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