Michael's Favourites

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

Michael Otto's Blog

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Michael Otto's Articles

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Unlike Blog Entries, you can continue to edit your articles if they have been published (should you find new information, for example).

Michael Otto's Photos

You can use this search form to find photos in Michael'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 Bates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Biermann (Bethel) quarries, Bethel, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA Case quarries, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA Green's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA Jinny Hill Mine (Cheshire Barite Mine), Cheshire, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Kyanite locality (Judds Bridge locality), Washington, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA Lebanon Malley Quarry, Watnong Mtn, Morris Plains, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA Minas Gerais, Brazil Morris, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA New England Mining Company Quarry (Roebling Mine; Hewitt's Mine), Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Old Mine Park (Lane’s Mine of Trumbull; Hubbard Mine; Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA Redding (Reading), Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA Roxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA Simpson Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Thomaston, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA West Redding grossular locality, Redding (Reading), Fairfield 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 Albite Almandine Aquamarine Beryl Biotite Calcite Chalcedony Chlorite Group Chlorophane Clinozoisite Clinozoisite-Epidote Series Dravite Epidote Fluorite Grossular Kyanite Malachite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Scapolite Schorl Siderite Smoky Quartz Tourmaline Tremolite	Keyword(s)

Michael Otto's Sponsored Pages

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Collection Catalogue

You can now catalogue your mineral collection using our free mineral catalogue system on mindat.org.

It has many great advantages over a traditional application.

• It's free to use
• Your data is secure and backed-up
• Localities and mineral names easily checked against mindat.org database
• Your data is private - only you can view your catalouge information
• You can access your catalogue from any computer connected to the internet, or even an internet-enabled phone
• Link in your mindat photos
• Export your catalogue at any time (CSV format) to keep a local copy on your computer or to use with other software
• (Coming Soon) Print your own catalogue labels, box labels (TN, Micromount, etc) direct from mindat.org

Click here to start your collection catalogue

Create and Edit your Mindat Page

You're free to add your own content to your page, but please be aware of the following rules:

1. No advertising (you can, within reason, mention who you work for or that you are a mineral dealer. But make it a personal page, not an advert).
2. No offensive, extreme, abusive, racist, defamatory, rude, creationist or other unwelcome content. Please report any abuse to the management.
3. Do not type in ALL UPPER CASE LETTERS. Caps Lock is not your friend.
4. All content is added subject to approval and may be rejected or edited without warning by the editors.

If you don't want to have a public page, simply don't fill in the information on this page and you'll keep the basic page. Have fun!

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