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You can use this search form to find photos in Maurice de'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 Achterhoek, Gelderland, Netherlands Allt a'Mhuillin, Loch Borrolan, Assynt, North West Highlands (Sutherland), Scotland, UK Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Druogno, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Anna Mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Auriol Mine, Sampeyre, Varaita Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy Baryte quarry, Fleurus, Charleroi, Hainaut (Henegouwen; Hennegau) Province, Belgium Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Bílina coal mine, Bílina (Bilin), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Boekelo, Overijssel, Netherlands Bologna Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Carr Boyd Rocks Ni mine (Carr Boyd Ni mine), Goongarrie, Kalgoorlie-Boulder City, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia, Australia Christian-Levin Mine, Essen, Ruhr Coal Mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Cínovec / Zinnwald (Cinvald), Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory Mts, Saxony & Ústí Region (Bohemia; Böhmen; Boehmen), Germany & Czech Republic Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Clear Creek claim (Clear Creek Mine), New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA Cligga Head, Perranzabuloe, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK Cook's Kitchen Mine, Carn Brea and Tincroft United Mine, Carn Brea area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK Crevoladossola quarry, Crevoladossola, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Darwin area, Darwin District, Inyo Co., California, USA Diabazovoye REE-Be Deposit, Zhitkovitschskii, Homyel' (Gomel) Province, Belarus Djebel Nador, Constantine Province, Algeria El Cobre Mine, Santiago de Cuba, Sierra Maestra Mts, Oriente Province, Cuba El Hammam Mine (El Hamman Mine), Mount Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Emma mine, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Netherlands Ewald Mine, Recklinghausen, Ruhr Coal Mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Folgosinho Quarry, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District, Portugal Galena Mine, Osburn, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA Garpenberg Norra (North) Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna, Sweden Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK Georg Mine, Willroth, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Gozaisho mine, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Grythyttan, Hällefors, Västmanland, Sweden Hendrik-Emma dumps, Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands Hizen-cho, Higashi-Matsuura-gun, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan Høgetveit (Høgtveit), Evje og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway Hudson Bay Mine (H.B. Mine), Salmo, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada Illutalik (Igdlutalik) Island, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland Imilchil, High Atlas Mts, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Ostrov, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Jas Roux, Pelvoux Mt., Valgaudemar, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Jetty Oasis, Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica Julia Mine, Herne, Ruhr Coal Mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Junnila mine, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA Kaber's pit, Pokhabikha River Valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia Kapka, Remetské Hámre, Southern Vihorlat Mts, Košice Region, Slovakia Karasu granite pegmatite, Turkestan Range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan Kedrovyi alkaline Massif, Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia Kedykverpakhk Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine Korshunovskoye (Korzunovskoe; Korzhunovska; Korshunovskiy) Iron mine, Zheleznogorsk, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia Lac des Iles Mine, Roby Zone, Lac des Iles Complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Lillie Marleen Camp, Everett Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Mangabeira deposit, Monte Alegre de Goiás, Goiás, Central-West Region, Brazil Marmorny Nunatak, Dygalski Mts, Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Dodoma Region, Tanzania Mayskaya coal mine, Shakhty, Rostov Region (Rostov Oblast'; Rostovskaja Oblast'), Russia Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia Modoto (Bain Mod; Bajan Mod), Modotin, Mongolia Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 channel, Monument Valley, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache Co., Arizona, USA Moss mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden Mount Phillips, Malta Plateau, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica Mount Victory Well, Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica Mutnovsky volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Småland, Sweden Novofrolovskoye B-Cu deposit, Turjinsk, Turya river, Krasnoturjinsk (Bogolovsk; Krasnotur'insk; Krasnoturyinsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia Osterfeld Mine, Oberhausen, Ruhr Coal Mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Otratnaya Nunatak, Northern Gruber Mts, Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica Pico das Almas River, Paramirim das Crioulas, Érico Cardoso (old Água Quente), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil Poggio San Vittore asbestos mine, Balangero - Corio area, Lanzo Massif, Lanzo Valley, Sesia-Lanzo zone, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy Prehnite Hill, Litell Rocks, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France Sätra Mine, Doverstorp ore field, Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden Saxony, Germany Schoeller Mine (Schöller Mine), Kladno, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Sivec mine, Kavadar, Republic of Macedonia Slag localities, Waitschach, Hüttenberg, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy Spatulate Ridge Camp, Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Salta, Argentina Tonopah-Belmont Mine (East Vulture Mine; Belmont-McNeil Mine; Economy Mining Co. Mine), Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA Trumbull Peak, Incline, Mariposa Co., California, USA Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Uranium Mine No. 16, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Uranium Mine No. 21, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia Valgraveglia Mine (Gambatesa Mine), Reppia, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne (Plombières-Altenberg) District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Wheal Charlotte, Charlotte United Mines, Perranuthnoe, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Edward, Botallack, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Muttrall (Wheal Muttrell), Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Carn Brea area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Phoenix (Phoenix United Mine; West Phoenix Mine), Linkinhorne, Caradon & Phoenix Area (South-Eastern Bodmin Moor), Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK Žeravice, South Moravia Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Zheleznyi Rog (Zheleznaya balka), Anapa, Taman Peninsula, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia
	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 Allactite Anapaite Arsenopyrite Atencioite Babingtonite Bahianite Balangeroite Barysilite Baryte Bassanite Baumhauerite Benavidesite Benyacarite Bismuthinite Bismutoferrite Bournonite Byelorussite-(Ce) Calciborite Carlosturanite Carrboydite Caryochroite Cassiterite Čejkaite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Chalcocite Chromphyllite Connellite Copper Cotunnite Dickite Diopside Dolomite Dundasite Dussertite Eckermannite Edgarbaileyite Edoylerite Emeleusite Ezcurrite Fencooperite Fluorite Freibergite Galena Gallite Ganophyllite Geminite Goethite Halite Hartite Hemimorphite Ice Kenyaite Kimuraite-(Y) Koktaite Libethenite Lintisite Magnetite Magniotriplite Malachite Manganogrunerite Melanterite Mercury Millerite Mogovidite Molybdenite Montroseite Montroydite Nacrite Nambulite Natisite Nitrobarite Obsidian Osmium Papagoite Parapierrotite Paraspurrite Pascoite Pentlandite Petrified Wood Pinakiolite Potassicrichterite Prehnite Proustite Pucherite Pyrite Quartz Rock Crystal Sahlinite Scheelite Schorl Schreyerite Scolecite Selenian Sulphur Shabynite Shannonite Siderazot Skutterudite Smithsonite Spencerite Sperrylite Spessartine Sphalerite Spheniscidite Spinel Steigerite Strontiojoaquinite Sulphur Swedenborgite Tektite Telluronevskite Tombarthite-(Y) Topaz Torbernite Tritomite-(Ce) Tugtupite Tungstenite Vauquelinite Vigezzite Violarite Vishnevite Wattersite Wenkite Wolframite Yanomamite Yoderite Yvonite	Keyword(s)

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