Home Page
Log In
Message Board
The Mindat Directory
Register
Search Pages
Chat Now! (2 online)
Mindat Auctions
Loading...
Ben Kirchner's Mindat Home Page
My Page
My Photos
My Favourites
Contact Me
Ben Kirchner's Mindat Page
Registered member since 25th May 2009
Ben Kirchner has uploaded:
20 Mineral Photos
3 Locality Photos
Howdy there,
Thanks for checking out my Mindat page. Hopefully soon I will have some more nice pictures up here and make this page look a little better.
I'm a Tucson native, the son of a son of an Arizonan, and Arizona minerals are my favorite to collect. I am particularly interested in rare, small metallic xtls - copper-leads like caledonite, diaboleite, murdochite, and rarer ones if I can get them:) also copper secondaries like cuprite, azurite, and any AZ type locality species. My favorite mine is the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger, and Bisbee, Grand Reef, Rowley, the Grandview, and other AZ mines all are of great interest. I have some nice stuff from other areas, like Tsumeb, so if anyone would like to trade me your nice AZ pieces I might have something that you want!
I'm striving to learn microscopy for crystal ID and photography as well. I have a cheap but effective 7x-112.5x zoom microscope that I just got in Augusut, 2009. When I am not in school or doing homework, as I'm preparing to undertake a major in mining engineering mineralogy, I'm studying minerals under the scope and in the literature! My favorite mineral book is Mineralogy of Arizona, and of course my favorite website is mindat.org!
Write me a note if you want to talk about AZ minerals! I'm relatively inexperienced compared to a lot of people, but my enthusiasm I hope more than makes up for that. Take care and thanks for visiting!
Ben Kirchner
Ben's Favourites
This page lists Ben's favourite minerals, localities, mindat.org members and photos. All lists in alphabetical order.
Favourite Minerals
Ashburtonite
Caledonite
Cuprite
Diaboleite
Lautenthalite
Linarite
Murdochite
Favourite Localities
Grand View Mine (Last Chance Mine; No. 1 Pat claim 3591; No. 5 Pat claim 3592a; No. 4 Pat claim 3592a; Canyon Copper Mine; Grand Canyon Mine), Cape Royal, Horseshoe Mesa, Grand Canyon National Park, Grandview District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Favourite Members' Home Pages
Ben has not added any yet.
Favourite Photos
No photos listed for this search option.
If you have entered a specific search you may be able to change the options on the form to show more photos. If you have not made any changes, this mindat.org member has not uploaded any photos.
Ben Kirchner's Blog
A blog is a series of personal articles recorded in date-order somewhat like diary entries. You can use your blog to keep track of your collecting adventures, your purchases, your thoughts and ideas, anything that you think other mindat.org members would be interested to read about. Other members can leave comments after your blog entry, but you can delete any comments you find inappropriate.
Ben Kirchner's Articles
Articles are pages created by you to share with other mindat.org users. These may be serious (a formal scientific article) or personal (you could write an article about your collecting adventures, or about your artistic creations). You can work on your articles in private until you are ready to publish them. The best articles will be promoted throughout the site.
Unlike Blog Entries, you can continue to edit your articles if they have been published (should you find new information, for example).
Contact Ben Kirchner
Use this form to send a message to Ben Kirchner. Please don't use this message to send commercial messages or adverts of any kind. Messages are logged and complaints will be dealt with! To ensure you are not a robot, please make sure you fill in the 'captcha' (the distorted words in the box at the bottom) or your message will not be sent.
Your Name
Your Email
Message
Validation
Ben Kirchner's Photos
You can use this search form to find photos in Ben'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
Bagdad Mine (Bagdad Copper Corp. Mine; Cyprus Bagdad Copper Co. Mine), Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Blue Bell claims (Hard Luck claims), Baker area, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Chief of Dome claim (Douglas claim), 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
Grand Reef Mine (Aravaipa Mine; Lead Jewel; Joe Rubal Mine; Vivian Mine; Calistoga Mining & Development Co. Mine; Bringham Silver and Lead Mine), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Lion Springs area, Elephant Mountain, Wikieup area, Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Morenci Mine (Morenci pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine; Morenci-Metcalf), Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ojuela Mine, MapimÃ, Mun. de MapimÃ, Durango, Mexico
Reward Mine, Manzanar Station area, Inyo Mts, Inyo Co., California, 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
Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine group (Costello claims), Gleeson, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
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
Almandine-Spessartine Series
Azurite
Caledonite
Chalcotrichite
Cumengeite
Diaboleite
Leadhillite
Mimetite
Pyrargyrite
Pyromorphite
Rosasite
Tsumebite
Wulfenite
Keyword(s)
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!
Activate Your Page
- Your page will not be shown online until this is checked.
Page Title (max 50 characters)
(for example 'Jolyon's Mindat Home Page')
Your Page
Top Image
- Default -
259912 - Diaboleite
255693 - Cumengeite
252282 - Pyrargyrite
252269 - Mimetite
252267 - Leadhillite
257443 - Far-off View of Collecting Area
256275 - Almandine-Spessartine Series
252278 - Rosasite
252273 - Azurite
249972 - Caledonite
247934 - Caledonite
252280 - Pyromorphite
252279 - Caledonite
252266 - Chalcotrichite
252264 - Tsumebite
260613 - Diaboleite
260612 - Diaboleite
260610 - Diaboleite
260549 - Wulfenite
258510 - Caledonite
258508 - Caledonite
257462 - At the Collecting Site
257449 - Closer to the Collecting Area
Select the photo you want shown at the top of your page. Note we only allow you to select from the 50 photos in your collection with the highest rating - so go and update your images with your personal rating to make sure you can select them here.
Contact Form
- check this box if you want to add a secure contact form for people to get in touch with you.
Mineral
and/or Locality
www.mindat.org
Web
Loading...