Nik's Favourites

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

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Nik Nikiforou's Photos

You can use this search form to find photos in Nik'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 Amatitlán, Mun. de Zumpango del Rio, Guerrero, Mexico Beryl-Scheelite deposit, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China Bor Pit (Boron Pit; Bor Quarry), Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Bou Azzer, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania Cumberland Mine, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia Dexing Cu-Mo-Au ore field, Dexing Co., Shangrao Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China Dongshan Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Fanwood Quarry (Fanwood Stone Crushing and Quarry Co. Quarry; Fanwood Crushed Stone Co. Quarry; Scotch Plains Quarry; Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China Fujian Province, China Guangdong Province, China Hammam-Zriba Mine, Hammam-Zriba, Djebel Guebli, Tunisia Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile Jiangxi Province, China Kangjiawan Pb-Zn-Ag-Au deposit, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Kavalerovo Mining District, Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Southern area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Machów mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland Mibladen Mine, Mibladene (Mibladen; Mibladan; Miblanden), Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Mibladene (Mibladen; Mibladan; Miblanden), Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Morenci Mine (Morenci pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine; Morenci-Metcalf), Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA Moscona Mine, Solís, Llanera, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain Mount Ida Mountain Mine, Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA Mt Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Nagar (Nagir), Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan Navegadora Mine (Navegador Mine; Orozimbo Mine), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK 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 Sandaré, Nioro du Sahel Circle, Kayes Region, Mali Selleck Road Locality (Selleck Road tremolite locality), West Pierrepont, St Lawrence Co., New York, USA Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Tampa Bay, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida, USA Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Tepetate, Mun. de Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Tomokoni mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Walworth Quarry (Dolomite Products Co. Inc. Quarry), Walworth, Wayne Co., New York, USA Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska, USA Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Zagi Mountain (Zegi), Mulla Ghori, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
	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 Aegirine Almandine Amethyst Arsenopyrite Azurite Baryte Bertrandite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Cassiterite Celestine Cerussite Chalcedony Chalcopyrite Chrysocolla Epidote Ferberite Fluorite Hematite Heterogenite Hübnerite Jamesonite Magnetite Microcline Mimetite Opal-AN Prase Prehnite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz Rhodochrosite Riebeckite Scheelite Siderite Skutterudite Spessartine Sphalerite Stannite Topaz Uvite Vanadinite Vivianite Wavellite Wulfenite	Keyword(s)

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