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You can use this search form to find photos in Joachim'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 Acherwiese, Schönbrunn, Wunsiedel, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany Altemann Rock, Sehringen, Badenweiler Pb mining District, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Anderson Mine (Date Creek project; U-V Mine; Uranium-Air Mine), Date Creek Basin, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia Asker, Akershus, Norway Baia de Aries (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK Basalt quarry, Espalion, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées, France Beryller, Abichl Alp - Beryller area, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria Bölet, Undenäs, Karlsborg, Västergötland, Sweden Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy Burgum Alp, Vizze Valley (Pfitsch valley), Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Cassandra Mines, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department, Greece Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile 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 Condorcet, Nyons, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France Copper Creek Canyon (Copper Creek), Mammoth, Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Croda Bianca (Weißzint), Pusteria Valley (Puster Valley), Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland Dankoe Mine (Horn Silver Mine), Keremeos, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China Diabase quarry, Tegau, Schleiz, Thuringia, Germany Dora Maira Massif, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy Dos Adriana Mine, Zapallar Mining District, Los Azules area, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile Doucy, La Léchère, Tarentaise valley, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France Eagle Eye Mine, Moore Mine group, New Water District, New Water Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra de Los Lamentos), Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico Etang de Reliez, Lachaux, Puy-Guillaume, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Feilitzsch, Hof, Franconian Forest, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany Finstergrund Mine (Werner adit; Werner vein), Wieden, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Forra di Bulla (Pufels; Pufler Loch; Pufelser Loch), Ortisei (St Ulrich), Siusi Alp (Seis Alp), Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Gibelbach (Gibelsbach; Giebelsbach), Fiesch, Goms, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca Valley, Misox (Mesolcina Valley), Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Goppenstein, Lötschen valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia Gründenwald, St Ulrich, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Hannebacher Ley (Hannebacher Lay), Hannebach, Niederzissen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Heidbach, Solis, Albula Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Heidenbach, Munster, Fecht valley (Munster valley), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Herja Mine (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramures Co., Romania Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA Iron mines, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Amberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany Jeffrey Mine (Jeffrey Quarry), Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond Co., Québec, Canada Johannes Mine, Göpfersgrün, Wunsiedel, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany Junge Kalbe Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central Province, Zambia Kalkhaus Quarry, Dechantsees, Marktredwitz, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany KCA Quarry, San Benito Co., California, USA Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Harz Mts, Thuringia, Germany Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Kriegalp water tunnel, Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany La Combe de la Selle, St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France La Commanderie mine, Le Temple, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile La Faye Mine, La Faye, Grury, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Les Montmins Mine (Ste Barbe vein), Echassières, Ebreuil, Allier, Auvergne, France Leveäniemi Iron mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Lappland, Sweden Limberg quarry, Pargas (Parainen), Turku-Pori, Länsi-Suomen Lääni, Finland Limecrest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA Limestone quarry, Untermurbach, Lenggries, Bad Tölz, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany Ludwig Mine, Adlersbach valley, Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Mallestiger Mittagskogel Mt., Finkenstein, Karawanken Mts, Carinthia, Austria Margaritas #1 Mine, Sierra Peña Blanca, Peña Blanca District, Mun. de Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico Mas-Barbu Quarry, Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France Melker Scharte, Zemmgrund, Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria Mesopotamia 504, Copper Valley, Khorixas, Damaraland District, Kunene Region, Namibia Messerbach (Mässerbach), Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Mont-Roc Mine, Villefranche d'Albigeois, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France Mount Cervandone, Devero Alp (Devero Valley; Val Devero), Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) N'orkpakhk (Niorkpakhk; Nyorkpukhk; N'Yourpakhk) Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Nalps Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Namib Lead Mine (Deblin Mine), Swakopmund, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia Neuglück Mine, Böckelsbach valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Niedermendig, Mendig, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Nikitovka Deposit, Novyy Donbass, Gorlovka, Donets'k Oblast' (Donetsk Oblast'), Ukraine Pereta Mine, Pereta, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy Petersberg Quarry, Petersberg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Pezinok, Malé Karpaty Mts, Bratislava Region, Slovakia Pfeffingen Quarry, Albstadt, Schwäbische Alb Mts, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Piz Miez, Medel Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Piz Vallatscha, Medel Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Plan-du-Lac, St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France Podlipa and Reinera Mines, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen) ore belt, Western Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Point 14.0, Hohenstein, Reichenbach, Bensheim, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany Point 20.0, Katzenstein, Raidelbach, Reichenbach, Bensheim, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany Point 8.0, Borstein, Reichenbach, Bensheim, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada Reinersreuth Quarry (Köhlerloh), Großer Waldstein Mt., Weißenstadt, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany Richtárová, Staré Hory, Špania Dolina ore belt, Starohorské Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Rocca Castellaccio, Ciappanico, Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy Roland Mine, Wölsendorf East District (Wölsendorf - Nabburg District), Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany Ronneburg U deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany Saint-Pierre-du-Cantal, Champagnac, Mauriac, Cantal, Auvergne, France Sandamab pegmatite (Sandamap pegmatite), Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia Saranac Mine (Zircon and Pegmatite Showings), Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway Schellkopf Mt., Brenk, Niederzissen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Schirmeck tunnel, Schirmeck, Bruche valley (Breuch valley), Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Schloditz, Plauen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany Schrimpf basalt works, Herbstein, Vogelsberg, Hesse, Germany Scópi Mt., Medel Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany Slag locality, St Gertraudi, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria Söllnkar, Krimmler Ache valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria Tre Croci, Vetralla, Vico Lake, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia Umbal valley, Virgen valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria Upper Cavrein Alp, Gronda da Cavrein Valley, Russein Valley, Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Vetralla, Vico Lake, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy Wanni glacier - Scherbadung Mt. (Cervandone Mt.) area, Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Zollverein Mine, Essen, Ruhr Coal Mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Zufurt Quarry (Zufuhrt Quarry), Tröstau, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
	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 Adularia Anatase Apatite Apatite-(CaF) Apophyllite Arsenocrandallite Arsenogorceixite Atacamite Axinite Baryte Bastnäsite-(Ce) Berthierite Bertrandite Bismuth Boulangerite Brenkite Bromian Chlorargyrite Cacoxenite Cafarsite Canavesite Cerussite Cervandonite-(Ce) Chabazite Chalcopyrite Cinnabar Clinobisvanite Cobaltkoritnigite Copper Cowlesite Cuprite Cyprine Danburite Denisovite Dolomite Dravite Duftite Dussertite Elyite Euclase Eulytine Fluorite Fornacite Fourmarierite Francevillite Galena Gartrellite Gerdtremmelite Gold Gormanite Grossular Helvite Hydromagnesite Illite Imhofite Inderite Iodargyrite Jamesite Jarandolite Jeromite Kanemite Kermesite Langite Libethenite Loparite-(Ce) Magnetite Makatite Malachite Mallestigite Manganite Margaritasite Marshite Metatorbernite Microcline Milarite Millerite Mimetite Minrecordite Molybdofornacite Monazite Monazite-(Ce) Murdochite Muscovite Natrolite Offretite Olivenite Pachnolite Pargasite Parsonsite Perovskite Petitjeanite Phaunouxite Phenakite Phosphoellenbergerite Phosphosiderite Prehnite Pucherite Pyrobitumen Pyromorphite Quartz Rittmannite Rutile Saléeite Sanidine Sazhinite-(Ce) Scheelite Scolecite Scorodite Semseyite Senaite Silver Söhngeite Sphalerite Steatite Strengite Strontianite Sulphur Synchysite-(Ce) Tarbuttite Tenorite Tetrahedrite Thaumasite Thorite Tilasite Titanite Torbernite Tsumcorite Tunisite Tuperssuatsiaite Unnamed (MSH UK77) Uranocircite Uranophane Vauquelinite Villiaumite Vivianite Wavellite Weeksite Whitlockite Wulfenite Zeophyllite Zircon	Keyword(s)

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