Colleen's Favourites

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You can use this search form to find photos in Colleen'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 Locality Photos Other Photos	Which Locality All Adami No. 02 Mine ("Adayir" Mine) & Others, Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece Amax Buick Mine (Buick Mine; Moloc Mine), Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USA Ameib Farm, Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia Aouli, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus), Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Blackpool China Clay Pit, Trewoon, St Stephen Area, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK Boldut Mine, Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania Burdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Bwlch Glas Mine, Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire), Wales, UK Byala reka, Bayuvi dupki, Pirin Mts, Blagoevgrad Oblast, Bulgaria C. E. Duff & Son quarry, Huntsville, Logan Co., Ohio, USA Calton Hill Quarry, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania Chala Mine, Spachievo ore field (Spahievo ore field), Rhodope Mts, Haskovo Oblast (Khaskovo Oblast), Bulgaria Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA Cliffe Hill Quarry ('Old' Cliffe Hill Quarry), Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire, England, UK Droujba (Drujba) Mine, Djurkovo Complex, Laki (Luki), Rhodope Mts, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK El Hammam Mine (El Hamman Mine), Mount Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco El Kwal, Mibladene (Mibladen; Mibladan; Miblanden), Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Flory Island, Watergate Bay, Newquay, Newquay - Perranporth Area, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK Gortdrum Mine, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 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 Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Callington District, Cornwall, England, UK Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Hensbarrow Downs, Luxulyan Area (Luxulian Area), St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK Gyöngyösoroszi, Mátra Mts., Heves Co., Hungary Hampstead Farm Quarry, Chipping Sodbury District, South Gloucestershire (Bristol; Avon), England, UK Herja Mine (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramures Co., Romania Hilarion Mine (Hilarion adit; Kamareza Mine No. 48), Kamareza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece Hilton Mine, Scordale, Hilton, Escarpment District, North Pennines, South Eastern Region (Westmorland), Cumbria, England, UK Holmbush Mine (Callington United Mine; Callington Mine), Callington, Callington District, Cornwall, England, UK Hunan Province, China India Is Murvonis Mine, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamareza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece Kamareza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece Km-3 Mine, Lavrion Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece Kremikovtsi, Sofiya (Sofia) Oblast, Bulgaria Krushev Dol Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria La Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico Lac Alaotra (Lake Alaotra), Ambatondrazaka Department, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina (Tamatave) Province, Madagascar Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Le Cetine Mine; Cetine Mine; Rosia), Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Strathclyde (Ayrshire), Scotland, UK Los Serranos Quarry, Hondón de los Frailes, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain Maoniuping REE deposit, Mianning Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China Mas Lavayre, Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France Meadowfoot Smelter (slag locality), Wanlockhead, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire) and Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK Miguel Vacas Mine, Vila Viçosa, Évora District, Portugal Minera (mines), Minera, Wrexham (Clwyd; Denbighshire), Wales, UK Mondays Hill Quarry, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, UK Moon Anchor Mine (Aggravation Mine; East Vulture Mining Co. Mine), Hummingbird Spring, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA Mount Gunson Mine, Mt Gunson, Stuart Shelf area, Andamooka Ranges - Lake Torrens area, South Australia, Australia Nant Helen opencast coal mine, Onllwyn, Neath-Port Talbot (West Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire, England, UK New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Ajo District, Little Ajo Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England, UK Norfolk, England, UK Penberthy Croft Mine (Wheal Fancy), St Hilary, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Serifos Island (Seriphos), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece Serpieri Mine, Kamareza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece Slayley Quarry (Bonsall Moor Qry; Moor Farm Qry), Bonsall Moor, Winster, Derbyshire, England, UK Sounion area, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece South Terras Mine (Resugga & Tolgarrick Mine; Union Mine; Uranium Mine), St Stephen-in-Brannel, St Stephen Area, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA Ton Mawr Quarry, Taff's Well, Cardiff (Mid Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK Tormiq valley (Tormic; Tormik; Tormig), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan Turt Mine, Satu Mare, Maramures Co., Romania Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden Vaynor Quarry, Trefechan, Merthyr Tydfil (Mid Glamorgan; Breconshire; Brecknockshire), Wales, UK Wheal Charlotte, Charlotte United Mines, Perranuthnoe, Penzance - Ludgvan Area, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Dumfries & Galloway (Dumfries-shire) and Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
	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 Adamite Agardite-(Ce) Agardite-(La) Ajoite Amethyst Anglesite Apophyllite Aragonite Atacamite Aurichalcite Azurite Baryte Bazhenovite Beryl Brochantite Cacoxenite Calcite Campylite Cassiterite Cerussite Chalcopyrite Clinohumite Conichalcite Connellite Cuprian Adamite Cuprite Cyanotrichite Devilline Dickite Dolomite Dundasite Elyite Epidote Fizélyite Fluorite Francolite Galena Gibbsite Goethite Gypsum Hemimorphite Lautenthalite Leadhillite Libethenite Linarite Malachite Manganese Dendrites Manganoan Calcite Maricopaite Melanterite Millerite Mimetite Mixite Olivenite Opal Paralaurionite Pharmacosiderite Posnjakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrrhotite Quartz Rhodochrosite Rosasite Rubellite Schmiederite Scolecite Scorodite Serpierite Siderite Smithsonite Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Strontianite Tangeite Topaz Torbernite Vanadinite Vésigniéite Wavellite Willemite Wroewolfeite Wulfenite	Keyword(s)

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