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Friedrichssegen Mine, Frücht, Bad Ems District, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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I have been collecting minerals since I was 10 years old. I was hooked by finding a quartz pebble with copper in western Massachusetts. I grew up in Hamburg, New York. My early collecting was in the dolomites of Western New York and the pegmatites of New England. In September of 1966, I joined the United States Navy and served until I retired at the end of August 1987. Most of those years were pretty lean collectin. In 1975 we were stationed in Hawaii where I was introduced to zeolites and micro minerals. From Hawaii we moved to Port Orchard, Washington just across Puget Sound from Seattle. Here I met Rudy Tschernich and joined the Northwest Micromineral Study Group. My collecting has expanded to include Oregon, Nevada, Utah, and British Columbia.

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Locality Updated: Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USAFrom Peter Cristofono, 10th Feb 2012 15:16:12

Thomsonite-Ca : NaCa₂Al₅Si₅O₂₀·6H₂O
	Beech Creek Quarry, Mount Vernon, Grant Co., Oregon, USA Thomsonite ball with odd growth from surface. Doug Merson photo and collection, self collected. Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 8th Dec 2006
© DM 06	Photo ID: 73008 View Count: 720
Pyrite : FeS₂
	Rock Island Dam, Douglas and Chelan Co. Border, Washington, USA Filiform pyrite with erionite-K. Collected by Rudy Tschernich. Doug Merson photo and collection. Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 10th May 2006
© DM06	Photo ID: 58683 View Count: 742
Copper : Cu
	Beaver Valley Quarry, Shine, Jefferson Co., Washington, USA Field of view 3mm. Collected by, photographed by, and in the collection of Doug Merson. Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 6th Oct 2007
	Photo ID: 3598 View Count: 869
Pyrargyrite : Ag₃SbS₃, Pyrite : FeS₂, Sphalerite : ZnS
	Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims), Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada 2 mm long pyrargyrite crystal with pyrite to upper right and sphalerite to left. Collected by, photographed by and in the collection of Doug Merson.
© DM	Photo ID: 7073 View Count: 1216

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Thomsonite-Ca : NaCa₂Al₅Si₅O₂₀·6H₂O

Pyrite : FeS₂

Copper : Cu

Pyrargyrite : Ag₃SbS₃, Pyrite : FeS₂, Sphalerite : ZnS

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Thomsonite-Ca : NaCa2Al5Si5O20·6H2O

Pyrite : FeS2

Copper : Cu

Pyrargyrite : Ag3SbS3, Pyrite : FeS2, Sphalerite : ZnS

Douglas Merson's Blog

5th Sep 2009 - Diamond Lake, Oregon collecting trip

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Thomsonite-Ca : NaCa₂Al₅Si₅O₂₀·6H₂O

Pyrite : FeS₂

Pyrargyrite : Ag₃SbS₃, Pyrite : FeS₂, Sphalerite : ZnS