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What Photos to Show All Minerals - in my collection - that I collected Locality Photos Other Photos	Which Locality All 't Rooth, Bemelen, Limburg, Netherlands 79 Mine (79th Mine; Seventy-Nine Mine; Seventy-Nine property; McHur prospect), Hayden, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA Adam Heber Mine (Shaft 43), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy Ait Ourir, Marrakech Prefecture, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia Alexander Mine, Vrančice, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Alimon Mine (Animon Mine), Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru Ambed, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Amudikha River, Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River), Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous okrug), Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia Auernig Mt., Mallnitz, Ankogel group, Hohe Tauern Mts, Carinthia, Austria Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen Mts, Carinthia, Austria Baia Sprie (Felsöbánya), Maramures Co., Romania Baiut, Maramures Co., Romania Banská Štiavnica (Selmecbánya; Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica Mining District, Štiavnica Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Bau, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia Becke-Oese quarry, Menden, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Bellver de Cerdanya, Cerdanya, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus), Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Běstvina, Třemošnice, Pardubice Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Biggenden Mine (Mount Biggenden Mine; Biggenden Gold And Bismuth Mine; Mount Biggenden Bismuth Mine; Mount Biggenden Magnetite Mine; Biggenden Quarry), Biggenden Shire, Queensland, Australia Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Bleiwäsche quarry, Bleiwäsche, Bad Wünnenberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Bochovice, Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic Bohouskovice, České Budějovice (Budweis), South Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Cäcilia Mine, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District (Wölsendorf - Schmidgaden District), Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany Calcite quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Cambokeels Mine (Cammock Isle Mine; Cumnock Isle Mine; Cammock Eals Mine), Westgate, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Campiano Mine, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy Cantley, Québec, Canada Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department, Peru Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department, Peru Caudalosa Mine, Castrovirreyna District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania Churfürst Ernst Mine, Bönkhausen, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Cínovec / Zinnwald (Cinvald), Erzgebirge; Krusné Hory Mts, Saxony & Ústí Region (Bohemia; Böhmen; Boehmen), Germany & Czech Republic Corinto, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Cristallina Valley, Medel Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia De Vlijt, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands Dodo mine, Polar Urals, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Western-Siberian Region, Russia Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Driggith Opencut (Roughton South Vein), Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan El Hammam Mine (El Hamman Mine), Mount Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Epen, Limburg, Netherlands Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Furtschaglkar, Schlegeis valley (Schlegeisgrund), Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria Giumentaro Mine, Ponte Capodarso, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia Gravel works quarry, Thülen, Brilon, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Grevenbrück quarry, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Hammam-Zriba Mine, Hammam-Zriba, Djebel Guebli, Tunisia Herja Mine (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramures Co., Romania Hermanov, Velké Meziříčí, Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, England, UK Hilarion Mine (Hilarion adit; Kamareza Mine No. 50), Kamareza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece Hilfe Gottes Mine, Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany Hohenlimburg quarry, Oege, Hohenlimburg, Hagen, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Horn glacier, Zemmgrund, Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru Hüttenberg, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria Idria Mine (Idrija Mine), Idria, Slovenia Ijssel river, Gelderland, Netherlands Imini mine, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Ischler Salzberg, Perneck, Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria Itremo massif, Ambatofinandrahana Department, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Ostrov, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri, USA Juchem Quarry, Niederwörresbach, Idar-Oberstein, Hunsrück Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central Province, Zambia Kautenbach Mine, Bernkastel-Kues, Hunsrück Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine), Kipushi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia Krásno, Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Kremnica (Körmöcbánya; Kremnitz), Kremnica Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Krupka (Graupen), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic 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) La Grasta mine, Delia, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy La Sambre Quarry, Landelies, Montignies-le-Tilleul, Hainaut (Henegouwen; Hennegau) Province, Belgium Laura-Julia, Landgraaf-Eygelshoven, Limburg, Netherlands Leglier, Aldan Shield, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia Likasi, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Lill Mine, Black pits deposit, Březové Hory (Birkenberg), Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Limburg, Netherlands Lonavala Quarry, Lonavale (Lonavala), Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India Machów mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland Madan, Rhodope Mts, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria Magaliesberg Mts, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa Magnesite deposit, Podrečany, Western Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Malad Quarry, Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India Manganese deposit, Horní Blatná (Bergstadt Platten), Abertamy (Abertham), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz Mts, Thuringia, Germany Manto Cuba Mine, San Pedro de Cachiyuyo District, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Měděnec (Kupferberg), Klášterec nad Ohří, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Mibladene (Mibladen; Mibladan; Miblanden), Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Milgun Station, Western Australia, Australia Milpo Mine, Atacocha District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru Mnagueur, Ouargla Province, Algeria Moldava (Moldawa), Dubí, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Mt Avala, Belgrade, Serbia Mt Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Mun. Las Vigas de Ramírez (Mun. de Profesor Rafael Ramírez), Veracruz, Mexico Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru Mupine Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Mure Mine, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France Mysore, Karnataka, India Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nent Valley, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Nikitovka Deposit, Novyy Donbass, Gorlovka, Donets'k Oblast' (Donetsk Oblast'), Ukraine Noord-Holland, Netherlands Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Olkusz, Olkusz District, Małopolskie, Poland Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru Pamir Mts, Viloyati Mukhtori Gorno-Badakhshan (Viloyati Badakhshoni Kuni), Tajikistan Pezinok, Malé Karpaty Mts, Bratislava Region, Slovakia Piesky, Špania Dolina (Urvölgy; Herrengrund), Špania Dolina ore belt, Starohorské Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Poniklá, Jilemnice (Starkenbach), Liberec Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia Povrazník, Poľana Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson Co., South Dakota, USA Ratum, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands Rauris valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria Santa Rita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru Setz Quarry, Idar-Oberstein, Hunsrück Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Siebenschlehen Mine (Shaft 10), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Søndeled, Risør, Aust-Agder, Norway Stanisławów, Jawor District, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland Stari Trg Mine, Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo Strathcona Mine, Levack, Sudbury District (Sudbury Complex; Sudbury nickel irruptive), Ontario, Canada Stříbro (Mies), Plzeň Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Strzegom (Striegau), Strzegom-Sobótka Massif, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern Mts, Styria, Austria Svätodušná Valley, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen) ore belt, Western Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia 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 Taff's Well Quarry, Taff's Well, Cardiff (Mid Glamorgan; Glamorgan), Wales, UK Talggenkopf Mt., Zemmgrund, Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria Tazna Mine (Tasna Mine; Tazna-Rosario Mine), Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Töberschekopf hill, Hahnenklee, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France Trzebionka mine, Trzebinia, Chrzanów District, Małopolskie, Poland Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia Valeč (Waltsch), Doupov (Duppau), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico Weiken quarry, Kallenhardt, Warstein, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel), Olomouc Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic Zletovo Mine, Kratovo-Zletovo ore District, Republic of Macedonia
	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 Achtaragdite Actinolite Adamite Adularia Aegirine Almandine Amber Amethyst Anapaite Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Anthophyllite Antimony Apatite-(CaF) Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenic Astrophyllite Aurichalcite Azurite Baryte Barytocalcite Berthierite Bournonite Calcite Campylite Carpholite Celestine Cerussite Chalcedony Chalcopyrite Cinnabar Copper Crocoite Cylindrite Descloizite Dolomite Dufrénite Euchroite Flos Ferri Fluorite Galena Germanite Goethite Graphite Grossular Gudmundite Gypsum Gyrolite Hedenbergite Hematite Heteromorphite Hopeite Hydrozincite Jasper Kolwezite Köttigite Lapis Lazuli Limonite Magnetite Malachite Manganoan Calcite Marcasite Microcline Millerite Mimetite Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline Opal Opal-AN Pectolite Plumbeine Prehnite Proustite Pyknite Pyrargyrite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyrrhotite Quartz Renierite Rhodochrosite Rock Crystal Ruby Scheelite Siderite Silver Skutterudite Smithsonite Smoky Quartz Sphalerite Spherocobaltite Spinel Stibnite Stilbite Strontianite Sulphur Talc Tennantite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Valencianite Variscite Vivianite Wavellite Willemite Wolframite Wood Opal Wurtzite	Keyword(s)

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