Ian's Favourites

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

Ian Merkel's Blog

A blog is a series of personal articles recorded in date-order somewhat like diary entries. You can use your blog to keep track of your collecting adventures, your purchases, your thoughts and ideas, anything that you think other mindat.org members would be interested to read about. Other members can leave comments after your blog entry, but you can delete any comments you find inappropriate.

Ian Merkel's Articles

Articles are pages created by you to share with other mindat.org users. These may be serious (a formal scientific article) or personal (you could write an article about your collecting adventures, or about your artistic creations). You can work on your articles in private until you are ready to publish them. The best articles will be promoted throughout the site.

Unlike Blog Entries, you can continue to edit your articles if they have been published (should you find new information, for example).

Ian Merkel's Photos

You can use this search form to find photos in Ian'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 - Photo of the Day My Photos - Talk pages Locality Photos Other Photos	Which Locality All Black Hills Rockhound Area, Black Hills, Graham Co., Arizona, USA Blue Point Amethyst Mine, Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada California Blue Mine, Yucca Valley, San Bernardino Co., California, USA Eureka Prospects (Eureka Mine), Marion, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, USA Garfield Mine, Chase Creek, Chase Creek Canyon (Chase Creek Cañon), Gila Hot Springs District, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA Gila River, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA Henderson Mine, Dailey District (Jones Pass District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA John Street Quarry, East Kingston, Kingston, Ulster Co., New York, USA La Fluorita Dulcita Cu prospect, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA Middle Fork Gila River, Alum Mountain District (Alum District), Grant Co., New Mexico, USA Monarch Claim, Wickenburg, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA Payson area, Payson, Payson District (Green Valley District), Gila Co., Arizona, USA Rainbow Lode (Rainbow Crystal Mine), Manhattan District, Larimer Co., Colorado, USA Rincon Quarry, Rincon District, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico, USA San Francisco River area, Clifton, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA Sedalia Mine (Jackpot Adit; Adits Nos. 1-3; Dewey Adit; Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia District, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA Shannon Pit, Morenci Mine (Morenci pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine; Morenci-Metcalf), Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA Sunshine no. 1 Adit, Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA Sunshine no. 3 Adit, Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA Ten Strike Mine (Tenstrike Mine; Ten Strike group; Stone and Dempsey; Klondyke Mining Co.; Lone Pine Lead; Cassidy and Rubal), Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA Thomsonite beach, Grand Marais, Cook Co., Minnesota, USA William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA
	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 Agate Amethyst Aquamarine Azurite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Linarite Malachite Molybdenite Murdochite Pyrite Quartz Rhodochrosite Smoky Quartz Thomsonite	Keyword(s)

Ian Merkel's Sponsored Pages

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Collection Catalogue

You can now catalogue your mineral collection using our free mineral catalogue system on mindat.org.

It has many great advantages over a traditional application.

• It's free to use
• Your data is secure and backed-up
• Localities and mineral names easily checked against mindat.org database
• Your data is private - only you can view your catalouge information
• You can access your catalogue from any computer connected to the internet, or even an internet-enabled phone
• Link in your mindat photos
• Export your catalogue at any time (CSV format) to keep a local copy on your computer or to use with other software
• (Coming Soon) Print your own catalogue labels, box labels (TN, Micromount, etc) direct from mindat.org

Click here to start your collection catalogue

Create and Edit your Mindat Page

You're free to add your own content to your page, but please be aware of the following rules:

1. No advertising (you can, within reason, mention who you work for or that you are a mineral dealer. But make it a personal page, not an advert).
2. No offensive, extreme, abusive, racist, defamatory, rude, creationist or other unwelcome content. Please report any abuse to the management.
3. Do not type in ALL UPPER CASE LETTERS. Caps Lock is not your friend.
4. All content is added subject to approval and may be rejected or edited without warning by the editors.

If you don't want to have a public page, simply don't fill in the information on this page and you'll keep the basic page. Have fun!

Activate Your Page	- Your page will not be shown online until this is checked.
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Top Image	- Default - 538313 - Aquamarine 538312 - Aquamarine 509687 - Fluorite 465867 - Garnet 438084 - Molybdenite 438083 - Molybdenite 389637 - Quartz 389634 - Quartz 380068 - Pyrite 375085 - Linarite 373331 - Rhodochrosite 369848 - Baryte 369847 - Garnet 369846 - Garnet 369845 - Garnet 368762 - Gypsum 363974 - Rhodochrosite 342112 - Amethyst 319204 - Murdochite 319139 - Murdochite 316519 - Fluorite 316518 - Fluorite 272998 - Fluorite 257998 - Quartz 257992 - Quartz 251183 - Me being me 250519 - Amethyst 250518 - Amethyst 250517 - Amethyst 250516 - Open cut 250106 - Azurite 243496 - Agate 243495 - Agate 243494 - Agate 243092 - Agate 243091 - Agate 189722 - Calcite 184892 - Chabazite 161793 - Chabazite 160419 - Quartz 140794 - Smoky Quartz 140791 - Fluorite 140790 - Malachite 140789 - Agate 140786 - Quartz 140783 - Thomsonite 137830 - Azurite 137829 - Azurite 105740 - Baryte 105739 - Smoky Quartz
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