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What Photos to Show All Minerals - in my collection - that I collected Locality Photos Other Photos	Which Locality All Alfenza Mine, Crodo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Ambalabe pegmatite, Manapa pegmatite Field, Betafo Department, Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Mount Ikaka, Ambohimanambola Commune, Betafo Department, Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar Ankogel area, Ankogel group, Hohe Tauern Mts, Carinthia, Austria Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Bity (Ibity) area), Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar Antsikoza pegmatite, Manapa pegmatite Field, Betafo Department, Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar Arenella, Giglio Island, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy Arensberg Mt., Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Arrestra Quarry, Cogoleto, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Arvogno, Toceno, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Bachman Mine, Hellertown, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Beigua Mt., Varazze, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Boarezzo mine (Pradisci prospect; Rio Carpane prospect), Boarezzo, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy Bric Colmè, I Cardin, San Giacomo, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy Bric Gettina Mine, Melogno, Rialto, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy Brusson Mine, Brusson, Ayas Valley, Aosta Valley, Italy Buca della Vena Mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy Ca' dei Ladri (Silla), Gaggio Montano, Bologna Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Campegli, Castiglione Chiavarese, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Canaglia Mine, Porto Torres, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy Cape Calamita Mine (Calamita Mine), Capoliveri, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy Capranica, Ronciglione, Vico Lake, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy Carona, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy Case Collina (Toscopomici quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy Case Soprane, Reppia, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Cassagna Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto Vara, Vara Valley, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Cortabbio, Valsassina, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy Crastu Muradu Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy Crestola Bassa quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy Crevoladossola quarry, Crevoladossola, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Cuasso al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy Devero Alp (Devero Valley; Val Devero), Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Eagle Nest quarry, Arco Romano, Pasubio Mt., Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy Emmelberg Mt., Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Facciatoia Quarry, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy Faiallo Pass, Urbe, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy Fantiscritti quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy Ferret Valley, Monte Bianco Massif, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy Fibbia Mt., Fontana, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Formazza, Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Francon quarry, St. Michel District, Montréal, Jacques Cartier Co., Québec, Canada Franscia Mine, Campo Franscia, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy Funtanafigu Quarry, Marrubiu, Mt. Arci, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy Gava valley, Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK Goanikontes Claim, Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Grauleiten peak (south slope), Ankogel area, Ankogel group, Hohe Tauern Mts, Carinthia, Austria Greina pass area, Camadra Valley, Blenio Valley, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Große Fleiß glacier, Große Fleiß valley, Goldberg group, Hohe Tauern Mts, Carinthia, Austria Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany Herja Mine (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramures Co., Romania Hopffeldboden, Hopffeld area, Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria I Mondei (Ca' Mondei), Montescheno, Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Iragna, Lodrino, Riviera, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Isolagrande mine, Isolagrande, Murialdo, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy Kampriese Alp, Silberofen Mt., Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria Kampriese, Silberofen Mt., Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria La Facciata quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy La Lauzière massif, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France La Madeleine pass, La Lauzière massif, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France Laach lake volcanic complex, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Lavagnina lake, Lerma, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Le Cetine Mine; Cetine Mine; Rosia), Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy Lemie, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valley, Sesia-Lanzo zone, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Lercheltini (Lärcheltini) area, Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland Levanto, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Löhley (Liley; Meerfeld Quarry; Slabik Quarry; Scheerer Quarry), Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Lohning quarry (Lohninger quarry), Hüttwinkl valley, Rauris valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria Margone, Usseglio, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valley, Sesia-Lanzo zone, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy Mattarana, Carrodano, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy Meitre Quarry, Bussoleno, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy Mendig, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Mexquitic, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada Monte Giove, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy Monte Trisa, Mercanti Valley, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy Montenero quarry, Onano, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Montevecchio Mines, Arbus, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia, Italy Montioni, Suvereto, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy Mount Cervandone, Devero Alp (Devero Valley; Val Devero), Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy Mt Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Mt Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy Mt. Bregaceto, Borzonasca, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Mt. Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy Nero Mt., San Pietro, Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy Novazza mine, Valgoglio, Goglio Valley, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy Perda de Pibera Mine, Gonnosfanadiga, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia, Italy Pereta Mine, Pereta, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy Pianasca Quarry, Villadossola, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Piatta Grande, Sondalo, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy Pizzo Ragno (Northern slope), Campra, Antoliva Valley, Druogno, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Plan-du-Lac, St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France Plattenkogel Mt. (south slope), Ankogel area, Ankogel group, Hohe Tauern Mts, Carinthia, Austria Poggio Peloso, Civitella Paganico, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada Reppia, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Riccò del Golfo, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy Rio Gavottino, Casarza Ligure, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Riso Valley, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy Rivasco quarry (La Balma quarry), Rivasco, Premia, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Rocca della Biscia, Urbe, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy Rosina vein, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy Sa Duchessa Mine, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Saga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen (Strandåsen), Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France San Benedetto Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy San Priamo Quarries, Idda Mt., Muravera, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy San Vito quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy Sasso delle Lucine, Castelluccio di Moscheda, Montese, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Schellkopf Mt., Brenk, Niederzissen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Schilpario, Scalve Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Scimfuss (Scinfüs; Schipsius), Pontino Alp, Tremola Valley, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Scoglina Pass, Favale di Malvaro, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Scogna, Sesta Godano, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy Serra S'Ilixi Mine, Burcei, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy Seula mine and Locatelli quarry (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Silberberg Mt., Geyer - Silberberg District, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria Solumsåsen Quarry, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway Su Elzu, Ozieri, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy Su Marralzu, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy Timonchiello Valley, Santorso, Vicenza province, Veneto, Italy Torano quarries, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy Tre Croci, Vetralla, Vico Lake, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France Triolet Glacier, Ferret Valley, Les Grandes Jorasses Massif, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy Valgraveglia Mine (Gambatesa Mine), Reppia, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Varenna Valley, Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy Verampio, Crodo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy Vetralla, Vico Lake, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy Vignola Mine, Vignola-Falesina, Valsugana, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Vinadio, Stura Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy Vizze pass (Pfitsch pass), San Giacomo, Vizze Valley (Pfitsch Valley), Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
	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 Acanthite Actinolite Adamite Adamsite-(Y) Aegirine Aeschynite-(Y) Afghanite Agardite-(Y) Albite Allanite Allanite-(Ce) Allophane Alunite Amesite Analcime Anatase Ancylite-(Ce) Andradite Anglesite Ankerite Anorthite Apatite-(CaF) Apatite-(CaOH) Apophyllite Apuanite Aragonite Arfvedsonite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Atelestite Augite Aurichalcite Autunite Axinite Azurite Babingtonite Baddeleyite Bariopharmacosiderite Baryte Bastnäsite-(Ce) Bavenite Bazzite Beraunite Berborite Berthierine Bertrandite Beryl Betafite Bismuthinite Bityite Böhmite Boltwoodite Botryogen Bournonite Brenkite Britholite-(Ce) Brookite Brucite Buergerite Cacoxenite Cafarsite Carletonite Carminite Carrollite Catapleiite Cerchiaraite Cerussite Cervandonite-(Ce) Cetineite Chabazite-Ca Chalcocite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chernovite-(Y) Chromite Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Cinnabar Clinoclase Clinozoisite Colusite Conichalcite Connellite Copper Cornwallite Cosalite Creaseyite Crednerite Cristobalite Cuprite Danburite Dolomite Donnayite-(Y) Dravite Dresserite Duftite Dundasite Earlshannonite Ekanite Elbaite Elbaite-Liddicoatite Series Elpidite Epididymite Epidote Epistilbite Erythrite Eudialyte Euxenite-(Y) Fergusonite-(Y) Ferrierite-Mg Fersmite Fluorite Foitite Franconite Gadolinite-(Y) Galena Ganophyllite Garnet Group Geikielite Genthelvite Geocronite Gismondine Gold Grossular Gypsum Haradaite Heinrichite Hellandite Hematite Hemimorphite Heulandite Heulandite-Sr Hilairite Hingganite-(Y) Hiortdahlite Hochelagaite Hollandite Hydrozincite Ilvaite Kainosite-(Y) Keckite Kidwellite Klebelsbergite Kryzhanovskite Kutnohorite Labuntsovite-Mn Laueite Lavendulan Låvenite Leifite Lemoynite Lengenbachite Leucophanite Leucophosphite Libethenite Liddicoatite Linarite Lorenzenite Magnetite Malachite Manganoneptunite Mcalpineite Milarite Millerite Minyulite Molybdenite Monazite-(Ce) Monazite-(Nd) Narsarsukite Neotocite Nováčekite Olivenite Orientite Osumilite Otavite Palenzonaite Parascholzite Pectolite Pennantite Peprossiite-(Ce) Peretaite Perovskite Phenakite Phlogopite Phosphoferrite Phosphophyllite Polybasite Polycrase-(Y) Prehnite Pseudolaueite Pumpellyite-(Fe2+) Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyroxmangite Pyrrhotite Quartz Raite Realgar Rhabdophane-(Ce) Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Robertsite Rockbridgeite Roggianite Rutile Saneroite Saponite Scheelite Scholzite Schoonerite Schorl Schröckingerite Scolecite Sellaite Sérandite Silver Smithsonite Sphalerite Steacyite Stewartite Stibnite Stilbite Stilbite-Ca Stillwellite-(Ce) Stoppaniite Strengite Strunzite Sursassite Synchysite-(Ce) Synchysite-(Y) Tetrahedrite Thaumasite Thomsonite-Ca Thorite Thortveitite Tilasite Tinzenite Titanite Topaz Torbernite Tungstenite Tungstibite Uranmicrolite Uranophane Vaesite Valentinite Vesuvianite Vicanite-(Ce) Vigezzite Vinogradovite Vivianite Vonsenite Walpurgite Wöhlerite Wulfenite Wurtzite Xenotime-(Y) Yugawaralite Zircon	Keyword(s)

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