Len's Favourites

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

Len Pisciotta's Blog

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Len Pisciotta's Articles

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Len Pisciotta's Photos

You can use this search form to find photos in Len'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 Artinite pit, Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA Bottomley prospect, San Jacinto District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA Boyacá Department, Colombia Carson Hill Mine, Melones, Melones District, Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA Dallas Gem Mine (Benitoite Mine; Benitoite Gem Mine; Gem Mine), Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA Eagle's Nest Mine (Mystery Wind Mine), Placer Co., California, USA Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Junnila Mine, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA New Melones Dam, Copperopolis, Calaveras Co., California, USA Paprok Mine (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province (Nurestan Province; Nooristan Province; Nuristan), Afghanistan Payún volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matru, Mendoza, Argentina Perovskite Peak (Perovskite Hill), Santa Rita Peak, Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA Rose Quartz Crystal Locality (Pegmatite 24), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA Unspecified Mn occurrence, Pine Flat, Jimtown, Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, 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 Aegirine Andradite Apatite Artinite Axinite Axinite-(Fe) Benitoite Epidote Fresnoite Gold Hematite Joaquinite-(Ce) Nambulite-Natronambulite Series Parisite-(Ce) Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rose Quartz Tourmaline	Keyword(s)

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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
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• 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!

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Top Image	- Default - 151463 - Tourmaline 151462 - Tourmaline 147366 - Apatite 171740 - Perovskite 150852 - Axinite-(Fe) 150849 - Axinite-(Fe) 150114 - Parisite-(Ce) 148184 - Quartz 141604 - Benitoite 148191 - Quartz 132924 - Fresnoite 342570 - Quartz 342569 - Epidote 342568 - Epidote 257731 - Nambulite-Natronambulite Series 257730 - Nambulite-Natronambulite Series 257668 - Nambulite-Natronambulite Series 171741 - Perovskite 171724 - Joaquinite-(Ce) 150847 - Parisite-(Ce) 148332 - Quartz 147227 - Aegirine 141886 - Rose Quartz 141885 - Artinite 141882 - Perovskite 141619 - Rose Quartz 141618 - Fresnoite 141613 - Pyrite 141608 - Benitoite 140808 - Fresnoite 132395 - Axinite 132393 - Axinite-(Fe) 132391 - Gold 131776 - Benitoite 131620 - Andradite 131618 - Fresnoite 131617 - Benitoite 131532 - Hematite
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