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Zeehan 2010 Gem and Mineral Show	24th Nov 2010

Andrew Tuma's Photos

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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 132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia Aberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden district, Tasmania, Australia Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia Aga Khan Mine, Poona, Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia Aghbar, Bou Azer District (Bou Azzer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco All Nations mine, Moina District (Middlesex District), Tasmania, Australia Altyn-Tyube (Altyn-Tube) deposit, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan Amethyst castle, Selwyn District, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Anchor Mine, Lottah, Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia Andersons Creek, Beaconsfield district, Tasmania, Australia Arkaroola Station, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia Ashton Quarry, Ashton, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia Australasian Slate Quarry, Turquoise Bluff, Back Creek, George Town district, Tasmania, Australia Avebury Nickel Deposits, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Baia Sprie mine (Felsöbánya mine), Baia Sprie (Felsöbánya), Maramures Co., Romania Beams Quarry, Flowery gully, Beaconsfield district, Tasmania, Australia Bejanca Mine (Carvalhal do Estanho), Queirã, Vouzela, Viseu District, Portugal Beryl Pit, Quadeville, Lyndoch Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada Bisbee area, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA Black and White Mine, Danglemah, Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia Black Star pit (Black Star lode), Mount Isa Mines, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia Bunker Hill Mine (Tyler; Stemwinder; Bunker Hill and Sullivan; Bunker Chance Mine), Bunker Hill Properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA Burra Burra Mine, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia Cape Grim, Cape Grim district, Tasmania, Australia Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA Choix, Mun. de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico Cloncurry District, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Colebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia Consolidated Zinc Mine (New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia 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 Dassu (Dasso; Dusso), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan De'an Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China Dolcoath Hill Quarry (Moina Quarry), Moina District (Middlesex District), Tasmania, Australia Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia El Cobre Mine, Santiago de Cuba, Sierra Maestra Mts, Oriente Province, Cuba Emerald deposit, Leckbachgraben (Leckbachrinne), Nasenkopf, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria Emerald mine, Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia Endeavour 26 (E26 ore body), Northparkes Mine (Goonumbla Mine; Endeavour Mine), Kennedy Co., New South Wales, Australia Entia Valley, Harts Ranges (Hartz Ranges), Northern Territory, Australia Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine; Erupción-Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra de Los Lamentos), Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico Espírito Santo, Brazil Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan Girilambone Cu Mine, Girilambone, Gidalambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia Girilambone, Gidalambone, Canbelego Co., New South Wales, Australia Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Great South Comet mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia Grey Horse Mine (Grayhorse property; Black Cap; U.S. Vanadium group; Sullivan claims; J.J. Sullivan prospects; Esperanza group; Coral Canyon claim), Riverside, Riverside District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Harts Ranges (Hartz Ranges), Northern Territory, Australia Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia Hercules Mine, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramures Co., Romania Herkimer Co., New York, USA Himalaya Mine (Himalaya dikes; Himalaya pegmatite), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan Huya W-Sn-Be deposit (Pingwu beryl mine), Huya village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia Jukes Proprietary mine, Queenstown district, Tasmania, Australia Kakanda deposit, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Kara #1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire district, Tasmania, Australia Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Kingsgate, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway Kuridala, Cloncurry district, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia Lefroy goldfield, Lefroy, George Town district, Tasmania, Australia Leonard Mine, Butte, Butte District (Summit Valley District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA Lightning Ridge, Finch Co., New South Wales, Australia Little Plains Quarry (Lottah Road Quarry; Fieldwicks Quarry; Weldborough Pass Quarry), Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia Lobminggraben, St Stefan, Kraubath, Leoben, Styria, Austria Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Lune River, Huon district, Tasmania, Australia Lyell Blocks, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown district, Tasmania, Australia Magnet Mine, Magnet, Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia Malbunka Copper Mine (Namatjira's Copper Prospect; Areyonga Copper Deposit), Areyonga, Alice Springs, Gardiner Range, MacDonnell Shire, Northern Territory, Australia Mathilde Mine, Ascheberg, Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Mibladen Mine, Mibladene (Mibladén; Mibladan; Miblanden), Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Minstral Mine, Mount Brady, Harts Ranges (Hartz Ranges), Northern Territory, Australia Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain Mount Hay, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown district, Tasmania, Australia Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Mount Stronach, Scottsdale district, Tasmania, Australia Mt Bischoff mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Mt Palmer, Harts Ranges (Hartz Ranges), Northern Territory, Australia Mullaley, Pottinger Co., New South Wales, Australia Mundarara Mine, Longido, Mt Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Nagano prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia Northern Territory, Australia Oakleigh Creek mine (Mt Pelion wolfram mine), Upper Forth Valley, Tasmania, Australia Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Old Yuma Mine (Yuma Mine), Saguaro National Monument, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA Orieco mine, Scamander district, Tasmania, Australia Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal Paprok Mine (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province (Nurestan Province; Nooristan Province; Nuristan), Afghanistan Pezinok, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia Philosophers Ridge, Queenstown district, Tasmania, Australia Pinal County Mine, Tom Mix Monument area, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Platt Prospect, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia Poona, Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia Prešov Region, Slovakia Princess Mine, Moina District (Middlesex District), Tasmania, Australia Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen mine ("Sylvester-Queen"), Zeehan, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Qinglong Mine (Dachang Mine), Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong Co., Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China Ranger No. 1 Deposit/Pit, Ranger Mine, Jabiru, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia Ranger No. 3 Deposit/Pit, Ranger Mine, Jabiru, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia Raura District, Cajatambo Province, Lima Department, Peru Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Red Bank Mine, Wollogorang Station, Gulf of Carpenteria, Northern Territory, Australia Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Redpa quarry, Redpa, Marrawah district, Tasmania, Australia Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia Royal George Mine, Avoca District, Fingal valley, Tasmania, Australia Ruby Violet claims (Violet mine; Red Emerald), Wah Wah Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA Sa Duchessa Mine, Oridda, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Savage River Mine, Corinna-Savage River district, Tasmania, Australia Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria Sheffield-Railton, Tasmania, Australia Shepherd and Murphy Mine, Moina District (Middlesex District), Tasmania, Australia Siglo XX mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine group (Costello claims), Gleeson, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA Sister's Creek, Boat Harbour, Tasmania, Australia Slaughteryard face, Mt Bischoff mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia South Mt Cameron, Gladstone district, Tasmania, Australia Stefanie Mine, Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria Stichtite Hill, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia Stormont mine, Moina District (Middlesex District), Tasmania, Australia Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine), Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA 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 Sylvester mine, Zeehan, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Tabba Tabba pegmatite, Western Australia, Australia Tae Hwa Mine (Taehwa Mine; Dae Hwa Mine; Taewha Mine; Tong Wha Mine; Tae Wha Mine), Neungam-ri (Neung Am-ri; Noungam-ri), Angseong-myeon, Chungju (Chung Won Kum; Chung-ju), Chungcheongbukdo (Chungchong-pukto), South Korea Tambar Springs, Pottinger Co., New South Wales, Australia Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Tasmania, Australia Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA Torrington district, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia Torrington, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia Tulendeena, Scottsdale district, Tasmania, Australia US 27 roadcut, Halls Gap, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA Viking, Avebury Nickel Deposits, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia Weld River, Blue Tier district, Tasmania, Australia West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia Wittenoom (Wittenoom Gorge; "Wittenoon Gorge"), Hamersley Ranges (Hammersley Ranges), Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia Yinnietharra pegmatite, Yinnietharra Station, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Zeehan, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia Zelidja Mine (Zellidja Mine), Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
	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 Aikinite Alstonite Amazonite Anatase Andradite Anglesite Ankerite Antigorite Apophyllite Aquamarine Aragonite Arsenopyrite Aurichalcite Austinite Azurite Baryte Barytocalcite Bavenite Berthierite Beryl Bismuth Bismuthinite Boulangerite Bustamite Calcite Cassiterite Cavansite Cerasite (of Kikuchi) Cerussite Chabazite Chalcedony Chalcopyrite Chlorargyrite Chrome-Cerussite Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Chrysotile Clinozoisite Cobaltoan Dolomite Cobaltoan Smithsonite Conichalcite-Duftite Series Copper Covellite Crocoite Cuprian Smithsonite Cuprite Cuprosklodowskite Cyanotrichite Cyrilovite Danalite Dickite Diopside-Hedenbergite Series Dioptase Dravite Dundasite Elbaite Emerald Eosphorite Epistilbite Faustite Ferrilotharmeyerite Ferro-aluminoceladonite Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena Gibbsite Gillardite Gmelinite-Na Gold Gorceixite Graphite Gypsum Hastingsite Hedenbergite Hematite Hemimorphite Henmilite Herkimer Diamond Heulandite Hinsdalite Ilvaite Jamesonite Kasolite Kermesite Kutnohorite Langite Libethenite Linarite Luinaite-(OH) Malachite Manganoan Calcite Mcguinnessite Metaswitzerite Microcline Millerite Millisite Mimetite Minrecordite Molybdenite Monazite Morinite Mottramite Natrolite Neptunite Olmiite Opal Orcelite Pentagonite Petrified Wood Petterdite Philipsbornite Phillipsite Plumbogummite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrrhotite Quartz Ranciéite-Takanelite Series Realgar Red Beryl Reevesite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Roselite Ruby Saléeite Sampleite Sapphire Sceptre Quartz Scheelite Scolecite Sellaite Siderite Silver Smithsonite Smoky Quartz Spessartine Sphalerite Star Sapphire Stellerite Stichtite Stolzite Strontianite Tennantite Thomsonite-Ca Tobermorite Todorokite Topaz Torbernite Tsumebite Turquoise Vanadinite Vivianite Vonsenite Wardite Wavellite Weloganite Witherite Wood Opal Wulfenite Zunyite	Keyword(s)

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