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What Photos to Show All Minerals - in my collection - that I collected Locality Photos Other Photos	Which Locality All Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia Allevard, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France Argenteau, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium Argentière Glacier, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France Beez, Namur, Namur Province, Belgium Berbes Mine, Berbes Mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain Botallack Mine, Botallack, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK Brandberg area, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia Brazil Brézouard Massif, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Bwlch Glas Mine, Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire), Wales, UK Callenberg North (No. 1) open cut, Callenberg, Glauchau, Saxony, Germany Chessy-les-Mines, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Cornwall, England, UK Daniel Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Deschutes Co., Oregon, USA Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Diepenlienchen Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Eagle's Nest Mine (Mystery Wind Mine), Placer Co., California, USA Eisleben, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Emmaville, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Friedrichssegen Mine, Frücht, Bad Ems District, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK George and Charlotte Mine, Devon & Cornwall United Mines, Morwellham, Tavistock Hamlets, Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Nieder-Ramstadt, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany Gneiss quarries, Arvigo, Calanca Valley, Misox (Mesolcina Valley), Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA Gumeshevskii (Gumeshevskoye) Cu Mine, Polevskoi (Polevskoi Zavod), Sysert' District, Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Hensbarrow Downs, Luxulyan Area (Luxulian Area), St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK Herodsfoot Mine (North Herodsfoot Mine), Lanreath, Menheniot Area, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Huelgoat, Finistère, Brittany, France Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz Mts, Thuringia, Germany Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Ostrov, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri, USA Kakanda deposit, Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Kambove Principal Mine, Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Kamiaba, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Kamoto Principal Mine (Kamoto Fond Mine; Kamoto Mine), Kamoto, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Kamoya South Mine (Kamoya Sud Mine; Kamoya II Mine), Kamoya, Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert (Bet-Pak-Dal Desert), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Swambo, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine), Kipushi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Knappenwand, Knappenwand area, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria Konder (Kondyor) alkaline-ultrabasic massif (Konder placiers; Konder mine), Aldan shield, Ayan-Maya district, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 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 Combe de la Selle, St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France La Gardette Mine, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece Les Bois-Noirs Mine, St Priest-la-Prugne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Lindenbach, Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ludwig Mine, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France M'sesa deposit, Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Machów mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland Madagascar Magnesite deposit, Oberdorf an der Laming, Laming valley, Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Mibladene (Mibladen; Mibladan; Miblanden), Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Molybdenum Mine, Azgour (Azegour), Tata Province, Guelmim - Es-Semara Region, Morocco Momin Akhada, Rahuri, Ahmadnagar District (Ahmednagar District; Ahmed Nagar District), Maharashtra, India Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooué, Gabon Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China Mupine Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Neudorf, Harzgerode, Harz Mts, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Obererl (Ehl), Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Old Gunnislake Mine, Gunnislake Area, Callington District, Cornwall, England, UK Pallaflat Mine, Bigrigg, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal Paraguay Patagonia, Argentina Podlipa and Reinera Mines, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen) ore belt, Western Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Pomorzany Mine, Olkusz, Olkusz District, Małopolskie, Poland Porphyr quarries, Quenast, Bierghes, Rebecq, Enghien, Brabant Province, Belgium Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine; ASARCO Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru Restormel Royal Iron Mine (Trinity Mine), Lostwithiel, Lanivet Area, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK Richelle, Visé, Liège Province, Belgium Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Rothenberg Mine (Seitersfeld), Oberneisen, Niederneisen, Taunus Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Rowley Mine (Rawley Mine; Reliance Mine; Reliance Copper Mine; Rainbow Mine; Theba Mine; San Carlos patented claim #4524), Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France Sandaré, Nioro du Sahel Circle, Kayes Region, Mali Schmalgraf Mine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium Schneckenstein cliff (Königskrone Topaz Mine), Kielberg Mt., Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Seilles, Andenne, Namur Province, Belgium Shamitumba (Chamibumba), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carron, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK South Caradon Mine, St Cleer, Caradon & Phoenix Area (South-Eastern Bodmin Moor), Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK St Andreasberg District, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Stefanie Mine, Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen Mts, Carinthia, Austria Stolzembourg Copper Mine, Stolzembourg, Putscheid commune, Luxembourg Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein (Scar Vein); Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK Swambo Hill (Swambo Mine), Swambo, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Tongren Mine, Wanshan District, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Trevaunance Mine (Wheal Trevaunance), St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia Uranium Mine No. 16, Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic Vantage area, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA Vieille Montagne (Altenberg; Kelmisberg), Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK Wenshan Mine, Dulong ore field, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China Wheal Coates, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Gorland, St Day, Gwennap - St Day Area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Hope, Perranzabuloe, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Kind (Wheal Kine), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Phoenix (Phoenix United Mine; West Phoenix Mine), Linkinhorne, Caradon & Phoenix Area (South-Eastern Bodmin Moor), Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap - St Day Area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK Wilhelm Mine, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Yakima Co., Washington, 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 Adamite Agardite-(Ce) Alamosite Anglesite Apatite-(CaF) Apophyllite Apophyllite-(KF) Aquamarine Arfvedsonite Argentopyrite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Azurite Baryte Blister Copper Bornite Brochantite Brunogeierite Buttgenbachite Calcite Campylite Carrollite Cassiterite Cavansite Cerussite Chalcocite Chalcomenite Chalcosiderite Chervetite Childrenite Chrysocolla Cinnabar Clinoclase Cobaltoan Calcite Cobaltomenite Cornetite Crocoite Cuprian Smithsonite Cuprite Cuprosklodowskite Curite Destinezite Diamond Dioptase Dolomite Epidote Erythrite Ferberite Fluorite Francevillite Francolite Galena Glaukosphaerite Goethite Gold Gypsum Harmotome Hematite Hemimorphite Heterogenite Julienite Kamotoite-(Y) Kasolite Lanarkite Leiteite Leucophosphite Libethenite Likasite Liroconite Ludlockite Macphersonite Malachite Manganite Manganoan Adamite Marcasite Maucherite Metatyuyamunite Mimetite Molybdenite Monazite Olivenite Orpiment Parasymplesite Petrified Wood Pharmacosiderite Phosgenite Pitchblende Plancheite Platinum Plumbeine Plumbogummite Prehnite Pseudomalachite Pyromorphite Quartz Rammelsbergite Realgar Renierite Rhodochrosite Roubaultite Rutile Schalenblende Schaurteite Scheelite Schuilingite-(Nd) Sharpite Siderite Smithsonite Smoky Quartz Soddyite Sphalerite Spherocobaltite Strontianite Sulphur Swamboite Tennantite Tetrahedrite Topaz Torbernite Tsumcorite Uraninite Vanadinite Vandenbrandeite Vésigniéite Veszelyite Vivianite Willemite Wölsendorfite Wood Tin Wulfenite	Keyword(s)

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