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5 latest articles on minerals and fossils

 Hunting trip in Xianghualing mine

Chinese Fluorescent Minerals hunting trip in Xianghualing mine, HuNan province, China in 2007

Hunting trip in Xianghualing mine
Hunting trip in Xianghualing mine

 Barrerites from Alaska

In the Mineralogical Magazine 1975, Vol. 40. P208 this mineral was declared a rare variety of the Zeolite family and named Barrerite in honor of Richard M. Barrer of New Zealand.

Barrerites from Alaska
Barrerites from Alaska

 Burgam Mine, England

Burgam is a little mine, worked for lead and probably started in the early 1800's. It was last worked in about 1962. Some barite was also produced.

Burgam Mine, England
Burgam Mine, England

 Egyptian Minerals

Egypt is a huge Country, with a very interesting geology and a widely under-exploited mineralogical potential.

Egyptian Minerals
Egyptian Minerals

 Collecting at the Bear Lake Diggings

The Bear Lake Diggings consist of a series of weathered calcite vein dykes where the calcite has been eroded away by natural acids in the soil.

Collecting at the Bear Lake Diggings
Collecting at the Bear Lake Diggings

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