http://www.mineralspecies.com mineral species dealer Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:01:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every mineral has a type locality, where the first specimens originated.  Some type localities are lost to history, such as those for cinnabar or quartz.  Now and for the last two centuries, researchers have dutifully recorded type localities for new species.   Sometimes a type locality remains the only locality ... http://www.mineralspecies.com/?p=57 The new A to Z gallery features twenty-six mineral species: arsendescloizite, babingtonite, chambersite, diaspore, euclase, fluellite, gaudefroyite, haiweeite, inesite, jamesonite, kolwezite, libethenite, montebrasite, nifontovite, olivenite, plancheite, quartz, roscherite, strengite, tetrahedrite, uranophane, veszelyite, woodhouseite, xonotlite, yoshimuraite, and zektzerite. http://www.mineralspecies.com/?p=56 Find here a fine selection of rare mineral species from Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgystan, and Kazakhstan. Certain items came from the J R Jelks collection, Arizona, and others from the Bill and Ann Cook collection, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. http://www.mineralspecies.com/?p=35 During the Denver 2007 mineral show, mineralspecies.com purchased a part of the rare species collection of Bill and Ann Cook of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They have collected minerals systematically for over 30 years. http://www.mineralspecies.com/?p=33 Please find a new selection of curious minerals, including a fine sklodowskite form Mexico and an incredible orthoserpierite. http://www.mineralspecies.com/?p=32 Welcome to this new gallery of minerals; of special note is the warikhanite crystal specimen, perhaps the first ever offered on the Internet. http://www.mineralspecies.com/?p=31 http://www.mineralspecies.com/?p=24 This is a gallery of mixed minerals, featuring a fine väyrynenite crystal. http://www.mineralspecies.com/?p=22 This gallery features specimens of the new mineral ottensite. Ottensite is related to cetineite; both minerals form red crusts. The original description and an additional note concerning the mineral appeared in the January-February issue of the Mineralogical Record. Sejkora, J. and Hrysl, J. (2007) Ottensite, a new mineral from Qinglong, Guizhou ... http://www.mineralspecies.com/?p=12 http://www.mineralspecies.com/?p=8