Geological Oddities and Rarities V
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Ruby
[Crystals in Matrix]


Northern Karelia

RUSSIA
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Sal Ammoniac
[Crystals on Matrix]


CZECH REPUBLIC
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Ankerite
[Crystals on Matrix]

Westmorland

Cumberland
ENGLAND
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Colemanite
[Intergrown Crystals]

Calico Borate Deposit

San Bernardino County
CALIFORNIA
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Colemanite
[Intergrown Crystals]

Calico Borate Deposit

San Bernardino County
CALIFORNIA
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Colemanite
[Intergrown Crystals]

Calico Borate Deposit

San Bernardino County
CALIFORNIA
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Levyne
[Crystals in Vugs in Basalt]

Beech Creek Quarry
Mt. Vernon

Grant County
OREGON
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Reptilian Coprolite
[Agatized]

Cretaceous

WYOMING
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Mixed Sulfide/Native Bismuth
[Polished Vein Sample]

Schneeberg
Erzgebirge

Saxony
GERMANY
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Atacamite
[Crystals on Matrix]

Emma Luisa Mine

Taltal Province
CHILE
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Corundum var. Ruby
[Crystal in Matrix]


San Gabriel Mountains
Cascade Canyon
Mount Baldy Village

Los Angeles County/San Bernardino County
CALIFORNIA
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Corundum var. Ruby
[Crystal in Matrix]


San Gabriel Mountains
Cascade Canyon
Mount Baldy Village

Los Angeles County/San Bernardino County
CALIFORNIA
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Corundum var. Ruby
[Crystals in Matrix]


San Gabriel Mountains
Cascade Canyon
Mount Baldy Village

Los Angeles County/San Bernardino County
CALIFORNIA
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Andalusite
[Single Crystal with Mica]


Blue Bird Mine
Cargo Muchacho Mountains
Ogilby

Imperial County
CALIFORNIA
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Luzonite
[Massive]

Cerro da Pasco

PERU
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Olmite
[Crystals on Matrix]

N'Chwaning II Mine

Kuruman
SOUTH AFRICA
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Stalactite
[Polished Tip]

UNKNOWN
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Stalactite
[Polished Tip]

UNKNOWN
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Stalactite
[Polished Tip]

UNKNOWN
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Tunellite
[Large Crystal]

Kramer Borate Deposit
Boron

Kern County
CALIFORNIA
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Samarskite
[Crystals in Matrix]

McKinney Mine

Mitchell County
NORTH CAROLINA
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Samarskite
[Crystals in Matrix]

McKinney Mine

Mitchell County
NORTH CAROLINA
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Samarskite
[Crystals in Matrix]

McKinney Mine

Mitchell County
NORTH CAROLINA
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Lapis Lazuli
[Gem Grade]

AFGHANISTAN
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Lapis Lazuli
[Gem Grade]

AFGHANISTAN
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Lapis Lazuli
[Gem Grade]

AFGHANISTAN
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Lapis Lazuli
[Gem Grade]

AFGHANISTAN
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Lazulite
[Crystals in Matrix]

Graves Mountain

GEORGIA
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Nelsonite


Laramie Anorthosite Complex

WYOMING
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Hausmannite


Langban

SWEDEN
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Thulite
[Crystal in Pegmatite]


Spruce Pine

NORTH CAROLINA
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Thulite
[Crystal in Pegmatite]


Spruce Pine

NORTH CAROLINA
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Diopside
[Crystal Network]


Otter Lake

Quebec
CANADA
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Kutnohorite
[Crystal Blades on Matrix]


Moncure Quarry
Wake Stone Corporation
Moncure

Lee County
NORTH CAROLINA
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Danburite
[Single Crystal]


Dalnegorsk
RUSSIAN FAR EAST
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Danburite
[Crystal Termination]


Dalnegorsk
RUSSIAN FAR EAST
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Enargite
[Crystals on Massive]

Julicani District
Angares Province
Huancavelica Department

PERU
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Asbestos
[Antigorite and Picrolite]

Jeffrey Mine
Asbestos

Quebec
CANADA
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Vesuvianite
[Crystals in Massive]

Goodall Mine
Sanford

MAINE
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Vesuvianite
[Crystals in Massive]

Goodall Mine
Sanford

MAINE
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Cuprite
[Massive with Malachite]

Bisbee

ARIZONA
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Kutnohorite
[Crystal Sheafs on Manganocalcite]

Wessels Mine

SOUTH AFRICA
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Thorite
[Intergrown Metamict Crystals]

BURMA