Natural Bridges Nat. Mon., Utah - October 2009 - photo by John Veevaert

John Veevaert    6152 Mia Vista Dr., Reno Nevada  USA  (888) 689-8402

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Updated February 10, 2018

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Elbaite & Lepidolite   Elbaite	February 10th -  Elbaite   This is an assortment of elbaite specimens obtained just prior to the show.
Gold   Gold	February 11th -   Gold   This is an assortment of new gold specimens from the active Fire Creek mine in Lander County, Nevada.  There are both matrix specimens and a group of loose floater specimens - all crystallized like crazy!
Blue Fluorapatite	February 11th -   Fluorapatite   These were first seen at the 2017 Denver Show.  I was not able to obtain any then but did see some with Spirifer Minerals.  Very attractive inky blue crystals of fluorapatite from the Golconda Pegmatite in Brazil.
Fluorite  Tsavorite	February 11th -  Mixed Minerals   Here is a small group of mixed minerals found here at the show.
Zircon on Biotite	February 11th -   Zircon   Spirifer minerals spent a chunk of time in 2017 digging these specimens in Norway.
Baryte	February 11th -   Baryte   Geoff Krasnov & Isaias Casanova had specimens from a new find of baryte at the San Diego mine in Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico.  the crystals are chisel shaped and lustrous!
Jouravskite & Xonotlite	February 11th -   Jouravskite   Here is a small group of crystallized specimens of jouravskite with Xonotlite, Calcite or Bultfonteinite from the N'Chwaning III mine.  This is a big deal as prior to this find jouravskite was only known as a crust like mineral.
Torbernite	February 11th -   Torbernite   TI found a small hoard of torbernite crystals from Spirfier Minerals.  This is a French classic from the Margabal mine.  Remember these are radioactive too!