 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California...the most popular of all collectible minerals is beryl. Its wide variation in color, particularly in the...the United States. High-quality specimens of the beryl gems, such as emerald and aquamarine, and to a lesser...lesser extent heliodor, morganite, bixbite (red beryl), and goshenite, are particularly prized, as are...unusual localities. A few collectors specialize in beryl, assembling magnificent collections that have been |  | | Journal (issue) | | from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...deposits, and consequently with such severely limited field collecting opportunities, should foster a hot-bed...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time... from the Knight Vein, Knight mine, Rosiclare district, Illinois. Ex Ocus Stanley Mineral Museum collection; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Michael Bainbridge photo. Topaz, 4 cm, from Murzinka, Russia; Mike Menzies collection; Mark Mauthner photo....terrain throughout much of the Pacific Northwest made field collecting more difficult than in areas to the south...community and dealers to serve them gradually evolved. Field collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest...“a new mineral store” in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue...and associated minerals from the Michigan copper district. This is an old time collection,” he said, “collected |
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Malkhan pegmatite field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Krasnochikoysky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia