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August 4, 2010
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July 28, 2010
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July 14, 2010
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A Weekly Update of Over 20 New Minerals!
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Turquoise, Ruby, Quartz, and Chalcedony!
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June 30, 2010
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June 23, 2010
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June 14, 2010
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A collection of stunning Red Beryl from the Wah Wah Mountains, Utah!
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A Small Collection Of Amazonites
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Fine Minerals For Every Collector, Chacedony and Wire Wrapping Materials, as Well As Coprolite
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June 2, 2010
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May 19, 2010
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May 26, 2010
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Variscite & Turquoise from the Colorback Mine, Nevada. If you like these you can come find your own - See Our Expeditions Page To Join Us on a Tuquoise Hunt to This Mine!
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Limonites from East Wendover, and Calcites from the Hidden Treasure Mine, Utah.
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May 5, 2010
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April 12, 2010
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April 28, 2010
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A collection of Malachite and Azurite from the Blue Crystal Mine in Utah. For information on going collecting at the Blue Crystal Mine with us see Field Trip, Expeditions page.
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Utah Trilobites, and Fossil Algae from Wheeler Shale Formation
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A collection of over 20 new minerals!
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April 21, 2010
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April 14, 2010
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April 07, 2010
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A weekly update with new minerals!
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A collection of over 20 new minerals!
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Over 20 New Minerals in our Weekly Update!
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March 17, 2010
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March 10, 2010
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March 3, 2010
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Beautiful High End Display Minerals!
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A collection of new minerals including Azurites from La Sal Mountains, Utah
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Celestites, Smoky Quartz, and over 20 other new specimens.
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February 3, 2010
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January 27, 2010
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January 20, 2010
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A collection of over 20 new minerals!
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A collection of over 20 new minerals.
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A beautiful collection of over 20 Azurite and Malachite specimens, in addition to our regular update.
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January 12, 2010
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December 23, 2009
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December 16, 2009
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Over 30 new Topaz and Bixbyite from Utah, and several large display specimens from Mexico.
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Our weekly update of new minerals, and fossils!
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Our weekly update of new minerals and fossils.
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December 9, 2009
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December 3, 2009
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September 29, 2009
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A collection of over 30 minerals listed on Dec. 9rd 2009
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A collection of over 30 minerals listed on Dec. 3rd 2009
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Azurite, Psilomelane and more!
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September 09, 2009
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July 16, 2009
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July 9, 2009
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A collection of over 20 new minerals!
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A collection of over 20 Polished Jade pieces from Jade Cove, California
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Fine Mineral Articles:
Variscite
Variscite, with its brilliant emerald green, is an American icon amongst mineral collectors, and the most prized specimens in the world are found in Utah.
Variscite is an aluminum phosphate, making it a cousin to turquoise. The difference is that variscite lacks copper. It was once used as a cheap turquoise knock off but now it is priced much higher than turquoise. It forms near the surface by phosphoric water percolating through aluminum bearing rocks. When the water has dissolved some of the aluminum, it will deposit variscite in cracks in the rock below the aluminum deposit.
Gem variscite is found at four locations in Utah and each is distinct in appearance. The four locations are Ametrice Hill in Tooele County; Clay Canyon in Juab County; Lucin in Box Elder County; and Snowville in Box Elder County.
Clay Canyon the most famous location in the world. It produced nodules up to three feet in diameter. The colors from this location vary from a limey opaque green to a rich translucent emerald green as clear as glass.
There are a number of rare minerals associated with variscite. At Clay Canyon the variscite was found with crandallite, millisite & wardite, gordonite, millisite, montgomeryite, and englishite as well as others.
All the locations for variscite in Utah are now closed so specimens and rough are not being produced any longer.
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