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This very delicate and aesthetic specimen is from the historic Minerva No. 1 Mine in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District of Southern...

This large and aesthetic barite specimen was collected from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa from a find made in November 2019...

Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, the Linwood Mine is one of the largest underground limestone...

This specimen is from a find made at the Linwood Mine, in Buffalo, Iowa, in September 2020, and consists of flat, prismatic, pale...

Located on the bank of the Mississippi River, in Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, the Linwood Mine is one of the largest underground limestone...

Here's a beautiful, multi-colored fluorescent specimen from a little-known area in Imperial County, California. This little fluorescent...

Nodules of barite and aragonite are perched on an underlying base of celestine and fluorite on this beautiful specimen from the Annabel...

These barite specimens, collected from an abandoned barite mine in Custer County, Colorado, show an unusual multi-wavelength red to...

Macro photo of a large (18mm) translucent yellow stepped cerussite crystal, perched on blades of pink and yellow barite. In MW the...

The Linwood Mine, an underground limestone mine in Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, is known for producing beautiful display quality calcite...

This is an interesting fluorescent specimen from a location previously unknown for producing fluorescent minerals- the Lockport Vein,...

Several well-formed, terminated, amber barite crystals on a dark chocolate brown matrix, from the Elk Creek area of Meade County, South...

Sprays of golden amber barite crystals cover a dark chocolate brown matrix in this specimen from the Elk Creek area of Meade County,...

This specimen of barite from the Linwood mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, is most interesting from a scientific perspective. It is one...

Cluster of white, bladed, barite crystals without matrix, with needle-like, off-white calcite crystals occurring between the central...

Exceptionally rich specimen of bright yellow fluorescing barite on an orange/red calcite matrix - A classic example of this highly sought...

This is a large-grained rock containing light grey-colored calcite and barite, and black franklinite crystals; a much sought after...

Collected in October 2016 during a visit with Mark and John in the late afternoon. In just a few minutes I learned some very valuable...

Located adjacent to the Mississippi River, in Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, the Linwood Mine is one of the largest underground limestone...

This is a large cluster of intergrown, prismatic, light golden/smoky colored barite crystals, on a minimal limestone matrix. It was...