Minerals bought at the Ylämaa mineral fair -97


Sulphur, copper, goetite, dumortierite, uvarovites, heulandite, stilbite, purpurite.

Copper

Native Copper, Karelia, Russia.
Bought from a Russian dealer at the Ylämaa mineral fair 1997-06-28.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)
Sulphur

Sulphur from Ukraina, Russia.
Bought from a Russian dealer at the Ylämaa mineral fair 1997-06-28.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)
Heulandite

This is a very nice display of a heulandite crystal lying in a rounded bed of quartz.
Locality : India.
Bought from a Russian dealer at the Ylämaa mineral fair 1997-06-28.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)
Stilbite

A nice crystal of stilbite in a light pinkish tone. At the base of the crystal is a group of apophylite crystals (in the background of the picture).
Locality : India.
Bought from a Russian dealer at the Ylämaa mineral fair 1997-06-28.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)
Uvarovite

Uvarovite from Saranapda, Ural, Russia.
Bought from a Russian dealer at the Ylämaa mineral fair 1997-06-28.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)
Uvarovite

Another view of the above stone.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)
Grossular

Grossular in limestone, Russia.
Bought from a Russian dealer at the Ylämaa mineral fair 1997-06-28.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)
Melanite

Melanite from Kazachstan.
Bought from a Russian dealer at the Ylämaa mineral fair 1997-06-28.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)
Purpurite

Purpurite from Namibia.
Bought from a Finnish dealer at the Ylämaa mineral fair 1997-06-28.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)
Goethite

Goethite from Lappland, Finland.
Bought from a Finnish dealer at the Ylämaa mineral fair 1997-06-28.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)
Dumortierite

Dumortierite from a local dealer in Ylämaa. This was a new findings made just some week before the fair, so he didn't know what he had found. It was Markku that guessed it was dumortierite. Anyhow, I bought a piece as reference.
Bought at the Ylämaa mineral fair 1997-06-28.
(300 dpi, 800x600, k)

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