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Members' Best NM Specimens "The most flamboyant crystals would be nothing more than geometric curiosities without the knowledge that their regular shapes and striking colors are a consequence of the forces that bind their atoms together." The Super Nova Story, Marchall, 1988, p. 3
To all Members: This page is intended to show mineral and fossil specimens collected by club members. Please send me the pics of the one or two favorite specimens that you have collected here in New Mexico. Send it as an e-mail attachment to jscully216@aol.com or give it to me on a floppy disk at a club meeting. If sending by e-mail please only put one pic on per e-mail message. Tell me what the mineral is, where you collected it and your name. (-: John Scully Minerals: Specimens from Ruth Bronson, June 2009 Fluorite, Bingham, NM, by John Reinert 2008 Moonstone, Rabb Park in the Gila NF Goethite, Route 60 mine west of Socorro, by John Scully Goethite, Route 60 mine, west of Socorro, by Rex Nelson Quartz crystal, Mule Creek, Desert Jewel claim Bingham Green Fluorite, Queen Ann Claim, Bingham Spessartine Garnet, Harding Mine, Collected by Paul Hlava Linarite, Bingham Gem chrysocolla, Apache II Mine, Hachita Azurite balls in arkose matrix with dash of malachite stain, Nacimiento Mine, collected by Rex Nelson Ramshorn gypsum, Whiskey II mine, Bingham, NM by Rex Nelson in distant past Septarian nodule with calcite crystals, Nacimiento Mine, Mike Garcia Galena cubes on matrix, Queen Ann Claim, AKA, the South Cut, Bingham. Rex Nelson Galena cubes with linarite and brochantite, Queen Ann Claim, AKA, the South Cut, Bingham. Rex Nelson Gold, 1.32 ounces, Santa Fe County, 1985, Phil Hontz Pyrite ball, Nacimiento Mine, Cuba, NM, Orlando Garcia Azurite concretions in sandstone matrix, Nacimiento Mine, Cuba, NM, John Scully Blue Barite Crystal inside a calcite filled septarian, Nacimiento Mine, Rachel Shroyer
Fossils: Water Plant, Permian Sandstone, Quebrada Area, East of Socorro Petrified Wood with Crystals, Garcia family, Grants area Horn Coral, west of Caballo Lake in BLM land, week of Sept 8 Carbonized wood in arcose suffused with malachite and azurite, Nacimiento Mine, Cuba, NM 10/29/03
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