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Giuliano Bettini - 20th Jan 2017Petalite eg. how to find minerals in cardboard boxes.
Gerhard Niklasch - 19th Jan 2017Exploring Crystal Lattices - 3: Taking Three as the Subject...
Jolyon & Katya Ralph - 17th Jan 2017Contested Regions
Rolf Luetcke - 14th Jan 2017Small Unnamed Prospect in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona
Gerhard Niklasch - 12th Jan 2017Exploring Crystal Lattices - 2: Enter the Model Universe- More ArticlesClick here to see more recent articles
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- Re: Unknown brown needles in quartz geode05:13 26th Jan 2017 - posted by Casey Montgomery
- Re: Unknown brown needles in quartz geode05:11 26th Jan 2017 - posted by Alfredo Petrov
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