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What Photos to Show All Gemstones - in my collection Microphotos Lapidary Creations Locality Photos Other Photos	Which Locality All 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA Afar Region, Ethiopia Afghanistan Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Aguascalientes, Mexico Akchatau Mine, Akshatau (Aqshatau), Shet District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan Alaska, USA Alban Hills, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy Alberta, Canada Áliva Mine, Camaleño, Cantabria, Spain Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique Ambato-Boeni, Boeny, Madagascar Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar Anahi Mine, La Gaiba mining district, Ángel Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz, Bolivia Andilamena Quartz Quarries, Andranotokana Massif, Andilamena District, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar Argentina Arizona, USA Ash Creek Canyon Quarry, Ash Creek, Ricolite Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA Ash Creek, Ricolite Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA Aurangabad Division, Maharashtra, India Australia Azurite-in-granite occurrence, Khaplu, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Bahia, Brazil Balochistan, Pakistan Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil Batalha mine, São José da Batalha, Salgadinho, Paraíba, Brazil Bekily District, Androy, Madagascar Bekily, Morafeno Bekily, Bekily District, Androy, Madagascar Bendougou, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali Benono, Mahasoa Est, Betroka District, Anosy, Madagascar Benton County, Tennessee, USA Big Four Mine, Heeney, Green Mountain Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA Botswana Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA Brazil Bristol, England, UK Buell Park, Sawmill, Defiance Plateau, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA California State Gem Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA California, USA Cambodia Canada Capillitas mining district, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina Carbonera Mine, La Trinidad, Tequisquiapan Municipality, Queretaro, Mexico Ceará, Brazil Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Durango Municipality, Durango, Mexico Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Chihuahua, Mexico Chile Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA China Colombia Coober Pedy, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia Coscuez Mine, San Pablo de Borbur, Western Boyacá Province, Boyacá Department, Colombia Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Czech Republic Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Berezovo district, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia DR Congo Dubník, Červenica, Prešov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia Durango, Mexico Dust Devil Mine, Plush, Lake County, Oregon, USA Eifel Mountains, Germany/Belgium Eilat, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel El Paso County, Colorado, USA El Refugio Mine, Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico Emma Luisa Mine, Guanaco Mine, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile Ethiopia Filipinas Larimar Mine, Los Checheses, Sierra de Baoruco, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic Four Peaks Amethyst Mine (Arizona Amethyst Mine), Four Peaks, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan Gem Mountain Sapphire Mine (American Sapphire Gem Mine; Chaussee Sapphire Mine), Rock Creek Mining District, Granite County, Montana, USA Germany Ghundao hill, Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan Gila County, Arizona, USA Girdlestone Farm, Mwenezi District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe Globe, Globe Hills Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Granite County, Montana, USA Guaratinga, Bahia, Brazil Harding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania Hopewell Farm 240, Outjo, Kunene Region, Namibia Hukawng Valley, Myitkyina District, Kachin State, Myanmar Hunan, China Idaho, USA Inagli chrome diopside deposit, Inagli Massif, Aldan, Sakha, Russia India Indonesia Inner Mongolia, China Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA Italy Itremo massif, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar Itrongay (Itrongahy), Mahasoa Est, Betroka District, Anosy, Madagascar Jaguaraçu pegmatite, Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil Jalisco, Mexico Japan Java, Indonesia Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada Jiangxi, China Jiaohe peridot deposit, Jiaohe City, Jilin, Jilin, China Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia Kagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia Kahawatta, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka Kalahari Desert, Africa Kalahari manganese field, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa Kashmir sapphire mines, Pádar, Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir, India Katanga, DR Congo Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan Kayes Region, Mali Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA Kenya Khaplu, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan Khazana, Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan Khoroshiv Raion (Volodarsk-Volynskii), Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia Korshunovskoye iron deposit, Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky, Nizhneilimsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan Kunar, Afghanistan Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan Laghman, Afghanistan Lake George, Park County, Colorado, USA Lang Mine, Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA Le Bourg-d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania Libombos, Matutuíne District, Maputo Province, Mozambique Libyan Desert Glass area, New Valley Governorate, Egypt Lightning Ridge, Finch Co., New South Wales, Australia Lily Mine, Humay District, Pisco Province, Ica, Peru Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Sunshine Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA Llano County, Texas, USA Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam Macon County, North Carolina, USA Madagascar Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Murtal District, Styria, Austria Malawi Malheur County, Oregon, USA Mali Manyara Region, Tanzania Marble occurrence, Morogoro, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania Marofarafara, Soavina Commune, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar Masua Mine, Masua, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy Mbeya Region, Tanzania Medina pegmatite field, Pedra Azul pegmatite district, Minas Gerais, Brazil Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania Mexico Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA Middle Mountain, North Conway, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA Mile 72, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia Minas Gerais, Brazil Mogilata deposit, Septemvri Mine, Madan Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar Mong Hsu Township (Möng Hsu; Monghsu; Mong Hsu; Maing Hsu), Loilen District, Shan State, Myanmar Montana, USA Morogoro Region, Tanzania Morogoro, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA Mozambique Mpita prospect (Mpita mine), Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo Mt Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA Mulla Ghori, Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan Muzo Municipality, Western Boyacá Province, Boyacá Department, Colombia Myanmar N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa Namibia Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha Region, Tanzania Natrolite occurrence, Nusa Kambangan, Cilacap Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia Navajo County, Arizona, USA Navegadora claim, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil Nepal New Mexico, USA New Zealand Ngabu, Chikwawa, Southern Region, Malawi Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania Nigeria North Carolina, USA Northern Cape, South Africa Norway Nova Scotia, Canada Novello Mine, Masvingo District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe Nuristan, Afghanistan Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland Nuummite localities, Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland Odisha, India Ofiki, Atisbo, Oyo, Nigeria Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia Onot river, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia Opal Butte, Morrow County, Oregon, USA Opal occurrence, Nioro du Sahel Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali Oregon, USA Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil Oyo, Nigeria Pakistan Palelni mine ("Kat Chay mine"), Khetchel village (Cache village; Khat Che village), Molo quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar Pamir Mountains, Asia Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan Paraíba, Brazil Peru Pima County, Arizona, USA Pingwu beryl mine, Huya township, Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada Private jasper claim, Eagle, Ada County, Idaho, USA Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA Pyant Gyi mine (Pyan Gyi), Pein-Pyit (Painpyit; Pyan Pyit), Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar Québec, Canada Queensland, Australia Queretaro, Mexico Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka Red Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA Rodeo, Rodeo Municipality, Durango, Mexico Russia Rwanda Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic Sakangyi, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, USA San Diego County, California, USA San Luis Potosí, Mexico Santander, Cantabria, Spain Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan Saranovskii Mine, Sarany, Gornozavodskii District, Perm Krai, Russia Sardinia, Italy Sawtooth Batholith, Idaho, USA Scorpion Mine, Tsavo National Park, Voi, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya Selçuk District, Izmir Province, Turkey Septemvri Mine, Madan Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece Serra da Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil Sherman County, Oregon, USA Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Shoshone County, Idaho, USA Sierra Leone Sierrita Mine, Batamote Hills, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA Sodalite mine, Orotumba (Oroutumba), Swartbooisdrif Dikes, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia South Africa South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia Spain Sri Lanka St Anns Mine (St Anne Mine; St Anne's Mine; St Ann's Mine), Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA Stirling Brook ("Carnelian Creek"), Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA Sumatra, Indonesia Sunnyside Mine group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA Sweden Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA Tajikistan Tanzania Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Tawmaw (Tawhmaw; Taw Maw), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Myanmar Texas, USA Thailand Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA Thurein-taung, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar Tibet, China Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar Tsehay Mewcha, Delanta Woreda, North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia Tsitondroina, Ikalamavony District, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia Tunduru, Tunduru District, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania Umba River (Umba Valley), Korogwe Rural District, Tanga Region, Tanzania Ural Economic Region, Russia Uruáchic, Uruáchic Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico Uruguay Utah, USA Vietnam Viloco Mine (Araca Mine), Loayza Province, La Paz, Bolivia Virgin Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA Voi, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya Warsak Intrusions, Mohmand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa Western Australia, Australia Wildhorse, Malheur County, Oregon, USA William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China Wyoming, USA Yellowstone River, Custer County, Montana, USA Ysterputz Mine (Ysterputs Mine), Ysterputs Farm 254, Karasburg West, ǁKaras Region, Namibia Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan Zagradski Potok Mine, Zagradski Creek, Busovača, Central Bosnia Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Zambezia Province, Mozambique Zambia Zamora, Castile and Leon, Spain Zillertal, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
	Which Order Most Recent First Oldest Photos First By Gem Name/Photo Title By Locality Name By Region Name Most Viewed First Least Viewed First Most Recently Viewed Least Recently Viewed	Which Mineral All Achroite Adularia Aegirine Aeschynite Agate Albite-Anorthite Series Alexandrite Almandine Amazonite Amber Amblygonite Amethyst Ametrine Ammolite Analcime Anatase Andalusite Andesine Andradite Anyolite Apatite Aquamarine Aventurine Axinite Azurite Baryte Bastnäsite Benitoite Beryl Beryllonite Black Opal Boulder Opal Bowenite Bronze Turquoise Brookite Bustamite Bytownite Calcite Carnelian Cassiterite Chalcedony Charoite Chiastolite Chrome-Diopside Chrome-Tourmaline Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Chrysocolla Chalcedony Chrysoprase Citrine Clinohumite Clinozoisite Cobalt-bearing Calcite Copal Coral Cordierite Corundum Creedite Crystal Opal Cuprite Danburite Datolite Demantoid Dendritic Agate Diamond Diaspore Diopside Dioptase Dravite Dumortierite Ekanite Elbaite Emerald Enstatite Eosphorite Euclase Eudialyte Feldspar Ferro-axinite Fire Agate Fire Opal Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series Fluorapatite Fluorite Forsterite Friedelite Garnet Group Gaspéite Goshenite Grandidierite Grossular Gypsum Hackmanite Hambergite Haüyne Heliodor Hemimorphite Herderite Hessonite Howlite Hyalite Hypersthene Imperial Topaz Indicolite Jade Jasper Jeremejevite Johachidolite Kornerupine Kunzite Kyanite Labradorite Lapis lazuli Larimar Lazulite Lazurite Lepidolite Leucite Libyan Desert Glass Liddicoatite Lizardite Malachite Malaia Garnet Maw Sit Sit Melanite Milarite Moldavite Monazite Montebrasite Moonstone Morganite Moss Agate Musgravite Natrolite Nepheline Nephrite Nuummite Obsidian Oligoclase Onyx Opal Orbicular Jasper Orthoclase Painite Paraíba Tourmaline Parisite Pearl Peridot Petalite Petrified Wood Pezzottaite Phenakite Phosgenite Phosphosiderite Pietersite Pink Opal Pollucite Prasiolite Precious Opal Prehnite Pyrite Pyrope Pyroxmangite Quartz Rhodochrosite Rhodolite Rose Quartz Rubellite Ruby Rutilated Quartz Rutile Sanidine Sapphire Sapphirine Scapolite Scheelite Schorl Scolecite Scorzalite Seraphinite Serpentine Sillimanite Sinhalite Smithsonite Smoky Quartz Sodalite Spessartine Sphalerite Spinel Spodumene Star Ruby Star Sapphire Strawberry Quartz Sugilite Sunstone Tanzanite Tektite Thaumasite Tiger's Eye Titanite Topaz Tourmalinated Quartz Tourmaline Triplite Tsavorite Turquoise Umbalite Variscite Vesuvianite Vivianite Water Opal Watermelon Tourmaline White Opal Willemite Wulfenite Zincite Zircon Zoisite	Keyword(s)

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