Each year, the Mineralogy Museum MINES ParisTech receives donations. We warmly thank all our donors for their generous contributions to the growth and the reputation of our collection for this year 2016!
- Apatite gemstone from Madagascar, given by Patrick de Koenigswarter (#83456).
- Tourmaline gemstone from Myanmar (Burma), a sillimanite gemstone from Sri-Lanka, and a kyanite gemstone from Nepal, given by Joris de Josselin de Jong and Corinne Lambert (#83457, 83458 & 83459 respectively).
- Pezzottaite gemstone from Madagascar, given by Denis Gravier (#83460).
- Apatite gemstone from Madagascar and a star sapphire from Sri-Lanka, given by Philippe Condouret and Monique Laporte-Galaa (#83461 and 83462).
- Hiddenite gemstone from Brazil, given by Jean-Jacques Abello (#83463).
- Kunzite gemstone from Afghanistan, given by Deen Anvers (#83464).
- Tourmaline gemstone from Brazil, given by Stephen Rosenberg (#83465).
- Tanzanite cabochon from Tanzania, given by Sayed M. Shoaïb Naqui (#83466).
- Star diopside from India, given by Christophe Spire (#83467).
- Demantoid garnet gemstone from Madagscar, given by Olivier Robert (#83468).
- 5 cut spinels (2 from Sri-Lanka, 1 from Mogok in Burma, 1 from Madagascar and 1 from Tadjikistan ; #83469, 83470, 83471, 83472 et 83473) ; 4 cut garnets (3 from Madagascar and 1 from Mozambique ; 83474, 83475, 83476 et 83477). All of these gemstones were given by Sophie Charton and Nicolas Zylberman.
- A sample of garnet from Collobrières, Var, France and sapphires from La Sioule, Puy-de-Dôme, France, given by Nicolas Cabanes (#83455 and 83454 respectively).
- 3 samples from the Teresita Mines, Asturias, Spain, given by Luis Barrientos with thanks to Alvaro Alvarez Gascon (#83451 to 83453).
- A slice of the martian meteorite NWA 8656, found in the Sahara desert, given by Labenne Météorites (#83450). To know more about this meteorite from Mars, click here.
- Grandidierite from Vohibola, Amboasary, Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar, given par Renan Deschard (#83448).
- A metatype specimen of abellaite, from the Eureka Mine, Castell-estaó, Pallars Jussà, Spain, given by Joan Abella i Creus (#83447; 35th sample of the discovery containing 60 samples).
- A series of 15 samples from Cap Garonne, Var, France, given by Philippe Font (#83417 to #83431).
- Smithsonite from Sounion, Lavrion, Greece, given by Philippe Font (#83416).
- A novelty French mineral of yellow baryte from Le Piboul, Grabrias, Lozère, France, given by Alain Martaud (#83414).
Baryte jaune de Le Piboul, Grabrias, Lozère, France, donnée par Alain Martaud (#83414; 18 x 8.4 x 6.7 cm). This specimen is on exhibit in room L, in display case 12.
- Quartz with green and yellow inclusions from Minas Gerais, Brazil, given by Hadrien Begon (#83413).
- A rough nodule of play-of-color opal from Mezzezo, Ethiopia, given by Eyaopal & Opalinda (#83404).
- A series of samples of halite from Varangéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, given by Cédric Lheur (#83401 à 83403).
- Rough samples of sapphires and spinels from Thailand (#83397 à 83399) given by Alexandre Eichler, as well as a quartz from Fréjus, Var, France (#83400).
- Two specimens coming from Colombia, given by Hadrien Begon : Fluorite from Muzo, Boyaca, and calcite with dolomite from Boyaca (#83396 and #83395 respectively).
- Pink opal from Méhun sur Yèvre, Cher, France, polished and then given by André Gatellier (#83382).
- Fragment of a lunar meteorite NWA 4483,given by Edwin Thompson (#83381).
- Reddish-brown gemmy zircon (quality used for heat treatment to turn the stone blue) from Rotanah Kiri, Cambodia, given by Artinian Boonlam (#83380).
- Hematite from Ranspach, Haut-Rhin, France, given by Jean-Luc Hohl (#83377).
ABC Mines association strongly supports the Mineralogy Museum collection by giving multiple donations each year. For 2016, here is the selection proposed and given by ABC Mines to the Mineralogy Museum:
- Calcite from Le Puiselet, Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, Seine-et-Marne, France, part of Lilian Génin's legacy to ABC Mines, then given to the Musée de Minéralogie (#83350).
- Scheuchzerite from Val Greveglia, Genova, Italy (#83500).
- Frankamenite from Murunskii, Yakuta, Russa (#83501).
- A slice weighing 9.88g of martion meteorite NWA 8656, found in the Sahara Desert (#83449). To know more about this martian meteorite, click here.
- Valentinite on pyrite from the San José mine, Oruro, Bolivia (#83412).
- Meurigite-K and meurigite-Na from Teskov, Rokycany, Czech Republic (#83410 and #83411 respectively).
- Svenekite from Svornost, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (#83409).
- Azurite on malachite from Milpillas, Sonora, Mexico (#83408).
- Orange calcite from the Quentuère quarry, Vaiges, Mayenne, France (#83407).
- A new discovery of red cordierite (a color never encountered before for cordierite) from Iakora, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar: 2 rough (#83406) and one cut (#83405) samples.
- Red anatase crystals on quartz from Vallegia, Bedretto, Tessin, Switzerland (#83379).
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