mindatnh site history.
Species photos added for each update are
indicated below.
Site launch date: January 3, 2009
Updates: 1-11-09, species D & E added, total = 67.
1-14-09, species F added, total = 75.
1-22-09, species G added, total = 89.
1-28-09, species H added, total = 102.
2-05-09, species I,J,K added, total = 108.
2-12-09, species L added, total = 115.
2-19-09, species M and Ixiolite added, total = 129. Display case is filling up!
2-27-09, species N,O,P-Phlogopite added, total = 138.
3-08-09, 10 more "P" species added, 4 more "P" to come, total = 148.
3-10-09, Remaining "P" species added, total = 152.
3-15-09, species Q,R added, total = 162.
3-24-09, species S through Sillimanite added, total = 175.
4-02-09, remaining S species added, total = 189.
4-09-09, Allanite specimen replaced - Joppa Hill Allanite is Epidote. Ixiolite removed - may be Ishikawaite.
Plots added for Galena, "Scapolite"
5-07-09, T mineral species added. Total = 197
5-18-09, Stolzite & Metavivianite added. Total = 199
6-12-09, Remaining species added, (U - Z). Total = 212
6-22-09 The Columbite series species have been updated to reflect the present accepted nomenclature.
Added species Columbite-(Mn), Glauconite, Jarosite, Marcasite, Sekaninaite. Total = 217
8-16-09, Lithiophilite and Triploidite species added. Total = 219
9-29-09, Ushkovite species added. Total = 221
9-18-09, Helvite locality corrected. Genthelvite species added. Total = 220
10-14-09, EDS analysis of my Chrysotile
and Cookeite specimen examples showed them both to be muscovite. Photos of these species removed. Total = 219
11-16-09, Bismutite species added. Total = 220
11-27-09, added species Fluocerite-(Ce), Parisite, Pharmacosiderite, Pyrochlore,
Vigezzite-Fersmite. Total = 225
1-9-10, added cacoxenite. Total = 226
1-19-10, added cookeite, copiapite, kulanite, pargasite, sicklerite. Total = 232. Also added samuelsonite gallery and siderophyllite species.
1-30-10, added ferrosilite, macaulayite, metazeunerite, whiteite. Total = 236.