New finds, classic localities, and the people behind them. Photographed to museum standard. In print and digital, in English and German.
What a specimen tells by itself and what we have to record for it: traces on diamond crystals, a hidden emerald from the Habachtal, gold wires from the Gran Sabana and four ways to document a collection.
FreeMineralica 2026-3
By Maximilian Schiller
Where the familiar holds something new: rare minerals from Wittichen in the Black Forest, iridescent garnets from Drammen, Norway, the pegmatites of Ishikawa, Japan, and farewell to the Maucher mineral shop.
What makes a locality significant: colorful agates from San Rafael in Argentina, the tourmalines of the island of Elba and the microminerals of the Kaiserbründl on the Gratlspitze in Tyrol.
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Mineralica 2026-2
The Wittichen valley in the Black Forest was once a center of silver and cobalt mining and is one of Germany's classic mineral localities. At its heart are photographs of very rare minerals from one of the district's most comprehensive collections.
By Frank Oppenländer and Matthias Reinhardt
Mineralica 2026-2
In 2025, iridescent andradite garnets were discovered near Drammen, Norway – the first confirmed European locality for rainbow garnets. The authors present the site, the discovery and the play of color, and trace its cause.
By Máximo Alfonso Rojo, Gabija Maršalkaitė and Adrien Sautier
Mineralica 2026-2
Ishikawa in Fukushima Prefecture is one of Japan's most prolific regions for rare-element minerals. Kōta Harihara traces its story from feldspar mining for porcelain to the desperate search for uranium in World War II.
By Kōta Harihara