Mineralica 2026-3
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.
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8 issues2026
Mineralica 2026-2
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.
Mineralica 2026-1
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.
2025
Mineralica 2025-4
Rarity, form and fortune: red beryl from Utah's Thomas Mountains, the crystal forms of gold, new microminerals from the Siegerland and three legendary amazonite specimens from Colorado.
Mineralica 2025-3
Specimens that tell stories: a cut fluorite dodecahedron, the collector Karl Wanek, wulfenite from the Red Cloud Mine in Arizona and the colorful quartz vein of Maissau in Lower Austria.
Mineralica 2025-2
A journey through places and times: the painter Christopher Smith-Duque, fluorite from all over Austria, microminerals from the Azores and a Stone Age rock crystal mine below the Olperer.
Mineralica 2025-1
The first regular issue: an interview with watercolor painter Tatiana Falkova, amethyst from granitic pegmatites, smoky quartz gwindels from the Hangover cleft in the Val du Trient and agates from Chihuahua.
2024
Mineralica 2024
The first issue of Mineralica: rhodochrosite from the Wolf Mine in the Siegerland, kunzite and tourmaline from California's Pala District and a find of the century of amethysts at the Saurüssel in the Zillertal.