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Lost and Stolen Specimens

A forum to report lost and stolen specimens.
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Jan 2026Stolen SpecimensPosted by JILL BRUNNER. 82 replies.Oct 2025Louvre jewelry theft Posted by Kevin Conroy. 17 replies.Oct 2025Memorable "Lost Not (Yet) Found"?Posted by William Godley. 35 replies.Oct 2025Sad news from ParisPosted by Peter Slootweg. 30 replies.Aug 2025Lost TanzanitePosted by Appel Bartelsen. One reply.Mar 2025Wire Gold stolen and now foundPosted by Ruggy Holloway. 8 replies.Nov 2024The Blomqvist heist, Oslo, Norway: Kongsberg silver stolenPosted by The Evje og Hornnes geomuseum, Fennefoss. 5 replies.Aug 2024Stolen ShattuckitePosted by Timothy Gorski. One reply.Jun 2024Found a crystal once owned by “Rob Wortman”. Is he still alive?Posted by Craig Morrison. One reply.May 20246kg Quartz Crystal Point with Titanium InclusionsPosted by Will Rav. 5 replies.Mar 2024Stolen MineralsPosted by Barratt Phillips. One reply.Jan 2024Rice NW Museum TheftPosted by Steve Ewens. 7 replies.Dec 2023holotype specimens of scottyite and lavinskyite - where are they now? ex PINCHPosted by Herwig Pelckmans. 27 replies.Aug 2023Galena xls with siderite xls from Neudorf, Harz Mts., GermanyPosted by Eberhard Riech. 8 replies.Aug 2023Theft at Västerbottens Amatörgeologer, Umeå (Sweden), lots of specimens stolenPosted by Gianna Ragagnin. 6 replies.Aug 2023Stolen Kyanite???Posted by Amy M Wingate. One reply.Mar 2023Stolen Citrine CathedralPosted by Eugene Pavlico.Feb 2023Stolen TourmalinePosted by Steve Hardinger.Nov 2022Minerals Stolen from Kathy and John AttardPosted by Steve Hardinger. One reply.Jan 2022Wing Long Tung quartz theftPosted by Ben Grguric.Sep 2021Stolen mineral art?Posted by Linda Hilton. 2 replies.Jul 2021Minerals still missing from December 2014 - Johannesburg, South AfricaPosted by Steffnie Adendorff. One reply.Feb 2021Stolen Ammonites from University of BremenPosted by Frank Armin Raquet.Sep 2020Stolen Kongsberg silverPosted by Chris Stanley. 39 replies.Jul 2020Could be mistakenly known as an industrial relic.Posted by Toruko Ishi. 3 replies.

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