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 Topic: Ex so and so’s collection |
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| markbeckett Replies: 26 Views: 28067 |
 Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Aug 11, 2017 06:31 Subject: Re: Ex so and so’s collection |
| Hi There! I must say that here in CORNWALL UK (at least), if you're a systematic type thinker, precise location, former 'find date' and 'who's collection' from before, are, ALL VERY IMPORTANT DATA, f ... | |
| Topic: Struggling to identify the green mineral |
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| markbeckett Replies: 13 Views: 15233 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jul 01, 2017 10:59 Subject: Re: Struggling to identify the green mineral |
| Maybe Epidote?? depending on its host rock associations?? (Definately try experimenting on bottom of the tray - presumably the 'green vein' can be found there too). Thanks for read. | |
| Topic: Carlos Pareja photo Collection |
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| markbeckett Replies: 75 Views: 85113 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jun 23, 2017 06:34 Subject: Re: Carlos Pareja photo Collection |
| Hi Carlos - thanks for some excellent, inspiring photography and lovely specimens (especially the Azurite, posted most recently)...great. I look forward to seeing more - thankyou :-)
Mark |
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| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Jun 11, 2017 08:55 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| This is a specimen that was retrieved from the ochreous/iron oxide filled 'pocket' within the South Crofty 'Tincroft North Lode', indicated in my earlier posting (I have repeated that photo as I thoug ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Jun 09, 2017 08:59 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Here are some attractive specimens from Penlee Quarry, near Mousehole, Cornwall. The quarry has been worked for roadstone in the past but plays host to a complex exposure of metamorphosed 'greenstone' ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 27, 2017 10:07 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Another South Crofty Mine photo, of an 'end' (of tunnel) that exposes a flat-laying 'magmatic sill' of granitic composition, (in the floor of the drive), that is intruded into the dark 'killas' around ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 27, 2017 09:26 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| More photos of South Crofty Mine (mainly Tin), Pool,near Redruth, underground. Also taken in the early 1990s by Paul Oldfield -
There were historically over 30 different lode structures that the Min ... |
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| Topic: Quarter million fake Tourmaline cluster. |
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| markbeckett Replies: 19 Views: 28214 |
Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: May 22, 2017 11:36 Subject: Re: Quarter million fake Tourmaline cluster. |
| The whole thing - what a sad report :-( | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 20, 2017 13:30 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| (in reference to the above mine shots, 'Northern Branch' TNL' is a piece of Tincroft North Lode - it leaves the main part of the lode just above the 175 fathom level - appearing again in the crosscut ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 20, 2017 07:39 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Photos taken underground at South Crofty Mine (Tin) before its closure in the early1990's. This group shows an occurrence of coarsely crystalline Scheelite, associated with Wolframite in Northern Bran ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 17, 2017 09:35 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Datolite with Calcite - Parc Bean Cove, Mullion, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall.
Datolite in Cornwall is very rare, apart from at the Parc Bean Cove location, that has now been lost, as boulders,to the s ... |
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| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 17, 2017 08:38 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 17, 2017 08:35 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Quartz - Great Perhaver Beach, Gorran Haven (on the Roseland Peninsula), Cornwall
This coastal location is rarely visited by collectors, probably partly due to the fact that the tide has to be quit ... |
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| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 16, 2017 11:53 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Also, for interests sake, here is a specimen of Native Silver fine wires and curls from 'Whiteworks', also known as Wheal Maid, United Downs, nr St Day, Cornwall. The bricked-up entrance seals a steel ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 15, 2017 12:08 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Thought I would post this - for interest's sake more than rarity - Gypsum from Levant Section of Geevor Mine, found growing on the ochreous flooded floor of a stub-drive on Providence Lode, during the ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 15, 2017 11:43 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Goethite from Wheal Drea, in the Kenidjack Valley, St Just District, Cornwall (also known for its excellent Siderites). | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 15, 2017 10:26 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| A rare specimen of Almandine(?) Garnet from pegmatite at Megilligar Rocks, Tremearne Cliff, Porthleven, Cornwall (from the back-beach exposure). I am informed it is dodecahedral in form, though this i ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 15, 2017 08:16 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Calcite, from the famous Coronation Lode, Levant Mine, nr Geevor, St Just, Cornwall | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 15, 2017 07:57 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Pyrite and Marcasite - Nangiles Mine, Twelveheads,nr Bissoe, Cornwall. Ex Paul Lowe.
(Thanks v much James for initiating this great thread). |
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| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
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| markbeckett Replies: 76 Views: 134294 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: May 13, 2017 08:56 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Cornwall |
| Hi James - wow! what a specimen! I used to live down the road from Paul in Truro. An excellent depiction :-) | |
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