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Carlos M.
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Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2011 21:56 Post subject: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Hi everyone in this great forum
My name is Carlos M., I'm from Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.
I've been collecting minerals since I have 12, now I'm 27 and this is what I got in 15 years collecting minerals... I'm specialized in small-cab sized minerals.
I have pieces from all around the world, but my favorites are the mexican minerals and specially the ones from the famous Ojuela mine. My collection and my photos may not be the best ones, but anyway I'd lke to share this with you.
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The first one is a nice Pyrite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas. 85 x 105 x 90 mm Main crystal: 13 mm on edge |
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Amethyst with Calcite, from Sirena mine, Guanajuato, Gto. 77 x 62 x 55 mm |
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Drusy Calcite with Marcasite, from Rayas mine, Guanajuato, Gto. 88 x 70 x 25 mm |
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Andradite garnet from Sabinas mine, Sn Martin, Sombrerete, Zacs. 85 x 65 x 30 mm |
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Reddish Andradite from Salaverna, Mazapil, Zacs. 75 x 70 x 28 mm |
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Brownish-red Almandine garnet. from Concepción del Oro, Zacs. (What can I say... I like garnets!!) 82 x 73 x 15 mm |
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2011 22:12 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Azurite xls on limonite with hairy Malachite; from El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Zacs 78 x 55 x 50 mm |
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Stilbite Palmarejo mines, Chínipas, Chihuahua. 84 x 80 x 35 mm. Main xtal.: 20 mm This one looks like an Indian Stilbite, but this one is from Mexico, and is hard to get. |
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Amethyst El Refugio, Ojocaliente, Zacatecas. 75 x 60 x 56 mm Pale and very common. If you travel to Zacatecas city, you'll see these on everywhere being selling as souvenirs... anyway is rare to get nice specimens |
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2011 22:36 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Vesuvianite with Red Grossular Sierra de las Cruces (near Hercules mines), Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico 110 x 95 x 90 mm Main xtal.: 25 mm |
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Cuprite Milpillas Mine, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. 67 x 60 x 45 mm Drusy xls... |
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Chalcopyrite xtals. on milky quartz Sabinas mine, San Martín, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico 82 x 50 x 30 mm |
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2011 22:54 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Magnetite Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Durango, Mexico 73 x 68 x 37 mm Main xtal.: 12 mm on edge |
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Antonio Alcaide
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Posted: Jun 24, 2011 01:00 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Nice specimens from interesting Mexican localities, Carlos. Thanks for sharing with those who have not the chance to see them in person, like Peter Megaw!!
Please, if you provide the measures of each specimen, moderators can add to the pictures in the 'File comment' space, so the thread could be neat as your collection deserves. You can send me a pm with the data.
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Antonio Alcaide
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Posted: Jun 25, 2011 03:14 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Thanks, Carlos, for providing the measures. I have just added them to your nice specimens from Mexico. I do love garnets too. Especially the Andradite garnets from Sabinas. They look like green almost topazolite, don't they?
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jun 25, 2011 14:55 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Antonio Alcaide wrote: |
Thanks, Carlos, for providing the measures. I have just added them to your nice specimens from Mexico. I do love garnets too. Especially the Andradite garnets from Sabinas. They look like green almost topazolite, don't they?
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Garnets are one of favorite gruop of minerals, I like the shape and simetry of the xls.
You're right Antonio, those Andradites from Sabinas look like Topazolite, but their color are more between beige and greenish-yellow... another characteristic they have are the concentric layers they are made of.
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jun 27, 2011 14:40 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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I'm back again, and with more pics of my collection... hope you like'em
These are from the mining district of Rodeo, Dgo... You know, the famous Navidad mine, famous for its Creedites and pink Fluorites.
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Fluorite (pink) Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico 83x60x23mm |
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Creedite Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico 140x70x74mm |
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Chalcedony (stalactitic) Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico 78x73x73mm |
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Creedite (blackish for inclusions of Manganese oxides) Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico 67x82x76mm |
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Creedite (Cluster of spiny balls) Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico 150x97x85mm |
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Creedite (radial aggregates) on green Fluorite Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico 78x75x40mm
This is very rare, just a few came out from the mine. Fortunnately I have two of them hehe |
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jun 27, 2011 15:08 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Some Santa Eulalia's
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Mimetite w/ Calcite Mina El Potosí, Fco. Portillo, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico 72x55x44mm |
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Rhodochrosite Mina El Potosí, Fco. Portillo, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico 74x57x42mm |
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"Cactus Calcite" Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico 85x76x70mm |
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Mimetite Mina El Potosí, Fco. Portillo, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico 82x73x55mm |
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Aragonite Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico 100x86x75mm |
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jun 27, 2011 15:19 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Amethyst from Veracruz
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Amethyst druse Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico 93x49x68mm Primary Xl 30mm long |
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Drusy pale Amethyst xls on Epidote carpet Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Mun. de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico 90x55x72mm
One of my favorites |
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jun 27, 2011 15:32 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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San Luis Potosí minerals
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Danburite cluster Mina La Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico 90x110x73mm Prime xl 90mm long |
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Datolite Mina La Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico 105x55x30mm |
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Stibiconite (pseudomorph after Stibnite) Mina San José de Tierras Negras, Catorce, San Luís Potosí, Mexico 110x77x75mm |
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jun 27, 2011 17:52 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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A couple of minerals from los Lamentos, Chihuahua.
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Wulfenite xls on Calcite Mina La Erupción-Ahumada, Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico 84x37x45mm Bigger xls 12 -13mm |
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Endlichite w/ Vanadinite (orange velvety) Mina La Erupción-Ahumada, Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico 95x88x73mm |
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jun 27, 2011 18:25 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Vanadinite xls on matrix with minor Calcite Mina San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico 77x56x50mm xls about 3 to 5mm |
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Apophyllite-(KF) (pink) Mina Sabinas, San Martín, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico 70x42x47mm |
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Calcite (dogtooth) with Chalcopyrite Mina Bismark, Ascención, Chihuahua, Mexico 86x52x67mm |
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Smithsonite (cobaltian) Mina el Refugio, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico 85x43x40mm |
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Opal Mina La Carbonera, Tequisquiapán, Querétaro, Mexico 84x82x68mm |
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Stibnite with Boulangerite Mina San Martín, San Martín, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico 93x74x76mm. |
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Boulangerite on Calcite matrix Mina Noche Buena, Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico 87x80x66mm |
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Aug 16, 2011 21:24 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Hi again friends
At last and after all these days, I could take more pics of my collection.
Hope you like them.
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Mimetite, Calcite Mina Potosí, Santa Eulalia, Chiahuahua 72mm x 50mm x 43mm |
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Carles Millan
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Posted: Aug 17, 2011 02:22 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Carlos M. wrote: | Mimetite, Calcite
Mina Potosí, Santa Eulalia, Chiahuahua
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Hi Carlos !
You forgot the size units this time. I guess they must be millimeters, or are they centimeters, meters, inches, feet...?
Thanks for your posting here.
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Aug 17, 2011 21:34 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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mm of course, Carles...
Thanks
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Thank you!
Carles M.
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jul 31, 2013 05:16 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Hi everybody.
Finally I have some time for post more photos of my small collection of mexican minerals.
Actually I like to collect minerals from everywhere, but I've been focused in the mexican minerals these last 2 years.
Hope you like them, despite the quality of the photos.
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Quartz var. Amethyst Valenciana mine, Amatitlán, Mun. de E. Neri, Guerrero, Mexico 58x72x45mm |
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Apophyllite-KF, with minor Calcite Sabinas mine, San Martín, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, México 73x60x43mm |
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Arsenolite over massive Freibergite Velardeña mining district, Cuencamé de Ceniceros, Durango, Mexico 84x70x30mm |
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Clinozoisite, with minor Andradite Mun. de Álamos, Sonora, México 73x55x50mm |
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Grossular Sierra de Cruces, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, México 78x70x75mm |
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Marcasite San Vicente mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México 77x56x59mm
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Carlos M.
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Posted: Jul 31, 2013 05:45 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Fluorapatite Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Durango, México 120x82x85mm |
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Grossular (variety Rosolite) Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, México 68x60x65mm |
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Marcasite San Juan de Rayas mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México 80x60x25mm |
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Stilbite Sabinas mine, San Martín, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, México 75x65x50mm |
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Calcite, Quartz and Acanthite Valenciana mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México 80x65x33mm Calcite and Quartz sparkled with minor Acanthite |
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Wulfenite, Descloizite Erupción-Ahumada mine,Sierra de los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua, México 100x85x90mm |
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