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am mizunaka
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 Posted: Oct 14, 2015 15:50 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Thanks Tobi. The piece is quite translucent and photographing it against the dark background helps make the color pop.
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Jamison Brizendine
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| Posted: Oct 15, 2015 09:58 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| As always Mike, I am always astonished at the high quality of photographs and specimens you post. I especially like the quartz from Uruáchic, Municipio Uruáchic, Chihuahua, Mexico (StrawQtzSm1.jpg) and the chalcocite is very neat (ChalcoFlambeau.jpg).
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Oct 15, 2015 18:35 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Thanks Jamison.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Oct 15, 2015 19:16 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico |  |
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| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 5.3 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2015 18:10 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - elbaite |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Zambezia Province, Mozambique | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.6 x 2.4 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Oct 18, 2015 20:00 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - fluorite |
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Lustrous pink fluorite on etched fibrous hedenbergite with some quartz.
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Hedenbergite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.2 x 4.5 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Oct 19, 2015 16:17 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Dara Ismael Khan District, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.8 x 3.5 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2015 18:39 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz with epidote |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Epidote |
| Locality: | | Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.6 x 4.0 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Oct 22, 2015 14:49 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - elbaite |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Dara-i-Pech pegmatite, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province (Konar), Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.8 x 1.8 cm |
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Peter
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| Posted: Oct 23, 2015 02:57 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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The group of calcite crystals from the Malmberget MIne was collected by myself and in my collection for many years.
Best regards
Peter
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Oct 29, 2015 19:35 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - rhodochrosite on calcite |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.3 x 6.4 cm |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Oct 30, 2015 22:40 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety Amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.1 x 7.5 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2015 14:15 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - fluorapaptite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorapaptite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | King Lithia Mine, Greyhound Gulch, Keystone, Keystone District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.2 x 5.9 cm |
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2015 14:20 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Nice!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2015 14:53 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Thanks Bob
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