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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 26, 2016 07:54 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Shangbao is a great choice, Matt!
Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
Locality: | Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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Posted: Sep 26, 2016 09:49 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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I don't think many fluorite collectors would mention the Blanchard Mine in New Mexico among their favourites - I do because of the beautiful blue cubes that it produced:
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 11,5 cm, largest crystal 1,5 cm |
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Philippe Durand
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Posted: Sep 26, 2016 12:28 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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I love this baby blue
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Sep 26, 2016 13:08 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Nice blues from Blanchard, but keep them in the dark as they can fade!
Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
Locality: | Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5x5x3 cm overall size |
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geofossile
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Posted: Sep 29, 2016 07:26 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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fluorite from sainte marie aux mines, france
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Armée Céleste Mine, Neuenberg Mountain, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France | |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Armée Céleste Mine, Neuenberg Mountain, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France | |
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Davidsg
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Posted: Dec 03, 2016 20:28 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Some fluorites from Asturias, Spain
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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Dimensions: | 30*14 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 07, 2017 11:37 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Dal'negorsk was mentioned several times and is for sure among the best and most desired fluorite localities in the world. But not to forget the Russian fluorites from Kavalerovo, 70 km away from Dal'negorsk:
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 7 cm, largest fluorite 3,5 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Jan 07, 2017 12:49 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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A nice fluorite from China: cuboctahedral crystals with clear cube faces and frosted octahedral faces. Size 8 x 4 x 3 cm. From Chengnan railway tunnel construction site near Wuyishan, Nanping pref., Fujian prov., PRC.
The colors are original in these pictures!
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Chengnan high speed railway tunnel, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Chengnan high speed railway tunnel, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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Dimensions: | max. crystal size 5 mm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 10, 2017 15:42 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Picking up an old discussion to keep this topic alive :)
Carles Millan wrote: | Not saturated with Riemvasmaak(yet) | Those outstanding green octahedrons are definitely worth mentioning (again) when discussing favourite fluorites:
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 6,5 cm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 35 cm |
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Collection Terra Mineralia, Freiberg (my photo) |
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Jan 10, 2017 16:11 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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No one does blue fluorite like the French, but they're not easy to come by. I suspect that French collectors rarely let them go. Not good for international relations, I'd say! I did get lucky, however, and found this nice old Le Beix at the recent Munich show.
Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
Locality: | Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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Dimensions: | fov=6 cm |
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close-up of a section on the above specimen. |
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Posted: Feb 05, 2017 13:50 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Definitely worth mentioning - fluorites from Nagar, Pakistan:
Mineral: | Fluorite with Beryl on Muscovite |
Locality: | Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 20 cm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite on Muscovite |
Locality: | Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 12 cm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite on Muscovite |
Locality: | Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 15 cm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite on Muscovite |
Locality: | Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Feb 06, 2017 10:01 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Fluorite from the Hunza pegmatites is often found in well-formed spinel twins.
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Feb 21, 2017 12:55 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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A couple more fluorites from the pegmatites in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan.
Mineral: | Fluorite, Muscovite |
Locality: | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 9x7x5 cm overall size |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, Muscovite |
Locality: | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 10x9x5 cm overall size |
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pink spinel-twinned fluorite crystal on muscovite. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Feb 21, 2017 14:55 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Simply perfect!
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Feb 21, 2017 16:37 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Another Tucson find this year, fluorite on dolomite from the Penfield (Dolomite Products) Quarry, Monroe County, New York. I was told that the piece was originally collected in the late 1950s.
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Dolomite Products Quarry (Penfield Quarry), Penfield, Monroe County, New York, USA | |
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Posted: Feb 24, 2017 14:20 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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After I finally managed to make a good photo of this specimen, I want to add Xianghualing Mine, Hunan, China to my favourites:
Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
Locality: | Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 9 cm, largest fluorite 2,3 cm |
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Jun 14, 2017 13:47 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Things seem to have gone quiet here, so here's a new one - at least to me.
Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
Locality: | Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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Dimensions: | 8x6x4 cm overall size |
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Fluorite on twinned scalenohedral calcite |
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Posted: Jun 15, 2017 01:37 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Jesse Fisher wrote: | Things seem to have gone quiet here, so here's a new one - at least to me. | Not only to you ;-) Very aesthetic combination piece!
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VRigatti
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Posted: Jun 15, 2017 09:36 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Haven't posted in a long time, but here is a nice fluorite from the Josefa-Veneros vein, in the La Collada mining area, Asturias Spain.
Mineral: | Fluorite on Calcite |
Locality: | Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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Dimensions: | 12 x 8 x 8 cm |
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Large multistepped/modified Blue and purple fluorite from the Josefa-Veneros vein. Main crystal is 6.5 cm across |
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Aug 12, 2017 15:58 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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I recently had the chance to help dealer friend John Veevaert unpack a fluorite collection he had recently acquired.Ironically, the first thing we pulled from the boxes turned out to be a Rogerley fluorite that came from the Jewel Box pocket in 2007! Following on were a fair number of large lumpy Chinese bits that somehow had escaped being reduced to hydrofluoric acid. Hiding amongst the lot, however, was this wonderful Denton Mine specimen. I recall a period of time when you could go into rooms at the Tucson or Denver shows and see hundreds of such things. Ross Lillie once told me that at the time there were a few local rock shops in Southern Illinois where one could buy specimens priced by the weight, regardless of the quality. If one had an eye for what was good, one could do nicely by it, as I'm sure Ross and a few others did! Those were the days....
Mineral: | Fluorite with Chalcopyrite |
Locality: | Denton Mine, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 15x6x5 cm overall size |
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According to Ross Lillie, the specimen likely came from the Rosiclare Level, North End, in 1985. |
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