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Tobi
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Posted: Jun 03, 2017 08:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Great stuff as usual, indeed a very fine selection of Chinese minerals!
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Manuel Mesa

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Posted: Jun 05, 2017 10:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Thanks Joseph an Tobi, for your kind words. I am delighted that you enjoyed the photos.
With these five photos, they are a total 500 uploaded photos. I will continue at a slower pace... and I must give thanks to those people who have had so much patience with me and with the Inner Mongolia pics.
Today Inner Mongolia :-)
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Mineral: | Ilvaite with Calcite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 180 x 144 mm |
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Huge ilvaite crystal 10 cm long |
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Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 150 x 100 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 132 X 85 mm |
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Mineral: | Calcite and Quartz |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 115 x 77 mm |
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Mineral: | Andradite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 128 x 88 mm |
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Manuel Mesa

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Posted: Jun 06, 2017 11:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Today I would like to show you an ilvaite. This sorosilicate present in skarns principally, is not very abundant, and turns out to be appreciated by the collectors.
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Mineral: | Ilvaite with Quartz |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 148 x 132 mm |
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Huge crystal of 13 cm size formed by an aggregate of prismatic crystals with slightly curved edges and associated with quartz and calcite. |
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Posted: Jun 06, 2017 11:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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I'm not into ilvaite, but I love that wonderful andradite!
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Manuel Mesa

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Posted: Jun 07, 2017 11:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Thanks Tobi for your kind words.
The quartz from Huanggang has a characteristic morphology as shown in the attached pictures. They usually show very marked polycrystalline surfaces, with the typical spindled shape, and even sceptered terminations in some specimens. Normally they are usually milky, although it has also been observed the presence of intense green quartz due to inclusions, probably of Actinolite and / or Hedenbergite.
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 132 x 34 mm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 153 X 111 mm |
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Manuel Mesa

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Posted: Jun 08, 2017 09:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Today I will show you two pieces of Löllingite from Inner Mongolia. In this deposit this mineral occurs as large lenticular crystals with small, very sharp, Arsenopyrite crystals.
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Mineral: | Löllingite and Arsenopyrite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 89 x 56 mm |
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Mineral: | Arsenopyrite on Löllingite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 145 x 96 mm |
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Manuel Mesa

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Posted: Jun 09, 2017 06:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Mineral: | Fluorite on Quartz |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 112 X 81 mm |
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Posted: Jun 09, 2017 09:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Beautiful green fluorite, Manuel. The central crystals remind me of some Erongo specimens, the upper crystals of Riemvasmaak. Really nice one!
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Manuel Mesa

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Posted: Jun 12, 2017 12:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Tobi wrote: | Beautiful green fluorite, Manuel. The central crystals remind me of some Erongo specimens, the upper crystals of Riemvasmaak. Really nice one! |
Thank you Tobi, I appreciate your comment. Really this fluorite is very similar to those from Riemvasmaak
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Fotang, Yiwu, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 115 x 82 mm |
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The chinese fluorite from the Fotang Mine has two different generations of fluorite. The first to be formed is presented in octahedrons with an intense green color on which rests the second generation of fluorite with violet to whitish color. |
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Posted: Jun 13, 2017 06:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Fotang, Yiwu, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 110 x 72 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Yongchun, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 131 x 57 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 65 x 55 mm |
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Posted: Jun 13, 2017 12:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Excellent fluorites - all of them!!! :-)
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Posted: Jun 13, 2017 12:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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More Chinese pieces...
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Mineral: | Hedenbergite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 93 x 83 mm |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 109 x 71 mm |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 104 x 78 mm |
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Mineral: | Helvine on Magnetite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 122 X 115 mm |
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Mineral: | Helvine |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 12 mm |
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Posted: Jun 14, 2017 11:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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I haven't much information about the location of this phenakite from Pakistan. I would appreciate any help.
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Mineral: | Phenakite with Quartz and Microcline |
Locality: | Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan |  |
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Dimensions: | 111 x 90 mm |
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Mineral: | Phenakite |
Locality: | Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan |  |
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Dimensions: | 30 mm |
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Posted: Jun 14, 2017 11:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Two pics more....
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Mineral: | Siderite |
Locality: | Tormiq Valley, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan |  |
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Dimensions: | 185 X 114 mm |
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Mineral: | Forsterite |
Locality: | Sapat Gali (Suppat), Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |  |
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Posted: Jun 15, 2017 10:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Manuel Mesa |
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Two chinese fluorites from Manaoshan Mine
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Mineral: | Fluorite on Quartz |
Locality: | Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo, Yizhang District, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 140 x 77 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite on Quartz |
Locality: | Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo, Yizhang District, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 90 X 57 mm |
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