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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Oct 15, 2010 13:27 Post subject: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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Florida the "Sunshine State"
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Calcite replacing Mercenaria sp Fossilized shell of Mercenaria sp, the interior of which is now occupied by Calcite crystals filling most of the available inner space. The Calcite crystals “borrowed” calcium from Mercenarias for their growth. Ruck's pit, Okeechobee County, Florida, USA Mined in 2003 Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.3 × 3.6 cm. Extremely fluorescent long & short UV Photo: Reference Specimens |
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Antonio Alcaide
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Posted: Oct 16, 2010 04:35 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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One more fossil filled with mineral from Florida.
Regards
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Chalcedony var. agate filling a fossilized coral. Withlacooche River, Florida. 8,5 x 5 cm. A bit polished. Strong fluorescence under both short and long UV waves. |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Oct 18, 2010 16:03 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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JamesM wrote: |
Florida is not fertile territory for mineral collectors, but there some very nice specimens of calcite, vivianite, and wavellite that have come from quarries in Florida. One excellent resource for images of these minerals is photographic archive of the Florida Geological Survey/Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The address for the rocks, minerals, and crystals section of the photographic archive is: https://www.pbase.com/floridageologicalsurvey/rocks_minerals_and_crystals&page=1
It is well worth a look. There are nine pages of photographs, with some superb in situ images of cave calcites.
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Thanks for the info James, very useful!
BTW to publish links in FMF please read this thread: "Links within the message forum" -> https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?t=74
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Posted: Oct 18, 2010 21:29 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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LOL..Jordi I was going to pop in and say someone needed to post a rucks pit claim but I see you already have!
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Oct 19, 2010 01:48 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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Jason wrote: | I was going to pop in and say someone needed to post a rucks pit claim but I see you already have! |
Doesn't matter Jason, more info/photos be published in each thread, more knwoledge we will obtain!
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Jul 03, 2011 16:31 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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With the invaluable help of Jeff Scovil we add a new pic for the Florida State.
Thank you to Jeff Scovil (and Isaias Casanova)
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Demartinite with Mallardite Central Florida Phosphate District, (Bone Valley), Polk County, Florida, USA 6.5cm wide Photo: Jeff Scovil Specimen: IC Minerals |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Jul 29, 2011 12:03 Post subject: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida - Images from Jeff Scovil |
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A new batch of images courtesy of Jeff Scovil. Thanks Jeff!
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Vivianite Clear Springs Mine, Bartow, Florida, USA xl - 1.9 cm. high Specimen: Canadian Museum of Nature Photo: Jeff Scovil |
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Calcite Crystal River Quarry 2, Lecanto, Citrus County, Florida, USA 5.8 cm. wide Specimen: Francis Benjamin collection Photo: Jeff Scovil |
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Calcite (close up) Crystal River Quarry 2, Lecanto, Citrus County, Florida, USA 5.8 cm. wide Specimen: Francis Benjamin collection Photo: Jeff Scovil |
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Calcite Crystal River Quarry 2, Lecanto, Citrus County, Florida, USA Specimen: Arkenstone Photo: Jeff Scovil |
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Mineral: | Calcite after coral |
Locality: | Key Largo (Cayo Largo), Florida Keys Archipelago, Monroe County, Florida, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 12.4 cm. high |
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Specimen: Minerals AmericaPhoto: Jeff Scovil |
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Mineral: | Calcite after coral |
Locality: | Key Largo (Cayo Largo), Florida Keys Archipelago, Monroe County, Florida, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 12 cm. high |
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Specimen: Minerals AmericaPhoto: Jeff Scovil |
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Turbo
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Posted: Sep 11, 2017 10:13 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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Anyone have any details on the Key Largo locality? It is not on Mindat and I'd love to put up a specimen.
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John Betts
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Posted: Sep 11, 2017 10:34 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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Contact Leonard Himes at Minerals America.
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Sep 11, 2017 12:37 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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Turbo wrote: | Anyone have any details on the Key Largo locality? It is not on Mindat and I'd love to put up a specimen. |
This locality is already existing in FMF, so you can use it if you wish.
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Posted: Sep 12, 2017 02:57 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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A very interesting topic! As a German collector who is interested in U.S. minerals, I mostly know specimens from states such as Arizona, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico or Missouri, rather not from Florida. I think it's the same with Germany, foreign collectors with interest in German minerals will rather know stuff from classic mineral regions such as Eifel, Harz, Erzgebirge, Siegerland or Black Forest than from "exotic" areas like Northern Germany ...
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Posted: Sep 12, 2017 11:59 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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Tobi
If you do a search on https://www.tigerminerals.com/ (link normalized by FMF) it will take you to my website showing all the Minerals I have from the United States. Of course a lot of them are already posted on here in the U.S. minerals area.
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Tobi
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Posted: Sep 13, 2017 01:59 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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rweaver wrote: | Tobi If you do a search on https://www.tigerminerals.com/ (link normalized by FMF) it will take you to my website showing all the Minerals I have from the United States. Of course a lot of them are already posted on here in the U.S. minerals area. |
Thanks for that link, Bob. I browsed your gallery, really like your specimens, especially those from Colorado (Sweet Home rhodo & Eagle Mine pyrite) and your marvellous wulfenites from Arizona. But also others where I didn't even know the localities before (e.g. the nice pyromorphite from North Carolina or the well-crystallized sulphur from Texas that looks like it comes from Sicily).
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Posted: Sep 13, 2017 08:19 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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Thank you for your kind words Tobi.
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Turbo
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Posted: Oct 22, 2017 17:43 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Florida |
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John Betts wrote: | Contact Leonard Himes at Minerals America. |
Thanks! I was able to get the full story of the specimens, they are very rare! Only 20 of good size like in the photos.
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