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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 10, 2019 17:17 Post subject: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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I am going to start photographing my wife's and my little mineral collection and thought I would share with everyone.
I currently only have Galaxy S7 as a camera, but photography is an old hobby of mine so I think I can get some decent images. Hopefully, the equipment and quality will improve going forward.
Richard
Mineral: | Fluorite, Baryte |
Locality: | Rogers Mine, Huntingdon Township, Madoc area, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada | |
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 10, 2019 18:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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Tabular Barite.
Mineral: | Baryte |
Locality: | Warihuyn Hill, Puños, Miraflores District, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 10, 2019 19:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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It is a bit hard to get a good depth of field with a smartphone, but here is an attempt on some Vanadinite on Barite.
Mineral: | Vanadinite, Baryte |
Locality: | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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Dimensions: | 3 X 4 cm |
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Largest Vanadinite crystal: 0.5 cm |
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 10, 2019 19:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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The man tending the table at the show we bought this from was planning on buying it for his own collection if it didn't sell. I apologized, but he should have been more decisive. :)
Mineral: | Baryte |
Locality: | Rock River, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory, Canada | |
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Dimensions: | 7 X 5 cm |
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 10, 2019 19:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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Last one for the night.
Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 11, 2019 19:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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Our first Calcite specimen. I think I am starting to hit the limits of the smartphone camera.
Mineral: | Calcite, Dolomite |
Locality: | Grant Quarry, Greely, Gloucester Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada | |
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 11, 2019 20:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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A piece of Calcite from not too far from my home. I hope to get a chance to check out this area in the summer.
Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Partridge Island, Bay of Fundy, Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 X 4 |
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Collected by Douglas C. Wilson |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 12, 2019 06:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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Hi Richard,
I'm glad that you finally decided to open your own collection thread, nice to see your specimens. And I think I can learn something about Canadian minerals because some of the localities of your Canadian specimens are unknown to me. I must confess that Canada is not a focus of my collection and I only know very popular stuff like Yates Mine apatite, Jeffrey Mine grossular, Thunder Bay amethyst, some minerals from Mt. Saint-Hilaire or the gypsums from Red River Floodway. A grossular from Jeffrey and an apatite from Yates were the only specimens from Canada I ever had, that's quite poor considering the fact that Canada is so large ...
I hope I will get to know a lot more of Canada's minerals, so please keep going with this thread :-)
Best regards from Germany
Tobi
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 12, 2019 19:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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Thank you Tobi. We do have a few specimens from Canada. We have Grossular and Vesuvianite from Jeffery Mine, but they are basically placeholders until we acquire better pieces at this point. These are some of our Canadian specimens. I will post a few more tomorrow.
Richard
Mineral: | Chabazite-Ca |
Locality: | Wasson Bluff, Bay of Fundy, Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
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Mineral: | Halite |
Locality: | PCS Mine, Rocanville, Saskatchewan Region, Saskatchewan Province, Canada | |
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Mineral: | Stilbite-Ca |
Locality: | Amethyst Cove, Bay of Fundy, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
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Mineral: | Gypsum |
Locality: | Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba, Canada | |
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 13, 2019 19:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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A Canadian Fluorite from Ontario. This was the first specimen I purchased at a mineral show and was responsible for my fascination with the mineral. After I returned home I started to learn about the mineral. The fact that both the element Fluoride and the term fluorescence derive their names from the mineral and not the other way around was enough to hook me.
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Flamboro Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | |
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 13, 2019 19:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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One more Canadian Fluorite. This one was the first piece my wife really showed an interest in and insisted on buying. How could I disagree :)
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Highway #7 road cut, Madoc area, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada | |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 14, 2019 02:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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Richard wrote: | One more Canadian Fluorite. This one was the first piece my wife really showed an interest in and insisted on buying. How could I disagree :) | If you could, you would be wrong here in this community ;-)
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 17, 2019 13:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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A few more Fluorite Specimens.
Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
Locality: | Chebka Sidi Said, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
Locality: | Mahodari, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra, India | |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Yongchun, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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Dimensions: | 5 X 4 cm |
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Likely from Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China. |
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 19, 2019 18:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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My favorite Fluorite to date. This specimen went through several phases of growth. Two large clear Quartz crystals were later covered by thousands of small opaque Quartz crystals. Finally, the Fluorite formed on top.
The colour of the Fluorite is so dark it almost appears black in low light.
Someday I will get better photos.
Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 20, 2019 02:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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Richard Arseneau wrote: | My favorite Fluorite to date. This specimen went through several phases of growth. Two large clear Quartz crystals were later covered by thousands of small opaque Quartz crystals. Finally, the Fluorite formed on top. The colour of the Fluorite is so dark it almost appears black in low light. Someday I will get better photos. | A really nice specimen, I love those dark blue fluorites from Huanggang, the contrast with the white quartz is striking! I also have a minor specimen from that locality ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=47926#47926 ) but this one here is larger and better than mine, really nice :-)
Regards
Tobi
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 20, 2019 11:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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Thanks Tobi, I remember seeing that specimen when I was going through your gallery. It is interesting to think about people around the world with similar specimens from the same locality.
I also really enjoy the contrast between the bright white and dark blue. Also, I find some of the crystals in the second photo I posted rather interesting. Many show small pits.
Richard
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 20, 2019 17:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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My only two Iron Pyrite Specimens. Unfortunately, they are both a throw back to the time when I didn't understand the importance of a mineral's locality. All I know is that they are from Spain. I somehow feel like this is the correct forum to find out more information. ;)
These were difficult to photograph, perhaps next time I will try a reflector to add some diffused light.
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Mineral: | Pyrite |
Locality: | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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Mineral: | Pyrite |
Locality: | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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Dimensions: | 1 x 1 cm - Pyrite is 1 x 1 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Mar 20, 2019 17:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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Hi Richard,
Your pyrite specimens are almost certainly from Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. I took the liberty of including this location, unless one of the Spanish members believes they are from a different locale.
Michael
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Richard Arseneau
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Posted: Mar 20, 2019 17:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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crosstimber wrote: | Hi Richard,
Your pyrite specimens are almost certainly from Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. I took the liberty of including this location, unless one of the Spanish members believes they are from a different locale.
Michael |
Thank you! It still amazes me that the holes in my collection, locality etc., can be filled by the knowledgeable people on this forum.
Best regards,
Richard
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Mar 20, 2019 17:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Richard & Jensa Arseneau |
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I fully agree with Michael.
The matrix and the white layer coating the Pyrite crystal are unmistakable.
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