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Tobi
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Posted: Jul 13, 2021 04:54 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Jesse Fisher wrote: | Another find at the recent "Mini-Tucson" show. [...] This one came from an old collection and was in a dealer's "double-keystone" room. I usually don't spend much time looking at this sort of stuff as there's a reason that most of it is being offered at very inexpensive prices (at least by today's standards). Once in a great while there's an exception. | A wonderful exception, Jesse - lovely little specimen with a wonderful crystal and the pyrite matrix makes it even better!
Please mooooooore!!! :-)
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Jul 13, 2021 13:50 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Well, I guess there's always room for a nice Hilton Mine piece!
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Hilton Mine, Scordale, Hilton, North Pennines Orefield, former Westmorland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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Dimensions: | 4x4x4 cm |
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Ex Greenbank collection, recovered in the early 1970s. |
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Jul 14, 2021 00:10 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Jesse Fisher wrote: | Well, I guess there's always room for a nice Hilton Mine piece! |
"Nice" is an understatement, Jesse! This is a real beauty!
Volkmar
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Jul 14, 2021 01:14 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Volkmar Stingl wrote: | Jesse Fisher wrote: | Well, I guess there's always room for a nice Hilton Mine piece! |
"Nice" is an understatement, Jesse! This is a real beauty!
Volkmar |
Danke! I just feel lucky that I was in the right place to acquire a few things like this when they were still available! A little piece of mineral collecting history from around 50 years ago!
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