MIM Museum
Joined: 04 Aug 2015
Posts: 248
Location: Beirut
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 Posted: Jun 18, 2025 07:41 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Helvine with Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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| Dimensions: | 15 x 10 x 9 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 1040 g
MIM number: 1352
Probable year of extraction : 2011
Tufts of interpenetrated cream-colored and well formed tetrahedrons on a matrix upon which pale green fluorites have developed in the form of rough octahedrons (2.8 cm max).
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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203 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Helvine with Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 15 x 10 x 9 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 1040 g
MIM number: 1352
Probable year of extraction : 2011
Tufts of interpenetrated cream-colored and well formed tetrahedrons on a matrix upon which pale green fluorites have developed in the form of rough octahedrons (2.8 cm max).
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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202 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | 'Tetrahedrite' |
| Locality: | | Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 1.5 x 2 cm |
| Description: |
Description:
Mass: 8 g
MIM number: 1351
Probable year of extraction : 2011
Small, lustrous black crystal very rich in perfect facets
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Grégoire de Bodinat (France) |
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202 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | 'Tetrahedrite' |
| Locality: | | Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 1.5 x 2 cm |
| Description: |
Description:
Mass: 8 g
MIM number: 1351
Probable year of extraction : 2011
Small, lustrous black crystal very rich in perfect facets
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Grégoire de Bodinat (France) |
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201 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Siderite with Quartz |
| Locality: | | Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 34 x 13 x 20 cm / main crystal: 5.8 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 6000 g
MIM number: 1350
Probable year of extraction : 2003
Grouping of siderite crystals in polysynthetic lenticular layers, brown-green with a little surface iridescence. Some quartz crystals coated with iron oxide are also present.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Grégoire de Bodinat (France) |
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204 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz on Baryte |
| Locality: | | Les Ribots, Huez, Grenoble, Isère Departament, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 21 x 20 x 25 cm / main crystal: 8.4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 6300 g
MIM number: 1349
Probable year of extraction : 2011
Half-dome of massive, cream-colored baryte (the color due to iron oxides) covered with a cascade of colorless quartz on all the sides. The bottom of the dome has some small quartz crystals, indicating that the piece was not torn away from the mother rock but recrystallized thereafter.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Grégoire de Bodinat (France) |
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203 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz on Baryte |
| Locality: | | Les Ribots, Huez, Grenoble, Isère Departament, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 21 x 20 x 25 cm / main crystal: 8.4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 6300 g
MIM number: 1349
Probable year of extraction : 2011
Half-dome of massive, cream-colored baryte (the color due to iron oxides) covered with a cascade of colorless quartz on all the sides. The bottom of the dome has some small quartz crystals, indicating that the piece was not torn away from the mother rock but recrystallized thereafter.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Ex collection: Grégoire de Bodinat (France) |
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| Viewed: |
202 Time(s) |
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MIM Museum
Joined: 04 Aug 2015
Posts: 248
Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Jun 23, 2025 07:29 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Ilvaite with Quartz |
| Locality: | | Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 7 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 7.4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 117 g
MIM number: 1345
Two very lustrous parallel crystals with perfectly well terminated and sharp terminations, transpierced by colorless quartz crystals (the largest of which measures 5.6 cm).
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2012", "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten" |
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34 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Ilvaite with Quartz |
| Locality: | | Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 7 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 7.4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 117 g
MIM number: 1345
Two very lustrous parallel crystals with perfectly well terminated and sharp terminations, transpierced by colorless quartz crystals (the largest of which measures 5.6 cm).
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publications: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2012", "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten" |
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33 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Spodumene |
| Locality: | | Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum, Du Ab District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 6.5 x 25 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 1775 g
MIM number: 1343
Probable year of extraction : 1985
Two large, intact, transparent parallel crystals, one longer and the other broader, very well formed with a roof-like termination. The upper quarter of each crystal is pinkish-purple, while the bottom is colorless to slightly yellowish.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publications: "extraLapis No. 24: Edle Steine vom Dach der Welt", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Andreas Weerth (Germany) |
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| Viewed: |
33 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Spodumene |
| Locality: | | Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum, Du Ab District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 6.5 x 25 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 1775 g
MIM number: 1343
Probable year of extraction : 1985
Two large, intact, transparent parallel crystals, one longer and the other broader, very well formed with a roof-like termination. The upper quarter of each crystal is pinkish-purple, while the bottom is colorless to slightly yellowish.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publications: "extraLapis No. 24: Edle Steine vom Dach der Welt", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Andreas Weerth (Germany) |
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33 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Genthelvite with Quartz |
| Locality: | | Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 6 x 5 x 5 cm / main crystal: 1.6 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 99 g
MIM number: 1342
Group of imbricated, well formed, lustrous, brown tetrahedrons topped by a crown of small, colorless quartz crystals. The crystals consist in theory of genthelvite overgrowing a helvite core.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publications: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2012", "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten" |
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33 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Prehnite with Epidote |
| Locality: | | Kayes Region, Mali | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 10 x 5.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 363 g
MIM number: 1341
Two translucent, green balls measuring 5.1 cm and 4.6 cm respectively, well separated and intact on a gray gangue, crossed by lustrous black epidotes.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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33 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Prehnite with Epidote |
| Locality: | | Kayes Region, Mali | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 10 x 5.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 363 g
MIM number: 1341
Two translucent, green balls measuring 5.1 cm and 4.6 cm respectively, well separated and intact on a gray gangue, crossed by lustrous black epidotes.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza; |
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34 Time(s) |
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