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Posts: 249
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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566 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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537 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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536 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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536 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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539 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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538 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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565 Time(s) |
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MIM Museum
Joined: 04 Aug 2015
Posts: 249
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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399 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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398 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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401 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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397 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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392 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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398 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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403 Time(s) |
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Joined: 04 Aug 2015
Posts: 249
Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Jun 30, 2025 07:28 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Andradite (variety melanite) |
| Locality: | | Kayes Region, Mali | |
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| Dimensions: | 15.5 x 25.5 x 17.5 cm / main crystal: 15.8 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 7700 g
MIM number: 1340
Two large, black adjacent crystals of maximum size 15.8 cm and 11.9 cm respectively. The faces are smooth and shiny and the crystals intact. The gangue on which they are found is sprinkled with small black epidote crystals and small, pale green balls of prehnite. The smaller of the two crystals is rather isometric; the larger one is more elongated. Three small, well formed crystals of andradite are on both sides of the matrix.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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76 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Löllingite |
| Locality: | | Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 11 x 14.5 x 9 cm / main crystal: 6.5 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 598 g
MIM number: 1339
Probable year of extraction : 2012
Curved polycrystalline growth of gray lollingite, complete including at the back, sprinkled with small, lustrous, silvery pseudo-octahedral crystals of arsenopyrite. It is studded on a white 9 cm wide rhombohedron of white dolomite, itself resting on a matrix of white calcite strips. A small magnetite crystal is on the back of the lollingite, at its base.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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77 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 5.5 x 12 cm / main crystal: 11.5 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 165 g
MIM number: 1338
Intact, sharp-edged, transparent hexagonal bipyramid planted on a flattened blade of milky quartz, also intact, with the general appearance of a scepter.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publications: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés", "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten" |
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76 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rutile |
| Locality: | | Ambatofinandrahana, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 3 x 11.5 cm / main crystal: 2.9 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 153 g
MIM number: 1336
Probable year of extraction : 2011
Lustrous, cream-colored superimposed rutile plates pseudomorphing hematite, on which red rutile crystals have developed in sagenite twins on both sides.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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76 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Stibnite |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 16 x 11 x 8 cm / main crystal: 2.7 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 712 g
MIM number: 1335
Probable year of extraction : 1978
Thin, cream-colored, micro-crystallized section on which lustrous, bluish-black stibine crystals have developed in intact tufts
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Ex collection: Calin Costinar (Romania) |
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76 Time(s) |
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