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am mizunaka
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 Posted: Jun 04, 2025 17:03 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Beryl |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
| Locality: | | Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 2.7 x 2.1 cm |
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| Rare beryl for the locality. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2025 18:57 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Hedenbergite |
| Locality: | | Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 12.3 x 8.6 cm |
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| Quartz included with hedenbergite. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 08, 2025 00:04 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Smoky Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky quartz) |
| Locality: | | Rist Mine, Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 2.7 cm |
| Description: |
| Pale glassy smoky quartz crystal on a bit of matrix. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 09, 2025 02:27 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Chalcopyrite |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Chalcopyrite |
| Locality: | | Casteel Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.7 x 7.7 cm |
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| Quartz replacing galena leaving hollow casts sprinkled with chalocpyrite crystals. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 11, 2025 16:20 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz with inclusions |
| Locality: | | Rist Mine, Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.9 x 3.3 x .8 cm |
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| Thin quartz cluster with unidentified inclusions and multiple faden lines. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz with inclusions |
| Locality: | | Rist Mine, Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA | |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 14, 2025 16:06 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Rhodochrosite |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Capillitas Mine, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca, Argentina | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.2 x 5.1 x .4 cm |
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| Deep red rhodochrosite petal like crystals. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 16, 2025 16:25 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Adularia |
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| Mineral: | K Feldspar (variety adularia), Chlorite Group, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Southern Alps mountain range, New Zealand | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.3 x 3.8 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 18, 2025 16:52 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Coromandel, Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.0 x 6.7 cm |
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| Quartz crystals and quartz replacing calcite. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 20, 2025 16:17 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Kermesite |
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| Mineral: | Kermesite, Stibnite |
| Locality: | | Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region, Slovak Republic | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.0 x 7.2 cm |
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| Kermesite sprays with small stubby stibnite crystals. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 22, 2025 16:02 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Beryl |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) |
| Locality: | | Haystack Mountain, Inyo Mountains (Inyo Range), Inyo County, California, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 1.5 cm |
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| Nice beryl for the locality. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 24, 2025 19:44 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Pyrosmalite |
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| Mineral: | Pyrosmalite, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm |
| Description: |
| A somewhat rare combination of minerals. Water clear fluorites with translucent pyrosmalite crystals. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 01, 2025 01:07 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Elbaite |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite (variety cuprian elbaite), Quartz |
| Locality: | | Batalha Mine, São José da Batalha, Salgadinho, Borborema, Paraíba, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.4 x 4.8 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 02, 2025 16:04 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Spessartine |
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| Mineral: | Spessartine, Galena |
| Locality: | | Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.2 x 7.1 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 03, 2025 22:42 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.8 x 5.8 cm |
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| Pale green fluorite with calcite. |
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| Mineral: | _Close up of unidentified minerals. |
| Locality: | | Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Mineral: | _Close up of another area with unidentified minerals. |
| Locality: | | Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia | |
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