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 Posted: Aug 20, 2025 08:26 Post subject: Re: #MVM (Minerals - Virtual Museum) Collection |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 23, 2025 12:30 Post subject: Pollucite from Kunar, Afghanistan / #MVM (Minerals - Virtual Museum) Collection |
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#MVM (Minerals - Virtual Museum) / more information about the piece with this link
| Mineral: | Pollucite on Albite |
| Locality: | | Kunar Province (Konar), Afghanistan |  |
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| Dimensions: | 5.8 × 4.5 × 2.3 cm |
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Single crystal with very well-defined faces and edges of the trapezohedron and the dodecahedron.
It is unusually transparent and sits on a matrix of crystallized Albite. |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 24, 2025 10:44 Post subject: Fluorite from Emilio Mine, Asturias, Spain / #MVM (Minerals - Virtual Museum) Collection |
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#MVM (Minerals - Virtual Museum) / more information about the piece with this link
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.7 × 3.6 × 2.1 cm |
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Aerial group of very transparent Fluorite crystals, with a distinct cubic habit and with vertices slightly rounded by beveled edges. They are lustrous, with slightly bluish tones, and are associated with leafy Baryte crystals that are visible thanks to the transparency of the Fluorite crystals.
Former collection of Miguel David Martínez |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 26, 2025 14:02 Post subject: Wulfenite from Los Lamentos, Mexico / #MVM (Minerals - Virtual Museum) Collection |
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#MVM (Minerals - Virtual Museum) / more information about the piece with this link
| Locality: | | Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.1 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm / main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm |
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Very aerial pair of laminar Wulfenite crystals on a limonite matrix, with sharp, well-defined faces and edges, ranging from transparent to translucent, and displaying a very intense orange color.
Partially coated with small white Calcite crystals, and with an unusual shape for the locality. |
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