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Tobi
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 Posted: Apr 19, 2025 08:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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And one more gold, this time it is a nugget from a river deposit in California. With a size of 0,7 cm, this small nugget is the smallest specimen in my collection:
| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | Mokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 7 mm |
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| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | Mokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 mm |
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Dany Mabillard
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| Posted: Apr 21, 2025 02:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Nice Gold specimens Tobi. Have a nice day.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 21, 2025 14:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Dany Mabillard wrote: | | Nice Gold specimens Tobi. Have a nice day. |
Thank you Dany, I hope you have a nice day too!
Since my sons (9 y/o & 7 y/o) have their own collection, I had to get them some gold too:
| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | Agua Fria River, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | each nugget measures 3 mm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 21, 2025 15:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Kudos to you Tobi. I'm sure your boys will treasure these gold nuggets forever.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2025 12:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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The last pieces I published were really really small, this new specimen is slightly larger ;-)
As a galena collector I'm really happy that I could get this huge and beautiful piece from Joplin/Missouri. It came from an old collection and was mined in the 1960s or 1970s. I know not everybody loves galena; but when you like it, this piece is a stunner.
| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 20 x 20 cm, largest crystals 3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 20 x 20 cm, largest crystals 3 cm |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2025 14:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | I know not everybody loves galena; but when you like it, this piece is a stunner. |
I do love galena, Tobi. This one is an impressive sample of Joplin, a museum specimen. You're very lucky to own it and to have enough room at home to keep it. Congrats!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2025 16:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi, I think you can guess how I feel about this piece. You have a fine example that showcases classic bright, cubic crystals and impressive size. Congratulations.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 30, 2025 02:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | I do love galena, Tobi. This one is an impressive sample of Joplin, a museum specimen. You're very lucky to own it and to have enough room at home to keep it. Congrats! |
Thank you Carles. Indeed I am really lucky, this piece became instantly one of the greatest highlights in my collection. And concerning enough room to keep it .... I had to play a little 3d mineral Tetris in my showcases to find a place for this heavy piece. Most of my shelves are glass so I had to re-arrange the collection in order to find a place on a wooden shelf. But it worked :-)
| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Tobi, I think you can guess how I feel about this piece. You have a fine example that showcases classic bright, cubic crystals and impressive size. Congratulations. |
Thank you Michael. I know you have a PbS fetish too so I had to think of you while posting this specimen :-)
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Dany Mabillard
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| Posted: Jul 31, 2025 00:38 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| What a beauty your Galena, Tobi ! Have a nice day.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 01, 2025 02:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Dany Mabillard wrote: | | What a beauty your Galena, Tobi ! Have a nice day. |
Thank you Dany! This piece is indeed a beauty. Since galena is one of my most favourite minerals, you can imagine what a specimen in this size and with these aesthetics means to me.
A nice day to you too & best regards
Tobi
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 25, 2025 10:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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When I got this specimen in 2020 from Rudi Watzl I posted it with the professional Saphira Minerals photo because taking photos of transparent quartzes sometimes is a struggle.
Here's the original post from 2020: https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=73617#73617
Now I made a photo that may not be a really good one but it shows this wonderful alpine crystal in a more natural way than the original dealer photo:
| Mineral: | Quartz, chlorite |
| Locality: | | Hocharn, Rauris Valley, Zell am See District, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | Crystal size 20 x 5 x 5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 28, 2025 11:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi - thank you so much for 2 million views |
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Dear friends and fellow mineral enthusiasts,
I just discovered a second red star next to my collection thread which means that it reached 2 million views! I want so say thank you to all the people here on FMF who read, liked and commented my posts.
Thank you so much for being such a wonderful community; and again, Master Jordi, thank you for creating this place :-)
I want to share 2 photos again at this moment, the vanadinite from Morocco that was my very first photo here in April 2009 and the honey-spar fluorite from Wölsendorf which is in my opinion the greatest highlight in my entire collection.
Thank you all and let's keep this forum alive!
Best regards
Tobi
| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen 5,5 x 3 cm, largest crystals 4 mm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Wölsendorf Mining District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen 25 x 21 cm, largest crystals 5 cm |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Aug 28, 2025 12:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi - thank you so much for 2 million views |
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| Tobi wrote: | | I just discovered a second red star next to my collection thread which means that it reached 2 million views! I want so say thank you to all the people here on FMF who read, liked and commented my posts. |
Have my warmest congratulations, Tobi! You deserve it.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 28, 2025 14:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Congratulations Tobi. Always a pleasure to view your collection. Your 2nd red star is well-deserved.
Michael
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Dany Mabillard
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| Posted: Aug 28, 2025 14:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hello Tobi,
Well-deserved this second star and a very fine collection.
Have a nice evening.
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