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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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| 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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| 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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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 31, 2025 05:36 Post subject: Dioptase & Shattuckite from Congo D.R. / #MVM (Minerals - Virtual Museum) Collection |
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#MVM (Minerals - Virtual Museum) / more information about the piece with this link
| Mineral: | Dioptase and Shattuckite |
| Locality: | | Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | specimen size: 6 × 4.9 × 3.2 cm / main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm |
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| Botryoidal and spherical growths of small acicular crystals of Shattuckite, with a single Dioptase crystal that has excellent color and luster, and very well-defined faces and edges. |
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