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[javmex2]

Some parts of my collection, perhaps small but not for my size is not of great importance, I really like the aesthetic and beautiful, the color, brightness and shape of the crystal is the main thing to consider which will be in my show case, I hope they like even if I'm not good for photos.

[javmex2]

One more piece of my collection, a spinel twinned fluorite crystal, completely free to grow on a small crust of calcite and fluorite, classic Naica Mine Chihuahua Mexico

[javmex2]

Here are some more pieces, the pictures are not good, hopefully better

[Ed Huskinson]

Holy cow Javier!!! Nice specimens. How old is the Mina Ojuela fluorite? I gather it is one of the newer ones, mined in the past year or so. All good rocks, and your photos are just fine. Kep 'em coming, we're enjoying this.

Oh, did you acquire them all in Mexico, or through the various dealers who are offering them here in the US?

Ed in Kingman

[javmex2]

Hi Ed, all the minerals it myself directly from the mining towns, and fluorite that i found last year when I visited the bridge Ojuela in a sales and crafts minerals, some found them too when I leave exploring and looking for them in abandoned mines or ore to surface, as is the case of quartz and others, to show you more in front.

[Ed Huskinson]

Okay. Thanks much.

[javmex2]

Several photos of my collection. Mexican minerals.

[javmex2]

Some parts more than spinel twinned fluorite, the place known as mixed mantles, level 590, opposite the mine Naica 5000 Chihuahua Mexico. the most precious of my collection.
These pieces came about three years ago and were very few parts, and these measures and undamaged, Maybe just a few, fortunately I was lucky enough to acquire these magnificent specimens.

[javmex2]

Other fluorite, Naica Chihuahua Mexico.

[Jordi Fabre]

Javier,

Size of DSC08627.JPG please?

[javmex2]

Jordi, this piece is a group of calcite of 7.5 cm with spinel twinned fluorite crystals of 1cm some smaller and others larger, the largest measuring 1.5cm

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[keldjarn]

Javier,

you really have a good taste in aesthetic specimens ! Thanks for sharing !

Knut

[Peter]

Muchas gracias!
Thank you for sharing your excellent Mexican minerals with us! Most beautiful and interesting specimens. Best regards Peter

[javmex2]

Thanks for the comments, I try to form a good collection of Mexican minerals but it is difficult, many people come to buy minerals and pay a lot to resellers, some already have agreements with foreign buyers and sold to local collectors, that although we are few in Mexico, more and more people are interested in the issue of collecting, the study and research of minerals

[Ed Huskinson]

I particularly like # 08599, the stepped-face octahedron. Thanks for sharing, javmex.

Ed in Kingman.

[javmex2]

Ed, this piece is the first I got, in 1991 when he was still military and non Penza in collecting, is a long story, buy a shoe box with some pieces of this type, the person told me they had about seven or eight years with them, offered as a gift because we help them repair their home as part of an assistance program offered by the army in case of disaster, this in a town that has nothing to do with mining.

[javmex2]

Hello, I am going to show a few more pieces, I hope to improve the quality of the photos, and if they can help with any advice, also thanks for the information to get special boxes and acrylic bases for minerals in Mexico

[javmex2]

Here's another shot more. I hope you like the pictures, and comment on my pieces.

[javmex2]

One more piece that I find very interesting, twinned fluorite, quartz, calcite and jamesonite. Naica Chihuahua Mexico,

[Matt_Zukowski]

I couldn't find a reference to yensonite. Does it go by some other name?