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Don Lum
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Location: Arkansas
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 Posted: Jan 05, 2017 12:47 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| vic rzonca wrote: | | crosstimber wrote: | Don,
Congratulations on 500,000+ Well deserved.
Michael |
Don your gallery / collection is a pleasure to peruse. Great work. Here's one more view. |
Thank you, Vic, it is good to hear from you. I appreciate your comment.
I enjoyed your pictures from Colorado.
Regards,
Don
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Don Lum
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Posts: 2856
Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2017 15:49 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Collection
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Sunnyside Mine group (American Tunnel Mine), Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 95mm x 80mm x 42mm |
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19319 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Manganite |
| Locality: | | Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 55mm x 55mm x 35mm |
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19305 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2856
Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 08, 2017 18:35 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Collection
| Mineral: | Mimetite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 140mm x 135mm x 36mm |
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19253 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Malachite after Cuprite, Azurite |
| Locality: | | Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.7 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm |
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19229 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Malachite after Cuprite, Azurite |
| Locality: | | Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.7 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm |
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19270 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 12, 2017 12:35 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Calcite
| Mineral: | Calcite (variety cobaltoan calcite) |
| Locality: | | Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 65mm x 42mm x 25mm |
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| Cobaltoan Calcite on Calcite |
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19214 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite, Hematite |
| Locality: | | Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 49mm x 41mm x 35mm |
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Calcite included by Hematite (twinned)
ex Richard Heck |
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19139 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite, Hematite |
| Locality: | | Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 49mm x 41mm x 35mm |
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Calcite included by Hematite (twinned)
ex Richard Heck |
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19165 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite, Hematite |
| Locality: | | Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 49mm x 41mm x 35mm |
| Description: |
Calcite included by Hematite (twinned)
ex Richard Heck |
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| Viewed: |
19187 Time(s) |
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Carles Millan
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Joined: 05 May 2007
Posts: 1470
Location: Catalonia
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| Posted: Jan 12, 2017 13:44 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Astonishing Moroccan calcite color. Nice!
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Don Lum
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 12, 2017 13:58 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Astonishing Moroccan calcite color. Nice! |
Thank you for your comment about the nice bright color, Carles. I am fortunate to have it.
Regards,
Don
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Don Lum
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 14, 2017 17:14 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Collection
| Mineral: | Vanadinite, Barite |
| Locality: | | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 58mm x 54mm x 38mm |
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19021 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety red beryl) |
| Locality: | | Ruby Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 57mm x 53mm x 37mm |
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18980 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety red beryl) |
| Locality: | | Ruby Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 57mm x 53mm x 37mm |
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19016 Time(s) |
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Pierre Joubert
Joined: 09 Mar 2012
Posts: 1605
Location: Western Cape
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| Posted: Jan 15, 2017 05:03 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Nice colour vanadinite Don. Regards to Gwen.
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Don Lum
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Posts: 2856
Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 15, 2017 11:45 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Nice colour vanadinite Don. Regards to Gwen. |
Thank you for your comment, Pierre.
Hello to Riana.
Regards,
Don
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Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2856
Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 17, 2017 19:22 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Arkansas
| Mineral: | Dolomite, Calcite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 67mm x 48mm x 37mm |
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18830 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite |
| Locality: | | Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 73mm x 34mm x 28mm |
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18785 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite |
| Locality: | | Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 73mm x 34mm x 28mm |
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18801 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Kidwellite, Beraunite |
| Locality: | | Three Oaks Gap workings, Three Oaks Gap, Polk County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 51mm x 40mm x 28mm |
| Description: |
Kidwellite on Beraunite
collected by Mike Howard 1980's |
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| Viewed: |
18818 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
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Posts: 2856
Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 19, 2017 22:21 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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India
| Mineral: | Fluorapophyllite-(K) |
| Locality: | | Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 55mm x 52mm x 37mm |
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| From the label: A rounded cluster of divergent basally terminated prismatic crystals with minor Stilbite at the base. The crystals are clear and colorless at the top and green at the base. Nice green squares looking down the "C" axes. A bicolored "disco ball." |
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18711 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Mesolite |
| Locality: | | Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 163mm x 152mm x 103mm |
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18692 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Mesolite |
| Locality: | | Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 163mm x 152mm x 103mm |
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18685 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Mesolite |
| Locality: | | Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 163mm x 152mm x 103mm |
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18695 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jan 22, 2017 18:25 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Amazonite
| Mineral: | Microcline (variety amazonite), Albite |
| Locality: | | Konso area, Konso District, Sidamo Province, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia | |
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| Dimensions: | 111mm x 84mm x 39mm |
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| Viewed: |
18563 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jan 22, 2017 18:33 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Collection
| Mineral: | Diopside |
| Locality: | | Laila base camp area, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 56mm x 32mm x 26mm |
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18544 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Diopside |
| Locality: | | Laila base camp area, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 56mm x 32mm x 26mm |
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18525 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 33mm x 22mm x 24mm |
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18494 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 33mm x 22mm x 24mm |
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18491 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jan 24, 2017 22:58 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Pyrite, Quartz
| Mineral: | Pyrite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Spruce claim, Goldmyer Hot Springs, King County, Washington, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 41mm x 38mm |
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18339 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Spruce claim, Goldmyer Hot Springs, King County, Washington, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 41mm x 38mm |
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18324 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Spruce claim, Goldmyer Hot Springs, King County, Washington, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 41mm x 38mm |
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| Viewed: |
18370 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 26, 2017 15:48 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Arkansas
The "bow-tie" Smithsonite crystals remind me of budding yeast cells.
N.B. The city of Magnet Cove is in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.
The city of Hot Springs is in Garland County, Arkansas.
| Mineral: | Smithsonite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 64mm x 44mm x 29mm |
| Description: |
| yellow "bow-tie" Smithsonite |
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| Viewed: |
18223 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 64mm x 44mm x 29mm |
| Description: |
| yellow "bow-tie" Smithsonite |
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18202 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 64mm x 44mm x 29mm |
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| yellow "bow-tie" Smithsonite |
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18240 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Albite |
| Locality: | | Cove Creek, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 57mm x 52mm x 37mm |
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| Viewed: |
18209 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 28, 2017 21:29 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Hope's Nose
| Mineral: | Gold, Calcite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 56mm x 29mm x 12mm |
| Description: |
| Filigrees of dendritic and herringbone patterned spinel-twinned gold crystals on quartz-rich brecciated matrix. Early 1900's.ex Howard Belsky |
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18037 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gold, Calcite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 56mm x 29mm x 12mm |
| Description: |
| Filigrees of dendritic and herringbone patterned spinel-twinned gold crystals on quartz-rich brecciated matrix. Early 1900's.ex Howard Belsky |
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18086 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jan 29, 2017 18:34 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Beryl
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite |
| Locality: | | Coscuez mining district, Municipio San Pablo de Borbur, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 50mm x 42mm x 37mm |
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17915 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite |
| Locality: | | Coscuez mining district, Municipio San Pablo de Borbur, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 50mm x 42mm x 37mm |
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17960 Time(s) |
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Fiebre Verde
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Location: Paris Area
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| Posted: Jan 30, 2017 01:09 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Nice contact patterns Don!
Gérard
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Don Lum
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jan 30, 2017 01:14 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Fiebre Verde wrote: | Nice contact patterns Don!
Gérard |
Thank you, Gerard. I appreciate your comment.
Regards,
Don
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jan 30, 2017 16:24 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Native Copper from Arkansas
| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | North Mountain Mine, North Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 77mm x 73mm x 12mm |
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| Native Copper in Novaculite slab |
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17767 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | North Mountain Mine, North Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 77mm x 73mm x 12mm |
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| Native Copper in Novaculite slab |
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17800 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | North Mountain Mine, North Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 77mm x 73mm x 12mm |
| Description: |
| Native Copper in Novaculite slab |
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17766 Time(s) |
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