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Simone Citon Mineral Collection
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PostPosted: Jun 28, 2013 05:18    Post subject: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Here a good selection, representative of my collection which consists of about 10,000 specimens collected in 40 years of collecting minerals. I hope you enjoy the photos (and the specimens...)!


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Gold
Bucium, Apuseni District, Alba Co., Romania
0,7 cm in length
Crystallized Gold var. Electrum, from a rare locale.
 Viewed:  44081 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jun 28, 2013 05:25    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Gold and Gold minerals


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Hessite
Botés, Alba Co., Romania
1,6x1,3x1,2 cm
Rounded crystals with Sphalerite and Quartz, from old collection.
 Viewed:  44277 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jun 28, 2013 05:29    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Gold and Gold minerals.


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Baia de Arieş (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania
6x4x4 cm
Rare sample of partially crystallized Gold in "gray Quartz", from old collection.
 Viewed:  44031 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jun 28, 2013 05:38    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

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Matilde mine, La Viñuela, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
5,5x5x4 cm
Large, cleavaged crystals, with a bit of Quartz matrix. Interesting specimen obtained from J. Fabre at the 1987 Munich Mineral Show
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PostPosted: Jun 28, 2013 05:43    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

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Schlema Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
4x3,8x2,5 cm
Very rare crystallized Bismuth associated with Erytrite and Dolomite. The main, euhedral crystal is up to 1 cm.
 Viewed:  44025 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jun 28, 2013 05:47    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Gold and Gold minerals


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Mina Zapata, Santa Elena de Uairen, Bolívar, Venezuela
1,5 cm in lenght
Hoppered, octahedral crystal, characteristic for the locale.
 Viewed:  44071 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jun 28, 2013 05:51    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Gold and Gold minerals


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Sacarîmb ( Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
Up to 1 cm crystal cluster
Very rare "rose" of Nagyagite, associated with Rhodochrosite and Quartz, from old collection.
 Viewed:  44027 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jun 28, 2013 05:56    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

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Calaverite, Gold
Calaveras County, California, USA
3,7x2x2 cm
Pale yellow, small, striated Calaverite crystals with intense yellow Gold in compact Quartz matrix. Interesting specimen, ex Eugene Carmichael Collection.
 Viewed:  44041 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jun 28, 2013 10:23    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Your amazing specimens introduce you perfectly, Simone. Our warmest welcome.

Please, read this link to add several pictures in a single message. Thank you.

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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2013 05:59    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

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Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
3,5x2,5x1,5 cm
Crystallized, sculptural Copper.
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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2013 06:02    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Gold and Gold minerals


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Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
5x4x1,5 cm
Gold in Quartz, with Sphalerite, from old classic locale.
 Viewed:  43717 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2013 06:08    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

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Golconda Mines, Golconda, Hyderabad District, Andhra Pradesh, India
4 and 3 mm
Two rare sample form very antique origin.
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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2013 06:11    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

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Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5 mm
A 5 mm group of crystallized Moschellandsbergite associated with Cinnabar, from old classic locale.
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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2013 06:37    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Gold and Gold minerals


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Baia de Aries (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania
8,5x6x2,5 cm
A large plate quite rich in crystallized Gold for the old locale.
 Viewed:  43735 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2013 07:07    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

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Baia de Aries (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania
1,5 cm
Nicely crystallized 1,5 area of Gold in Quartz.
 Viewed:  43610 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2013 09:29    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Very nice samples. These are beautiful.

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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2013 11:13    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Compliments from Romania!
Your Romanian minerals are amazing!
By the way, did you visited the Museum of Gold in Brad Romania? Your gold crystals remind me of it.
Your hessite is also wonderful.
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PostPosted: Jul 03, 2013 05:49    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Gold and Gold minerals


gold09.jpg
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Bucium, Apuseni District, Alba Co., Romania
1,5 cm in lenght
Nice crystallized Gold from rare old locale.
 Viewed:  43118 Time(s)

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Roşia Montană (Verespatak), Alba Co., Romania
1,5 cm Gold area
Crystalline, leaf shaped Gold in matrix, characteristic for the old mine.
 Viewed:  43125 Time(s)

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Hessite
Botés, Alba Co., Romania
1,7x1,2x1 cm
Elongated, up to 0,7 cm, rounded, lustrous crystals with minor Quartz. From old collection.
 Viewed:  43172 Time(s)

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Nagyagite
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
6x5x3 cm
Large sheets of Nagyagite in Rhodochrosite matrix, from old collection.
 Viewed:  43147 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jul 03, 2013 08:30    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Hi David. Thank you very much for your congratulations, very well-accepted. Brad no, but I visited Museums in Freiberg, Vienna, Praga, all with wonderful Gold and tellurides samples expecially from Romania. These of mine are just an idea...However I've some other good specimen, hope you enjoy it.
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PostPosted: Jul 03, 2013 09:16    Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection  

Wowww ! Amazing collection and ever the better choice.
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