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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 06, 2016 01:13 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - gypsum |
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Mineral: | Gypsum (variety selenite) |
Locality: | Hanksville, Wayne County, Utah, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 6.4 x 3.6 cm |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 06, 2016 19:23 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - calcite on galena |
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Mineral: | Calcite, Galena |
Locality: | Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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Dimensions: | 9.6 x 7.7 cm |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 07, 2016 01:50 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
Locality: | Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 7.4 x 5.0 cm |
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Jamison Brizendine
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Posted: Jan 07, 2016 10:30 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Mike,
I really like that gypsum specimen from Utah. I have two, but none of them come close the quality of yours!
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 07, 2016 17:57 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Thanks Jamison. We got this one from Burminco (long gone LA area dealer).
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 08, 2016 05:20 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - epidote |
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Mineral: | Epidote, Quartz |
Locality: | Julie Claim (Lola Claim), Hawthorne District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 8.9 x 5.0 cm |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 08, 2016 19:13 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - fluorite |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
Locality: | La Fluorita Dulcita Cu prospect, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 7.4 x 5.5 cm |
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GneissWare
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Posted: Jan 08, 2016 21:42 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Very nice Fluorite, Mike!
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 09, 2016 14:00 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Thanks Bob.
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 10, 2016 18:29 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - fluorite |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Rocky Pass, Kuiu Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5.7 x 3.8 cm |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 12, 2016 04:56 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - grossular |
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Mineral: | Grossular, Diopside |
Locality: | Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish County, Washington, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 6.1 x 4.5 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 13, 2016 11:43 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - grossular |
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am mizunaka wrote: | Grossular, Diopside
Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish County, Washington, USA |
Really nice ... they look like solid whiskey crystallized in cubic shape ;-)
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 13, 2016 22:52 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Thanks Tobi. Definitely a "whiskey" you wouldn't want to drink ...
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 14, 2016 04:44 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | am mizunaka wrote: | Grossular, Diopside
Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish County, Washington, USA |
Really nice ... they look like solid whiskey crystallized in cubic shape ;-) |
am mizunaka wrote: | .Thanks Tobi. Definitely a "whiskey" you wouldn't want to drink ... |
For sure not, I don't like whiskey at all ... but that was the first association that came to my mind ;-)
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 15, 2016 03:24 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - rhodochrosite |
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Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Manganite |
Locality: | N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 6.1 x 4.6 cm |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 17, 2016 21:18 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - beryl |
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Movable bubble visible in the termination of the beryl.
Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine), Quartz, Muscovite |
Locality: | Shah Nassir Peak, Nyet Bruk, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 7.3 x 6.2 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 18, 2016 03:29 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - beryl |
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am mizunaka wrote: | Movable bubble visible in the termination of the beryl. |
Awesome!!! ... Do you use it as level? ;-)
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 18, 2016 22:29 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - beryl |
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Tobi wrote: | am mizunaka wrote: | Movable bubble visible in the termination of the beryl. |
Awesome!!! ... Do you use it as level? ;-) |
Thanks Tobi.
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 18, 2016 22:33 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - calcite |
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Calcite with tiny inclusions of pyrite.
Mineral: | Calcite, Pyrite |
Locality: | Dalen-Kjørholt Mine, Kjørholt, Brevik, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Østlandet, Norway | |
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Dimensions: | 5.0 x 3.5 x 4.1 cm |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Jan 21, 2016 00:31 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
Locality: | Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 6.4 x 3.2 cm |
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