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PostPosted: Oct 13, 2009 03:34    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

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How many specimens do you currently have on display Carles?


About 230, plus some 70 more from Catalonia with lower quality but somewhat high local value, most of them field collected by myself.
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PostPosted: Oct 13, 2009 15:12    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

This is my Spanish pyrites shelf (13 pieces), although the biggest two specimens are not here for being too heavy. Anyone interested in seeing them individually should go to
https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=2768#2768 and https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=2789#2789

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PostPosted: Oct 13, 2009 16:48    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Malachite after azurite

Malachite pseudomorph after azurite. A toenail size specimen. Overall size: 35 mm x 30 mm. Weight: 23 g. Purchased in 1966 from Francesc Coma Molist, former curator of the Folch collection, for €1.20 (about €30 adjusted to today's inflation).

Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia.

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PostPosted: Oct 15, 2009 16:58    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Quartz, arsenopyrite, mica

Group of two quartz crystals on a bed of lustrous crystalized arsenopyrite (this not well reproduced in the photo below) with dolomite and a little mica. Undamaged except the periphery and some microchipping on the quartz edges. Overall size: 115 mm x 90 mm. Main quartz crystal: 46 mm wide, 115 mm tall. Weight: 961 g.

Panasqueira Mines, Level 2, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal.

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PostPosted: Oct 17, 2009 14:31    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Here is a picture of a temporary assortment of specimens from different countries that for some reason don't fit with the other showcases (43 pieces).


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PostPosted: Oct 17, 2009 17:35    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Very nice, thank you, Carles.

Two questions:
The large white crystal to the left of the center, what is is? Calcite?
The green mineral beneath the realgar on the right side, is that Riemvasmaak fluorite?
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PostPosted: Oct 17, 2009 18:50    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Hi Carles. Nice rocks, nice displays, all of them. Where did you get your display cabinets??

Oh, and the Naica gypsum, single crystal on martix, dead center, bottom row. Did it come to you with a Romero label? It very much looks like one that I acquired for Miguel, and he decided that he had enough gypsum specimens from there, and that I could just keep it. I sold it at the Pleasanton, California show in 1979 or thereabouts. Just curious.

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PostPosted: Oct 17, 2009 23:41    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Hey carles is that a large rutile crystal i see in that last pic at the top towards the left? nice pics..keep 'em comin'
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PostPosted: Oct 18, 2009 03:33    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Tobias Martin wrote:
The large white crystal to the left of the center, what is is? Calcite?
The green mineral beneath the realgar on the right side, is that Riemvasmaak fluorite?

Hi Tobias!

The large white crystal you are talking about is a dolomite that was posted at https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=2636#2636

The other, you are right, is a Riemvasmaak fluorite, posted at https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=5786#5786

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PostPosted: Oct 18, 2009 03:59    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Ed Huskinson wrote:
Hi Carles. Nice rocks, nice displays, all of them. Where did you get your display cabinets??

I got them for free. When I bought my current apartment the previous owner unexpectedly asked me if I would mind to keep several showcases that were difficult for him to take out. He was not a mineral collector but he and his wife used to spend their leisure time building paper models, that then were exposed in the display cabinets. Of course I answered 'no' right away (I did NOT mind). However, they are not the best kind of showcases to show minerals, so I'm not very happy with them.

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Oh, and the Naica gypsum, single crystal on martix, dead center, bottom row. Did it come to you with a Romero label?

Such gypsum came to me with no collector label, so I assume it is not from the Miguel Romero collection. But there is no certainty. As you well know some specimens change hands many times and then the original labels are often missing. This piece is posted at https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=4684#4684

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PostPosted: Oct 18, 2009 04:12    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Hey carles is that a large rutile crystal i see in that last pic at the top towards the left? nice pics..keep 'em comin'

No, there is no rutile in that showcase. I understand you are referring to a group of three Australian tourmalines. If not, please let me know.

For more details, photos of these specimens are posted at https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=5674#5674 , https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=6262#6262 and https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=6543#6543

I'm glad you like the pictures.

Thank you!
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PostPosted: Oct 18, 2009 14:30    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Thanks Carles! I went to the url you provided and was able to take a good close look at piece 6349M. What a beauty it is indeed!!! You can see right through the crystal to the matrix below. Looks like the crystal has been deposited on a matrix of carbonate (limestone or dolomite) breccia. It is actually possible to study the underlying matrix (spacing and size of the fragments, things like that) through the crystal itself. Wow!

The piece I had in mind is similar, on a single piece of similar/same matrix, but without the breccia (or whatever) fragments. I believe it was a slightly darker colour as well, darker grey, not quite black.

Probably similar vintage though.

Thanks for the reply, and the opportunity to look at your stuff.

Oh, and congratulations on your freebie display cabinets. Woo Hoo!!!

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PostPosted: Oct 19, 2009 05:14    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Ed Huskinson wrote:
Looks like the crystal has been deposited on a matrix of carbonate (limestone or dolomite) breccia.

Hi Ed!

I think the gypsum matrix is neither limestone nor dolostone. It might be a complex material that in my Catalan mother tongue is known as 'marga', in English 'marl' or 'marlstone', and is "a calcium carbonate or lime-rich mud or mudstone which contains variable amounts of clays and aragonite" (according to the English Wikipedia). Most sources, however, refer to 'calcite' or 'limestone' instead of aragonite.

Such specimen as a whole seems rather good, but by making a search on the net you can find many others, also from Naica, that are much better ( for the casual reader: we are talking about this: https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=4684#4684 )
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PostPosted: Oct 20, 2009 09:25    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Quartz, hematite

Group of quartz and hematite crystals. Overall size: 140 mm x 110 mm. Weight: 849 g.

Jinlong hill, Lungchuan, Heyuan, Guangdong, China.

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PostPosted: Oct 24, 2009 09:12    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Quartz, hematite

Another view of the previous specimen.

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PostPosted: Oct 24, 2009 14:30    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Hi Carles

Very nice specimens you add from day to day. Especially the last one ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=18366#18366 ) is a phantastic piece. Can you shoot me a private message how much a piece like this is. I want to look for something like that in Munich and want to know what prices (at least a range) are on pieces like this.
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PostPosted: Oct 24, 2009 17:15    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Pyrite, quartz, calcite?

Group of pyrite crystals on quartz. Overall size: 71 mm x 52 mm. Main pyrite crystal: 31 mm wide, 29 mm on edge. Weight: 149 g. The crack that is visible in the photos seems to be natural, not man made, likely caused by very old tectonic movements. Among the quartz there are other crystals, colorless and transparent, with rhombohedral habit, that might be calcite or dolomite.

The crystallography of this specimen is very interesting. The main crystal is basically an octahedron {111} but also shows pyritohedron {210} and rhombododecahedron {110} faces. Although octahedrons and pyritohedrons are quite usual in pyrite crystals, rhombododecahedrons are really rare. Please see more details about the habit in one of the photos below.

Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru.

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Pay attention to the octahedron {111}, pyritohedron {210} and the uncommon (in pyrite) rhombododecahedron {110} faces. Anyone interested to learn what the Miller indices are can get a primer from the Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_index
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PostPosted: Oct 24, 2009 18:21    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Very nice pyrite spec. Carles!
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PostPosted: Oct 25, 2009 05:11    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

amethystguy wrote:
Very nice pyrite spec. Carles!


Very glad you like it!

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PostPosted: Oct 26, 2009 03:52    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Cassiterite, beryl, muscovite

Cassiterite complex crystal set on a matrix of gemmy colorless beryl with some well formed, projecting up, bladed muscovite crystals. Although not well defined in the photograph, in the front side there are about 18 single beryl crystals plus about 11 more on the back. Overall size: 81 mm x 57 mm. Cassiterite crystal: 31 mm wide. Main beryl crystal: 22 mm wide. Weight: 169 g. It's almost a floater. Undamaged.

Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

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