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PostPosted: Nov 27, 2010 12:57    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Pyrite

Five mirror-like intertwined cubic {100} pyrite crystals. It's a floater, complete all around. Maximum width: 66 mm. Longest edge: 37 mm. Weight: 316 g.

Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain.

Other pyrite photos from the same locality can be found at the following URL in this forum https://www.topminerals.info/index.php?searchterms=Navaj&searchauthor=Carles+Millan&level=search

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2790M-pyrite1.jpg
 Dimensions: Maximum width: 66 mm. Longest edge: 37 mm.
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Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
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2790M-pyrite2.jpg
 Dimensions: Maximum width: 66 mm. Longest edge: 37 mm.
 Description:
Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
 Viewed:  57556 Time(s)

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2790M-pyrite3.jpg
 Dimensions: Maximum width: 66 mm. Longest edge: 37 mm.
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Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
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PostPosted: Nov 27, 2010 19:24    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Hi Carles

We've corresponded privately about these specimens that you are posting, but seeing them here all on one page I can't help but express my admiration for your taste. Really classy, "architectural" specimens.

About the scheelites from Gharmung, I am mystified by the relative little attention that these have enjoyed in the collector community. I love them. It must be that we are all spoiled by the XueBaoDing scheelite stravaganza and that these samples from Pakistan are looked down upon as lesser material. A day will come when these too will receive the attention that they deserve.
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PostPosted: Nov 28, 2010 13:54    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Hübnerite, quartz

Group of black tabular hübnerite crystals with colorless crystallized quartz showing a Japan law twin. Size: 80 mm x 77 mm x 70 mm. Main hübnerite crystal: 55 mm wide. Weight: 250 g.

Labor Victoria, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Department, Peru.

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6663M-hubnerite1.jpg
 Description:
Hübnerite, quartz
Labor Victoria, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
80 mm x 77 mm x 70 mm. Main hübnerite crystal: 55 mm wide
 Viewed:  57866 Time(s)

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6663M-hubnerite2.jpg
 Description:
Hübnerite, quartz
Labor Victoria, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
80 mm x 77 mm x 70 mm. Main hübnerite crystal: 55 mm wide
 Viewed:  57922 Time(s)

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6663M-hubnerite3.jpg
 Description:
Hübnerite, quartz
Labor Victoria, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
80 mm x 77 mm x 70 mm. Main hübnerite crystal: 55 mm wide
 Viewed:  57942 Time(s)

6663M-hubnerite3.jpg



6663M-hubnerite4.jpg
 Description:
Hübnerite, quartz.
Labor Victoria, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
80 mm x 77 mm x 70 mm. Main hübnerite crystal: 55 mm wide

Note the Japan law twin
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PostPosted: Nov 30, 2010 10:36    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Quartz, aegirine, zircon, feldspar

Group of aegirine with color-zoned smoky quartz crystals, almost transparent, one of them with a flattened tabular habit and doubly terminated that looks like a gwindel, uncommon at this locality, accompanied by some zircon and feldspar. Undamaged. Overall size: 116 mm x 102 mm x 57 mm. Main aegirine crystal: 92 mm long, 12 mm wide. Main quartz crystal: 116 mm long, 55 mm wide, 13 mm thick. Weight: 280 g.

Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi.

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8344M-aegirine1.jpg
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Quartz, aegirine, zircon, feldspar
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
107 mm x 102 mm x 57 mm. Main aegirine crystal: 92 mm long, 12 mm wide. Main quartz crystal: 116 mm long, 55 mm wide, 13 mm thick
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8344M-aegirine2.jpg
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Quartz, aegirine, zircon, feldspar
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
107 mm x 102 mm x 57 mm. Main aegirine crystal: 92 mm long, 12 mm wide. Main quartz crystal: 116 mm long, 55 mm wide, 13 mm thick
 Viewed:  57901 Time(s)

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8344M-aegirine3.jpg
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Quartz, aegirine, zircon, feldspar
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
107 mm x 102 mm x 57 mm. Main aegirine crystal: 92 mm long, 12 mm wide. Main quartz crystal: 116 mm long, 55 mm wide, 13 mm thick
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PostPosted: Nov 30, 2010 16:13    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Carles, very good Japan law twin with Hübnerite. If I had seen this piece before you.... It would be in my pocket!!!
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PostPosted: Nov 30, 2010 16:36    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

José Miguel wrote:
Carles, very good Japan law twin with Hübnerite. If I had seen this piece before you.... It would be in my pocket!!!

José Miguel, were I able to take a picture like this ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=11207#11207 ), perhaps I would have had the chance to make a good living as a photographer.





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PostPosted: Dec 09, 2010 16:32    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Gold, quartz

Gold in not well defined crystals, showing some plates together with filiform, dendritic and arborescent forms, on a matrix of quartz. Overall size: 47 mm x 33 mm. Weight: 38 g. This specimen was brought from Philippines by the Spanish engineer Antonio Hernández, who had worked at the Macayan copper mines in the 19th century. I keep handwritten documents from him, dated year 1853, related with the mentioned copper mining works.

Very likely from Mancayan (Mankayan) mineral district, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines, where the presence of gold has been cited.

This specimen is no longer in my collection.

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Gold, quartz
Very likely from Mancayan (Mankayan) mineral district, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines
47 mm x 33 mm
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Gold, quartz
Very likely from Mancayan (Mankayan) mineral district, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines
47 mm x 33 mm
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PostPosted: Dec 19, 2010 13:45    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Arfvedsonite

Isolated arfvedsonite crystal with multiple termination, complete all around, undamaged. Size: 100 mm tall, 34 mm wide, 16 mm thick. Weight: 75 g.

Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, Malawi.

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8341M-arfvedsonite.jpg
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Arfvedsonite
Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, Malawi
100 mm tall, 34 mm wide, 16 mm thick
 Viewed:  58413 Time(s)

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8341M-arfvedsonite1.jpg
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Arfvedsonite
Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, Malawi
100 mm tall, 34 mm wide, 16 mm thick
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PostPosted: Dec 20, 2010 01:10    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Hi Carles, I love the Japan Twin with Huebnerite. What a nice piece. That must have been a memorable day and an exciting trip home.

( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=14530#14530 )
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PostPosted: Dec 22, 2010 09:02    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Ferberite, apatite, siderite, mica

Group of ferberite crystals accompanied by a smaller green apatite crystal at the bottom, numerous brown-yellow tabular siderite crystals, and mica. Complete all around. Undamaged. Overall size: 71 mm x 60 mm x 60 mm. Weight: 280 g.

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

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6653M-ferberite4.jpg
 Description:
Ferberite, apatite, siderite, mica
Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
71 mm x 60 mm x 60 mm
 Viewed:  58216 Time(s)

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6653M-ferberite2.jpg
 Description:
Ferberite, apatite, siderite, mica
Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
71 mm x 60 mm x 60 mm
 Viewed:  58185 Time(s)

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6653M-ferberite5.jpg
 Description:
Ferberite, apatite, siderite, mica
Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
71 mm x 60 mm x 60 mm
 Viewed:  58224 Time(s)

6653M-ferberite5.jpg



6653M-ferberite3.jpg
 Description:
Ferberite, apatite, siderite, mica. Note the green apatite crystal at the bottom
Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
71 mm x 60 mm x 60 mm
 Viewed:  58195 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Dec 26, 2010 13:25    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Hübnerite, quartz

Group of hübnerite and quartz crystals. Overall size: 107 mm x 75 mm. Maximum crystal sizes > Hübnerite: 26 mm long, 13.5 mm wide, 5 mm thick; Quartz: 39 mm long, 8 mm wide. Weight: 277 g. Extracted from a new pocket, Labor Jaqui, found in the summer 2008.

Mundo Nuevo mine, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión, La Libertad, Peru.

Other hübnerites from the same locality can be seen at https://www.topminerals.info/index.php?searchterms=h%C3%BCbnerite&searchauthor=Carles+Millan&level=search

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6658M-hubnerite2.jpg
 Description:
Hübnerite, quartz
Mundo Nuevo mine, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión, La Libertad, Peru
107 mm x 75 mm. Maximum crystal sizes > Hübnerite: 26 mm long, 13.5 mm wide, 5 mm thick; Quartz: 39 mm long, 8 mm wide
 Viewed:  58990 Time(s)

6658M-hubnerite2.jpg



6658M-hubnerite1.jpg
 Description:
Hübnerite, quartz
Mundo Nuevo mine, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión, La Libertad, Peru
107 mm x 75 mm. Maximum crystal sizes > Hübnerite: 26 mm long, 13.5 mm wide, 5 mm thick; Quartz: 39 mm long, 8 mm wide
 Viewed:  58943 Time(s)

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6658M-hubnerite.jpg
 Description:
Hübnerite, quartz
Mundo Nuevo mine, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión, La Libertad, Peru
107 mm x 75 mm. Maximum crystal sizes > Hübnerite: 26 mm long, 13.5 mm wide, 5 mm thick; Quartz: 39 mm long, 8 mm wide
 Viewed:  58940 Time(s)

6658M-hubnerite.jpg



MundoNuevo.jpg
 Description:
_Hübnerite, quartz

Where is Mundo Nuevo?
(the red marks point to well known mineral localities)
 Viewed:  58255 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Mar 13, 2011 16:53    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

(Old specimen, better photos, I believe)

Pyrite

Three mirror-like intertwined cubic {100} pyrite crystals. It's a floater, complete all around. Damage-free. Extracted in the spring 2007. Maximum width: 67 mm. Main crystal edge: 39 mm. Weight: 347 g.

Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Sierra de Alcarama, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain.

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2781M-pyrite1.jpg
 Dimensions: Maximum width: 67 mm. Main crystal edge: 39 mm
 Description:
Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Sierra de Alcarama, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
 Viewed:  58784 Time(s)

2781M-pyrite1.jpg



2781M-pyrite2.jpg
 Dimensions: Maximum width: 67 mm. Main crystal edge: 39 mm
 Description:
Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Sierra de Alcarama, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
 Viewed:  58357 Time(s)

2781M-pyrite2.jpg



2781M-pyrite3.jpg
 Dimensions: Maximum width: 67 mm. Main crystal edge: 39 mm
 Description:
Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Sierra de Alcarama, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
 Viewed:  58383 Time(s)

2781M-pyrite3.jpg



2781M-pyrite4.jpg
 Dimensions: Maximum width: 67 mm. Main crystal edge: 39 mm
 Description:
Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Sierra de Alcarama, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
 Viewed:  58365 Time(s)

2781M-pyrite4.jpg



2781M-pyrite5.jpg
 Dimensions: Maximum width: 67 mm. Main crystal edge: 39 mm
 Description:
Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Sierra de Alcarama, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
 Viewed:  58404 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Mar 14, 2011 13:14    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Arfvedsonite, orthoclase

Group of twinned orthoclase and several doubly terminated arfvedsonite crystals. Overall size: 80 mm x 52 mm x 35 mm. Main arfvedsonite crystal: 28 mm long, 26 mm wide. Weight: 145 g.

Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi.

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8342M-arfvedsonite2.jpg
 Description:
Arfvedsonite, orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
80 mm x 52 mm x 35 mm. Main arfvedsonite crystal: 28 mm long, 26 mm wide
 Viewed:  58366 Time(s)

8342M-arfvedsonite2.jpg



8342M-arfvedsonite1.jpg
 Description:
Arfvedsonite, orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
80 mm x 52 mm x 35 mm. Main arfvedsonite crystal: 28 mm long, 26 mm wide
 Viewed:  58386 Time(s)

8342M-arfvedsonite1.jpg



8342M-arfvedsonite3.jpg
 Description:
Arfvedsonite, orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
80 mm x 52 mm x 35 mm. Main arfvedsonite crystal: 28 mm long, 26 mm wide
 Viewed:  58369 Time(s)

8342M-arfvedsonite3.jpg



8342M-arfvedsonite4.jpg
 Description:
Arfvedsonite, orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
80 mm x 52 mm x 35 mm. Main arfvedsonite crystal: 28 mm long, 26 mm wide
 Viewed:  58424 Time(s)

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 Mineral: _And where the hell is Mount Malosa?
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PostPosted: Mar 24, 2011 05:39    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Schorl, feldspar

Isolated schorl crystal with some feldspar. Seems to be a floater. Overall size: 65 mm x 58 mm x 57 mm. Weight: 350 g. Extracted around year 1990. Ex-Desmond Sacco collection (South Africa), with label.

Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia.

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8215M-schorl1.jpg
 Description:
Schorl, feldspar
Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia
65 mm x 58 mm x 57 mm
 Viewed:  58216 Time(s)

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8215M-schorl2.jpg
 Description:
Schorl, feldspar
Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia
65 mm x 58 mm x 57 mm
 Viewed:  58149 Time(s)

8215M-schorl2.jpg



8215M-schorl3.jpg
 Description:
Schorl, feldspar
Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia
65 mm x 58 mm x 57 mm
 Viewed:  58246 Time(s)

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8215M-schorl4.jpg
 Description:
Schorl, feldspar (with my fingerprint, sorry!)
Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia
65 mm x 58 mm x 57 mm
 Viewed:  58204 Time(s)

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 Mineral: _Original label from Desmond Sacco
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PostPosted: Mar 26, 2011 04:56    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Alabandite, rhodochrosite, quartz

Group of octahedral {111}, metallic black color, alabandite crystals partially coated with pale pink rhodochrosite, accompanied with some crystallized quartz, from a find of September 2010 in the 300 level of the mine (895 m deep). It shows at least five spinel law twins, several of them visible in the photos. Size: 84 mm x 58 mm x 45 mm. Major crystal: 13 mm tall, 9 mm on edge. Weight: 214 g.

From The Mineralogical Record, January-February 2011, vol. 42/1, page 73: The specimens from this pocket represent the highest quality ever seen for this species.

Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon, Lima, Peru.

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2460M-alabandite1.jpg
 Description:
Alabandite, rhodochrosite, quartz
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon, Lima, Peru
84 mm x 58 mm x 45 mm. Major crystal: 13 mm tall, 9 mm on edge
 Viewed:  58492 Time(s)

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2460M-alabandite2.jpg
 Description:
Alabandite, rhodochrosite, quartz
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon, Lima, Peru
84 mm x 58 mm x 45 mm. Major crystal: 13 mm tall, 9 mm on edge
 Viewed:  58468 Time(s)

2460M-alabandite2.jpg



2460M-alabandite3.jpg
 Description:
Alabandite, rhodochrosite, quartz
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon, Lima, Peru
84 mm x 58 mm x 45 mm. Major crystal: 13 mm tall, 9 mm on edge
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PostPosted: Mar 26, 2011 08:02    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

And where is the Uchucchacua mine?


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_Uchucchacua mine (the red marks point to well known mineral localities in Peru)
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PostPosted: Mar 27, 2011 13:11    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Baryte

Complex orthorhombic sharp prism of colorless and transparent Baryte with a little of rocky matrix attached. Overall size: 41 mm x 31 mm x 21 mm. Weight: 46 g. Ex Joaquim Folch duplicates collection, Barcelona.

Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA.

This is the gift from Jordi Fabre for having been not long ago the first to reach 100,000 views in the Collection photos and Collector's page section.

Sorry! The pictures are rather poor because my inability to photograph transparent specimens.

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Baryte
Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA
41 mm x 31 mm x 21 mm
 Viewed:  58279 Time(s)

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Baryte
Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA
41 mm x 31 mm x 21 mm
 Viewed:  58248 Time(s)

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Baryte
Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA
41 mm x 31 mm x 21 mm
 Viewed:  58188 Time(s)

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_Baryte label
Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA

Translation from Catalan ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language ):
"Doubly terminated Baryte - Ex Folch duplicates collection (...) First 100,000 views at English FMF - Congratulations, Carles! - Jordi"
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PostPosted: Mar 30, 2011 04:53    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Ferberite, fluorite, quartz, arsenopyrite, calcite, muscovite

Six mineral species in a single specimen.

Bright black, bladed ferberite crystals with a purple cubic {100} fluorite crystal at the bottom, accompanied by several transparent colorless quartz, arsenopyrite, white calcite, and muscovite crystals. Damage free. Complete all around. Overall size: 112 mm x 75 mm x 69 mm. Main ferberite crystal: 68 mm tall, 43 mm wide. Weight: 459 g.

Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan, China.

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Ferberite, fluorite, quartz, arsenopyrite, calcite, muscovite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
112 mm x 75 mm x 69 mm. Main ferberite crystal: 68 mm tall, 43 mm wide
 Viewed:  55138 Time(s)

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Ferberite, fluorite, quartz, arsenopyrite, calcite, muscovite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
112 mm x 75 mm x 69 mm. Main ferberite crystal: 68 mm tall, 43 mm wide
 Viewed:  55117 Time(s)

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Ferberite, fluorite, quartz, arsenopyrite, calcite, muscovite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
112 mm x 75 mm x 69 mm. Main ferberite crystal: 68 mm tall, 43 mm wide
 Viewed:  55132 Time(s)

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Ferberite, fluorite, quartz, arsenopyrite, calcite, muscovite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
112 mm x 75 mm x 69 mm. Main ferberite crystal: 68 mm tall, 43 mm wide

Rear view.
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PostPosted: Mar 31, 2011 14:50    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Gypsum

Group of colorless and transparent gypsum crystals, the largest showing a doubly terminated prismatic habit. Overall size: 120 mm x 72 mm. Main crystal: 98 mm tall, 20 mm wide. Weight: 129 g.

Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Another specimen from the same locality but with a different habit can be seen here.

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Gypsum
Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
120 mm x 72 mm. Main crystal: 98 mm tall, 20 mm wide
 Viewed:  51894 Time(s)

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Gypsum
Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
120 mm x 72 mm. Main crystal: 98 mm tall, 20 mm wide
 Viewed:  51898 Time(s)

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Gypsum
Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
120 mm x 72 mm. Main crystal: 98 mm tall, 20 mm wide
 Viewed:  51919 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jun 13, 2011 16:18    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Baryte, orpiment, realgar

Group of translucent colorless, rhombic Baryte crystals, set aesthetically upon a matrix of orpiment. The rhombs are covered in the upper side with a large number of very small orpiment and several larger realgar crystals. Overall size: 93 mm x 66 mm x 37 mm. Major Baryte crystal: 33 mm long, 11 mm thick. Weight: 290 g.

Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine; ASARCO Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru.

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Baryte, orpiment, realgar
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
93 mm x 66 mm x 37 mm
 Viewed:  48746 Time(s)

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Baryte, orpiment, realgar
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
93 mm x 66 mm x 37 mm
 Viewed:  48778 Time(s)

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_Baryte, orpiment, realgar

Geographical position of Quiruvilca
(the red marks point to well known mineral localities in Peru)
 Viewed:  48751 Time(s)

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