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Adrian Pripoae
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 Posted: Aug 20, 2014 16:21 Post subject: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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For sure it is not one of the best, but I think there are some interesting specimens that are worth showing. Being a beginner, I would appreciate any comments and help that the more experienced members can provide.
Adrian Pripoae
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Tourmaline
Sibiu County, Romania
160 mm x 30 mm x 40 mm
During my university years I took a similar sample from a mezometamorphic pegmatite in Sebes-Lotru Serie. The tourmaline is associated with albite, quartz and muscovite. |
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Adrian Pripoae
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| Posted: Aug 20, 2014 16:40 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Specimen acquired at Medias Medieval Fair in June 2014
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Calcite & Quartz
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș, Romania
130 mm x 90 mm x 50 mm
The base of the specimen is made of very fine euhedral quartz crystals on top of which white and light grey, botryoidal calcite is deposited. A lateral look at the specimen shows transition from the metallic mineralization (sphalerite, galena, pyrite and possible chalcopyrite) to crypto crystalline calcite, very fine crystallized quartz and to the botryoidal white calcite |
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Adrian Pripoae
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Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 19:20 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Some very nice undamaged realgar crystals from a hydrothermal mineralization in an argillized andesite.
| Mineral: | Realgar |
| Locality: | | Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania |  |
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| Dimensions: | H: 6 cm x W: 5 cm x D: 4.5 cm; Largest Crystal: 1. |
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| Very nice red, lustrous undamaged realgar crystals on matrix |
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Adrian Pripoae
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Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 19:33 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Cavnic Mine in Cavnic, Romania has produced some of the world's most beautiful tetrahedrites, by size, arrangement and luster.
| Mineral: | Tetrahedrite |
| Locality: | | Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H:7.5 cm x W:7.5 cm x D:3.6 cm; Largest Crystal: 2 |
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| Beautiful and sharp, lustrous tetrahedrite crystals on matrix. |
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Adrian Pripoae
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 19:39 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Cavnic Mine is located 30 km east of Baia Mare and it is famous for its deposits of lead, zinc, manganese, as well as small quantities of gold, silver, barium and antimony.
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H:5.2cm xW:3.6cm xD:2.5cm; Largest Crystal: 1.1cm |
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| Aggregate of light pink Rhodochrosite crystals. |
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Adrian Pripoae
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Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 19:44 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Specimen mined in 2001
| Mineral: | Bournonite |
| Locality: | | Shaft 6, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H:5.5cmxW:4cmxD:2.5cm; Largest Crystal: 0.8 cm |
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| Steel-gray, striated, bournonite crystals to 8 mm scattered abundantly over a drusy pyrite-sphalerite matrix. |
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Adrian Pripoae
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 21:23 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Baita Bihor Mine - Bihor County - Romania
Old mining district (Au, Ag, Cu, U). The former Hungarian name, Rézbánya, literally means "copper mine"
| Mineral: | Diopside |
| Locality: | | Baita Mining District, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H:9.5cmxW:5cmxD:6cm; crystals up to 4 cm |
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| Elongated pale brown diopside crystals (up to 4 cm) with white grainy scheelite crystals. Associated with sphalerite. The scheelite crystals are very rare in this locality! Fluoresces bright bluish white under UV illumination. |
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Adrian Pripoae
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 21:28 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Another beautiful Romanian specimen from Baia Sprie.
| Mineral: | Barite |
| Locality: | | Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H:7.3 cm x W:4 cm x D:3.5 cm |
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| Translucent gemmy and thin tabular baryte crystals on a stibnite hedgehog |
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Adrian Pripoae
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Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 21:33 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Herja, Baia Mare, Romania - This old mine has been producing some of the world's finest well crystallized specimens for over a century. The mine is located close to the small village of Chiuzbaia (formerly Kisbánya), 7 km ENE of Baia Mare.
| Mineral: | Calcite & Quartz |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H:6.5 cm x W:5.5 cm x D:5 cm |
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A perfect ball of calcite, tinted a beautiful dove-grey by inclusions of boulangerite - from famous Herja Mine,
A beautiful and pristine sphere of aggregates of bladed crystals with some sparkling, double terminated quartz crystals on top.
Quite a unique calcite form and color that you do not see from anywhere else! |
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Adrian Pripoae
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Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 21:41 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Skarn-type Fe-Cu deposit.
| Mineral: | Andradite |
| Locality: | | Ocna de Fier, Banat Mountains, Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Caraș-Severin, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H:5cm x W:5cm x D:3.5cm |
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| Lustrous greenish brown andradite crystals in the garnet matrix cavity. |
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alex chaus
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Location: FSU
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 21:46 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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| Adrian Pripoae wrote: | | Another beautiful Romanian specimen from Baia Sprie. |
Hi, Adrian. Very impressive set of local specimens, especially realgar. Congratulations!
Alex.
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Adrian Pripoae
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 22:01 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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| Thanks. Just trying to present some of the "gems" of Romania
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Adrian Pripoae
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 22:22 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Some specimens of a future Agate Museum from Apuseni Mts - Romania
| Mineral: | Quartz (var. agate) |
| Locality: | | Techereu Valley, Apuseni Mountains, Alba, Transylvania, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H:10 cm x L 8 cm x W 2 cm |
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| A smile from Techereu Valley - South Apuseni Mts. Romania |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (var. agate) |
| Locality: | | Techereu Valley, Apuseni Mountains, Alba, Transylvania, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H:6 cm x L 10 cm x W 3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (var. agate) |
| Locality: | | Techereu Valley, Apuseni Mountains, Alba, Transylvania, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | Boulder 50-60 cm radius |
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Adrian Pripoae
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Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Nov 04, 2014 19:07 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Epidote, Dioside & Andradite - Khogyani, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
| Mineral: | Epidote, Diopside |
| Locality: | | Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | H:4.3 cm x W:5.9 cm x D:3.9 cm |
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| FOV 3.5 mm, Magnification 2.5x |
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Adrian Pripoae
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2015 16:23 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Some new additions to my collection
| Mineral: | Titanite and Epidote |
| Locality: | | Capelinha, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV = 15 mm |
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| Mineral: | Atacamite and chrysocolla |
| Locality: | | La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV= 20 mm |
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| Mineral: | Atacamite and chrysocolla |
| Locality: | | La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 20 mm |
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Adrian Pripoae
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| Posted: May 29, 2015 13:33 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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Some new additions to my collection.
| Mineral: | Aegirine & Orthclase |
| Locality: | | Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi | |
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| Dimensions: | H: 4.4cm x W: 4.2cm x D: 3.5cm |
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| A naturally cleaved partial crystal of orthoclase with a prominent starburst cluster of aegirine featuring numerous divergent green black needles and crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Cavansite on Stilbite |
| Locality: | | Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | H: 7.5cm x W: 5cm x D: 3.5cm |
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| Dark indigo blue, cavansite crystal on a basaltic matrix covered with translucent white stilbite crystals |
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| Mineral: | Clinozoisite |
| Locality: | | Sierra y Lomas Quarry (Los Serranos Quarry), Cabezo Negro, Albatera, Comarca Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante / Alacant, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | H:9cm x W:4.5cm x D:4cm |
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| Crystal aggregates of green clinozoisite fan-shaped with water clear quartz crystals the largest quartz crystal measures. Some quartz crystals are bi terminated. |
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| Mineral: | Goethite (variety limonite) after Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Pyrite deposit, Llanos de Arenalejos, Carratraca, Comarca Valle del Guadalhorce, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | H:9cm x W:6cm x D:3cm |
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| Mineral: | Mimetite |
| Locality: | | Badenweiler mining area, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | H:5.3cm x W:3.2cm x D:1.5cm |
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| Orange mimetite spherulites on quartzite matrix. Specimen from a famous Black Forest locality. Former collection of Prof. Gregor Markl |
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| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | H: 4cm x W: 4cm x D: 1.6cm |
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| Sharp green pyromorphite crystals cluster on matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Stibnite on Barite |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H: 10.5cm x W: 7.8cm x D: 3.4cm |
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| A sea-urchin-shaped stibnite crystal group on platy white, partly transparent baryte crystals. |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: May 29, 2015 15:09 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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| Adrian Pripoae wrote: | | Limonite pseudomorph of Pyrite |
Hi Adrian!
Limonite is not an IMA approved name. I think it should be named goethite instead, which chemically is hydrated FeO(OH). You may want to read its Mindat.org page for more details.
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Adrian Pripoae
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| Posted: May 29, 2015 17:42 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Adrian Pripoae wrote: | | Limonite pseudomorph of Pyrite |
Hi Adrian!
Limonite is not an IMA approved name. I think it should be named goethite instead, which chemically is hydrated FeO(OH). You may want to read its Mindat.org page for more details.
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I was not aware of this.Thanks for letting me know.
Limonite is still a very used term characterizing unidentified, massive hydroxides and/or oxides of iron. Discriminating macroscopically between the various terms of the iron oxides to hydroxides serie is pretty difficult so a ``generic`` name without much structural connotation is useful. But if it is not in the standard i will go with hydrated goethite.
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Adrian Pripoae
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| Posted: Jun 02, 2015 19:40 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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And some more specimens.
| Mineral: | Creedite & Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | H:10.5cm x W:9.5cm x D:6cm |
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| Specimen of orange-brownish to colourless partly gemmy creedite crystal aggregates with blue to green naturally corroded fluorite on the backside on matrix |
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| Mineral: | Elpidite |
| Locality: | | Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | H:5cm x W:0.8cm x D:0.6cm |
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| White columnar aggregate of elongated acicular crystals of elpidite. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | De'an Mine, Wushan, De'an, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | H:2 cm x W:7 cm x D: 5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | Alba, Transylvania, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | H:2.7cm x W:2.3cm x D:2cm |
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| Native gold associated with pyrite on quartz. Minor black mineral associated, maybe a telluride. |
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| Mineral: | Prehnite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | H: 6 cm x W: 12 cm x D: 7.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Analcime & Natrolite |
| Locality: | | Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | H:8.8cm x W:7cm x D:5cm |
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| Combo consisting of rosettes of rhodochrosite on natrolite with analcime and acicular green to black aegirine crystals. The rosettes are 1.2 cm across, natrolite crystals to 1.2 cm, and the analcime is 2.2 cm across. |
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| Mineral: | Titanite and Epidote |
| Locality: | | Capelinha, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | H:4.5 cm x W:7.5 cm x D:3.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Tourmaline |
| Locality: | | Chamachu, Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | H:7cm x W:6.5cm x D:4.5cm |
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| Lustrous and well terminated tourmaline crystals and gemmy quartz crystals. |
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Matt_Zukowski
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| Posted: Jun 03, 2015 01:36 Post subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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The purple specimen you have marked:
unknown, Hunan Province, PR China
is Fluorite and if I had to guess I'd say it is from:
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
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