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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 05, 2012 02:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Another unusual Calcite, from Eller Beck, then what is probably the best Iron stained Quartz crystal Ive ever seen, perfectly transparent, totally undamaged and a superb shade of red, thing is, its only 4 mm across and sits in a large lump of Hematite, one day when Im feeling brave Ill make a micro out of it.
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Calcite Eller Beck, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, England, UK Calcite to 12 mm |
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Quartz on Hematite Frizington Parks Mine, Frizington, Cumbria, England, UK Quartz crystal 4 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 07, 2012 02:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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More from Haggs Mine,
A banded Witherite with surface alteration to Baryte, There are an unusually large amount of localities where Witherite is found in Britain compared to elsewhere, Mindat lists more individual localities in the UK than it does in the US.
. and a Fluorite on Ankerite.with white Ankerite/Dolomite crystals
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Witherite Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK 60 x 60 mm. |
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Witherite Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK 60 x 60 mm. |
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Fluorite, Ankerite, Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK 40 x 30 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 09, 2012 13:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Another one of my Witherite's this one has been corroded and shows surface alteration to Baryte and a Baryte, which is my current favourite becauset its pretty much pristine both are from the Haggs mine
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Baryte Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK 150 x 95 mm |
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Baryte Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK FOV approx 30 x 30 mm |
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Witherite Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK 60 x 50 mm |
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Witherite Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK FOV approx 20 x 20 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 09, 2012 13:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Thats weird, I noticed a problem with the Witherite close up so I replaced it and its finished up at the bottom of the post instead of under the full picture!
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Carles Millan
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Posted: Sep 09, 2012 13:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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nurbo wrote: | Thats weird, I noticed a problem with the Witherite close up so I replaced it and its finished up at the bottom of the post instead of under the full picture! |
Nurbo, this is an odd yet normal behavior of the forum. When you replace a photo, no matter what its position is, when published it always goes to the bottom. You can do nothing to prevent it from happening unless you upload again all the pictures in the post from the top down.
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Sep 09, 2012 14:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Carles Millan wrote: | nurbo wrote: | Thats weird, I noticed a problem with the Witherite close up so I replaced it and its finished up at the bottom of the post instead of under the full picture! |
Nurbo, this is an odd yet normal behavior of the forum. When you replace a photo, no matter what its position is, it always goes to the bottom. You can do nothing to prevent it unless you upload again all the pictures in the post from the top down. |
Fixed
BTW, please Nurbo, remember to add to your captions: "England, UK": I'm doing it for you, but better if in the future you remember to do it in order to display better your specimens in your FMF Gallery
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 10, 2012 14:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Thanks for the useful tip Carles,
Apologies jordi, I always forget to add the UK bit but will in future endeavour not to.
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 14, 2012 17:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Today we have a Psilomelane from Dry Ghyll in the Caldbeck Fells an Amethyst from the Heights Lodge Pocket at Screel Hill in Scotland which has Rhombohedral casts on the back,, the dark spots on the casts are Chalcopyrite crystals. and finally continuing with the Calcite thing a heavily Haematite stained Calcite from lindal Moor, Im in two minds about cleaning it but I guess I will eventually, Ill add some photos of it clean if I do get around to it...
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Psilomelane Dry Ghyll, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK. 65 x 45 mm approx |
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Psilomelane Dry Ghyll, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 30 x 20 mm approx |
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Amethyst Heights lodge Pocket, Screel Hill, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK. 50 x 45 mm |
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Amethyst Heights Lodge Pocket, Screel Hill, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK. 50 x 45 mm |
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Calcite GB4 pit, Gill Brow Iron Mine, Lindal in Furness, Cumbria, England, UK. 110 x 80 mm |
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Calcite GB4 pit, Gill Brow Iron Mine, Lindal in Furness, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 40 x 30 mm approx |
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 16, 2012 10:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Here are some pieces from my collection of Wulfenite and Wulfenite pseudomorphs,
First up is Wulfenite cube pseudomorphed by Descloizite from the Ahumada mine at Los Lamentos, but, are the sharp prismatic crystals inside the shell of the former Wulfenite Descloizite too?
On the subject of Wulfenite pseudomorphs here is a Vanadinite after Wulfenite from the Rowley Mine in America, I love these pieces.
finally for today a very edible looking Wulfenite also from Los Lamentos, it has one dinged crystal right in the middle, I might make two thumbnail specimens out of it to shift the dinged crystal to the periphery of the piece.
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Descloizite ps after Wulfenite Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico 15 x 15 mm |
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Descloizite ps after Wulfenite Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico FOV 10 x 10 mm |
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Vanadinite ps after Wulfenite Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA 25 x 20 mm |
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Wulfenite Mun de Ahumada, Los Lamentos Mtns, Chihuahua, Mexico. 48 x 30 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 18, 2012 12:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Another Calcite this time from the Handsome Mea vein at the Smallcleugh mine near Nenthead, it has some wonderful modified Galena Cubes on it, the Matrix is mostly Dolomite but there are some sharp pristine Cumberland habit Quartz in there too. Next up is one of my larger pieces, a Dolomite from Frizington parks iron mine, the close up of the dolomite shows the crystals to be a lot whiter than they are but shows their structure nicely.
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Calcite, Galena, Dolomite, Quartz Handsome Mea Flats, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. 60 x 50 mm |
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Galena crystal is 5 mm across. Handsome Mea Flats, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. |
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Calcite, Galena, Dolomite, Quartz Handsome Mea Flats, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 40 x 30 mm approx |
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Calcite, Galena, Dolomite, Quartz Handsome Mea Flats, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 35 x 30 mm |
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Dolomite Frizington Parks Iron Mine, frizington, Cumbria, England, UK. 240 x 110 mm |
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Dolomite Frizington Parks Iron Mine, frizington, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 70 x 45 mm approx |
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 22, 2012 01:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Some of my Ojuela mine pieces today.
Firstly an Aurichalcite miniature, a Calcite, I like the staining in this piece, it is under the surface of the rhombs, there are tiny Hemimorphite's on there too. Finally for now: Mimetite, aside from the green crust there are tiny sprays in the vugs on the Goethite matrix.
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Aurichalcite Ojuela mine, mun de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. FOV 40 x 40 mm approx |
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Calcite with Hemimorphite Ojuela mine, mun de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 60 x 30 mm approx |
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Mimetite Ojuela mine, mun de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 80 x 40 mm approx |
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 25, 2012 09:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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And a nice Quartz from the Florence Mine, with Specularite, Dolomite and tiny white Calcite crystals, the Quartz crystal have a distinctly smokey hue and measure to about 20 mm, a good size for Florence, this piece has remarkably little damage too.
Then I thought Id show you some Pharmacosiderite from Burdell Gill in the Caldbeck Fells, there are quite a few vugs lined with Pharmacosiderite crystals on this piece.
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Quartz, Specularite, Dolomite, Calcite Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK. 100 x 80 mm |
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Quartz, Specularite, Dolomite, Calcite Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 50 x 40 mm (Approx) |
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Pharmacosiderite Burdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK. 50 x 30 mm |
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Pharmacosiderite Burdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 20 x 15 mm (Approx) |
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GneissWare
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Posted: Sep 25, 2012 18:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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nurbo wrote: | And a nice Quartz from the Florence Mine, with Specularite, Dolomite and tiny white Calcite crystals, the Quartz crystal have a distinctly smokey hue and measure to about 20 mm, a good size for Florence, this piece has remarkably little damage too.
Then I thought Id show you some Pharmacosiderite from Burdell Gill in the Caldbeck Fells, there are quite a few vugs lined with Pharmacosiderite crystals on this piece. |
Both are nice specimens!
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 27, 2012 08:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Thanks gneissware, im especially fond of the Pharmacosiderite (ex R Sutcliffe), before I got that one Id only ever seen it in micro form from the Caldbecks.
These are two of my current favourite pieces:
A Wavellite from Co Cork in Ireland which I think is just stunning in the final photo you can see a tiny micro ball of Wavellite in the top left hand corner, I didn't know that was there until I composed that photograph..
Finally for today one from Northern Ireland, a Natrolite and Analcime from Co Antrim, which actually has some Natrolite hairs amonst the Analcime which Ive totally failed to capture in the photograph.
P.S. well done Jordi and everyone else at this forum, the new auto complete when adding photograph details is brilliant.
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Wavellite Laharran Quarry, Minane Bridge, Tracton, Co Cork, Ireland 60 x 50 mm |
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Wavellite Laharran Quarry, Minane Bridge, Tracton, Co Cork, Ireland Wavellite balls to 10 mm |
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Wavellite Laharran Quarry, Minane Bridge, Tracton, Co Cork, Ireland Wavellite to 11 mm |
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Analcime and Natrolite in Basalt Parkgate Quarry, Co Antrim, Ireland. 70 x 30 mm |
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Analcime and Natrolite in Basalt Parkgate Quarry, Co Antrim, Ireland. FOV 20 x 15 mm approx |
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Analcime and Natrolite in Basalt Parkgate Quarry, Co Antrim, Ireland. The vug containing the Natrolite measures 7 mm across. |
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 29, 2012 00:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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This piece has two generations of Quartz one on top of the other, I do like Quartz from Cornwall, and on the subject of Quartz here is one of those polished multi phantom pieces, No locality information on this piece though, well nothing beyond Brasil. Im sure its impossible to tell where its from, there is a slight Haematite tinge to one of the phantoms.
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Quartz Shaugh Lake China Pit, Shaugh Prior, near Plymouth, Devon, England, UK.. 60 x 40 mm |
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Quartz Shaugh Lake China Pit, Shaugh Prior, near Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. FOV 30 x 25 mm approx |
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nurbo
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Posted: Sep 30, 2012 13:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Here we have a Hilton Mine Fluorite with the faintest blue phantoms and Chalcopyrite inclusions, its a good shape.
and a decent sized Fluorite from Florence
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Fluorite Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England, UK. 40 x 35 mm |
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Fluorite Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England, UK. Fluorite crystal 9 mm |
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Fluorite Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England, UK. Fluorite crystal 9 mm |
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Fluorite on Hematite, Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK. 90 x 70 mm |
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Fluorite on Hematite, Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK. Fluorite to 4 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 03, 2012 17:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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In amongst my thumbnail collection today I found these Green Diopside with associations, all from Burma, Id forgotten I had these. , so I dug out the photos I took a few years ago.
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Diopside with Apatite Burma 24 x 7 mm approx |
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Diopside with Spinel Burma 14 x 5 mm approx |
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Diopside with Graphite Burma 8 x 6 mm approx |
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Diopside with Petalite Burma 12 x 7 mm approx |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 07, 2012 02:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Here is a Haematised Bivalve, this came from Frizington Parks Mine,
next up is a large Aragonite from the Florence,Mine,
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Hematite, Calcite Frizington Parks Mine, Frizington, Cumbria, England, UK. 120 x 70 mm |
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Hematite, Calcite Frizington Parks Mine, Frizington, Cumbria, England, UK. Bivalve 60 mm across (Approx) |
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Aragonite on Hematite Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK. 100 x 60 mm |
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Aragonite on Hematite Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 30 x 20 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 09, 2012 02:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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It occured to me that I have never posted any of my Australian pieces, so here goes ...
First up is a pristine double terminated Rutile on matrix from Carvers Claim, then a Reaphook Scholzite, I have a much larger Scholzite that I must get around to photographing one day.
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Rutile Carvers Claim, Wadnamuka, South Australia, Australia. 35 x 15 mm |
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Rutile Carvers Claim, Wadnamuka, South Australia, Australia. Rutile crystal 7 mm |
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Scholzite, Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Australia, Australia. 40 x 20 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 12, 2012 16:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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for todays offering I thought Id stick with the Antipodean flavour ...
A Dundasite micro from Dundas in Tasmania
A Crocoite with Pyromorphite from Platts Prospect likewise in Tasmania
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A big Cerussite from Broken Hill
Off to Bakewell mineral show tomorrow so I should have a few decent bits and pieces to show off next week :-)
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Dundasite Adelaids Mine, Dundas, Tasmania. 12 mm across (approx) |
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Crocoite and Pyromorphite Platts Prospect, Zeehan District, Dundas Tasmania 35 x 40 mm |
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Crocoite and Pyromorphite Platts Prospect, Zeehan District, Dundas Tasmania FOV 20 x 20 mm approx |
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Crocoite and Pyromorphite Platts Prospect, Zeehan District, Dundas Tasmaania. FOV 20 x 15 mm approx |
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Cerrusite South mine, Broken Hill,, Yankowinna Co, NSW, Australia. 35 x 30 mm |
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