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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 13, 2012 14:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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I just finished editing these, this is my new Cinnabar from China, I don't collect Chinese mineral's but I couldn't resist this, I'm pondering trimming the busted crystal off but it'd really unbalance the piece unless I trimmed a fair bit off from elsewhere too, it's a tricky decision.
Bakewell was fun I got about 30 piece's which I will start to photograph tomorrow, There was a lot of English Fluorite available, (And so there should be) so I ended up giving a home to 7 of them, there were some insane bargain's available too, I got a Belgian Calcite with a superb 20 mm crystal on it and a Cuprian Adamite from Greece for £1 the pair.
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Cinnabar on Dolomite Fenghuang Co, Hunan Province, China. 55 x 50 mm |
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Cinnabar on Dolomite Fenghuang Co, Hunan Province, China. Cinnabar crystal 10 mm |
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Cinnabar on Dolomite Fenghuang Co, Hunan Province, China. Cinnabar crystal 10 mm |
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Cinnabar on Dolomite Fenghuang Co, Hunan Province, China. Cinnabar crystal 10 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 18, 2012 12:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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First up is the 50p Calcite I got at Bakewell last weekend, I might have a go at cleaning it up a bit.
and a Stilbite on Apophylite from Poona that I didnt get at Bakewell, Ive had it for ages I just only now got around to photographing it.
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Calcite La Sambre Quarry, Landelies, Hainault, Belgium. 55 x 50 mm |
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Calcite La Sambre Quarry, Landelies, Hainault, Belgium. Crystal approx 20 mm across. |
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Stilbite on Apophylite, Poona, Deccan Plateau, India. 100 x 30 mm |
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Stilbite on Apophylite, Poona, Deccan Plateau, India. Stilbite crystal 28 mm across. |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 20, 2012 09:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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I got this great Barytocalcite thumbnail from Peter Ward at Bakewell last week, and I got this good sized purple Fluorite from Heights Quarry off one of the many dealers who were touting UK Fluorite's.
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Barytocalcite Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. 25 x 20 mm |
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Barytocalcite Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 20 x 15 mm (Approx) |
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Barytocalcite Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 20 x 15 mm (Approx) |
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Fluorite Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. 80 x 55 mm |
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Fluorite Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. Main Crystal 45 mm |
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Fluorite Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. Main Crystal 45 mm |
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Ru Smith
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Posted: Oct 20, 2012 14:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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That is a wonderful barytocalcite!
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 21, 2012 12:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Thanks Ru, im very pleased with my haul from Bakewell, If I had a lot more money there were so many things I wanted to buy. I got some nice stuff from Weardale
This Calcite with Aragonite is a real favourite, there's a tad of Galena in there too, it looks oddly like one of my Witherite's that Ive yet to photograph.
An Orange Aragonite , sadly it lost a couple of terminations in transit because like a fool I left it white tacked into a plastic box and it came loose, (A mistake I will make only this once!) I, should have taken it out and wrapped it for the journey, Ive kept the bits though and one day when Im feeling up to it im going to repair it.
.And finally for today a Fluorite from the West Pasture mine, Im extra pleased with this because the label had the pocket details, I got this off the Lawson brothers, I actually bought 4 fluorite's off them, to me they had the best ones on offer, some were less than perfect but from really unusual localities. This West Pasture piece has good zoning and a lovely curved surface. (Note If your pedantic like me you should label your pieces from here as "West Pasture" not "West Pasture's", this is the correct name for the locality.)
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Calcite Aragonite Heights Mine, Eastgate, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. 55 x 25 mm |
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Calcite Aragonite Heights Mine, Eastgate, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. Calcite to 17 mm |
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Calcite Aragonite Heights Mine, Eastgate, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. FOV 25 x 20 mm approx |
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Calcite Aragonite Heights Mine, Eastgate, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. FOV 20 x 15 mm approx |
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Aragonite, Broadwood Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. 50 x 45 mm |
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Fluorite, Allison Pocket, Flatt Drift, West Pasture, Stanhope, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. 25 x 20 mm |
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Fluorite, Allison Pocket, Flatt Drift, West Pasture, Stanhope, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. 25 x 20 mm |
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Philip G
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Posted: Oct 21, 2012 15:38 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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I agree with Ru .. thats a very nice barytocalcite.
Now I know what you were doing when you disappeared for an hour at the Bakewell show !
Phil G
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 21, 2012 17:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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hiya Phil,
I was hunting for a perfect 2 inch floater double terminated Witherite crystal with one termination clear and gemmy and the other partially replaced by Baryte preferably from Haggs, I didnt find one but I can dream. :-)
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 24, 2012 01:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Here is one of my Campylite's, it has crystals ranging from the classic curved shape to Vanadinite like hexagons in colours ranging from brown to lime green via some really neat yellow/red zoned ones, I guess the curved ones should be called Campylite and the others I should refer to as Mimetite ?
Next time I've got some spare cash I'm going to buy a trinocular microscope which would help hugely when photographing things like this unusual thumbnail specimen of what we have assumed to be Aragonite var Floss Ferri with micro Calcite prisms and larger Calcite crystals on a matrix of mixed Carbonates, Ive only seen Floss Ferri which had a smooth surface, this has formed from tiny Baryte like blades, it fizzes in acid. If anyone has a good argument to challenge this ID I'd be really interested to hear it. This material was recovered from a small unnamed dump below Dam Rigg Level at Arkengarthdale in North Yorkshire.
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Mimetite (Var Campylite) Dry ghyll, Caldbeck Fells, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK. 160 x 110 mm |
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Mimetite (Var Campylite) Dry ghyll, Caldbeck Fells, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 30 x 20 mm Approx |
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Mimetite (Var Campylite) Dry ghyll, Caldbeck Fells, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK. 30 x 20 mm Approx |
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Mimetite (Var Campylite) Dry ghyll, Caldbeck Fells, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 30 x 20 mm Approx |
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Mimetite (Var Campylite) Dry ghyll, Caldbeck Fells, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 40 x 30 mm Approx |
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Calcite with Aragonite (Var Floss Ferri(?) Small unnamed dump close to Dam Rigg Level, Whaw, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England, UK. 30 x 20 mm |
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Calcite with Aragonite (Var Floss Ferri(?) Small unnamed dump close to Dam Rigg Level, Whaw, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England, UK. FOV 10 x 10 mm Approx |
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Calcite with Aragonite (Var Floss Ferri(?) Small unnamed dump close to Dam Rigg Level, Whaw, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England, UK. FOV 8 x 6 mm Approx |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 10:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Another piece I nabbed at Bakewell, excellent shiny Galena Octahedrons on Dolomite on Quartz on Sphalerite, this piece cost £1 what a bargain.
Another Smallcleugh piece, this time Pyrite with Sphalerite on Dolomite with a few Calcite's and some other stuff,.likely Brianyoungite or Hydrozincite, one of those White secondaries that seem omnipresent in some areas of the mine.
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Galena on Dolomite, Incline Flats, Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England, UK. 75 x 55 mm |
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Galena on Dolomite, Incline Flats, Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England, UK. Galena to 7mm |
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Pyrite Smallcleugh Sun Vein, Smallcleugh Mine,Nenthead, Cumbria, England, UK. 70 x 55 mm |
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Pyrite Smallcleugh Sun Vein, Smallcleugh Mine,Nenthead, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 15 x 12 mm approx |
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Pyrite Smallcleugh Sun Vein, Smallcleugh Mine,Nenthead, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 30 x 20 mm approx |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 28, 2012 05:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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A couple more Australian pieces. First up is a yellow Pyromorphite then a brown Pyromorphite both from the Broken Hill area of New South Wales, I still cant figure out how the yellow Pyro was put in its box without wrecking the crystals, they coat the piece all round.
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Pyromorphite Blackwoods O/C, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia 40 x 30 mm |
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Pyromorphite Proprietry Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. 30 x 20 mm |
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Pyromorphite, Proprietry Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. FOV 25 x 20 mm approx |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 29, 2012 07:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Another piece I got at Bakewell was this Calcite, the label reads Cartegena, Murcia, Spain but no mine, if any of the experts on Spanish minerals could fill in the mine details for me Id be very grateful. The matrix is orange dusty Limonite.
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Calcite Cartagena, Murcia, Spain 60 x 40 mm |
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Calcite Cartagena, Murcia, Spain 60 x 40 mm |
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Calcite Cartagena, Murcia, Spain FOV 10 x 12 mm approx |
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Calcite Cartagena, Murcia, Spain FOV 20 x 15 mm approx |
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Calcite Cartagena, Murcia, Spain FOV 15 x 12 mm approx |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Oct 29, 2012 08:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Not "Cartegena" for sure but "Cartagena". The problem is that "Cartagena" is just a generic name, and it includes a lot of different mines/localities, most of them very rich in Calcites.
A quick question, the purple reflex in the photo DSCF4948.JPG could be a Fluorite or is just a "purple reflex"?
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 29, 2012 16:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Blimey, well spotted Jordi, I found the point on the specimen that seems purple in the photo and there is no Fluorite present.
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Oct 29, 2012 16:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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OK, then I will submit your request in FMF Spain, maybe some mega-expert there can recognize the specific mine.
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 29, 2012 17:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Thanks jordi
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 31, 2012 02:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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I'll keep my fingers crossed that one day someone recognises the Calcite.
On the subject of calcite I realised I haven't added this piece to my collection thread. This is my rather grubby and as yet uncleaned Palygorskite from my unanswered thread in Mineral cleaning of 1 year ago. These are old photo's, and not that great but I don't like removing it from the cabinet since every time I do it sheds some of the tiny Calcite's which hang from the Palygorskite. Its a big piece..
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Palygorskite on Calcite. Pend Oreille Mine, North of Metaline Falls, Washington State, USA. 150 x 150 mm approx |
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Palygorskite on Calcite. Pend Oreille Mine, North of Metaline Falls, Washington State, USA. Calcite to 45 mm approx |
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Palygorskite on Calcite. Pend Oreille Mine, North of Metaline Falls, Washington State, USA. Calcite to 45 mm approx |
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Palygorskite on Calcite. Pend Oreille Mine, North of Metaline Falls, Washington State, USA. Calcite to 3 mm on a thread of Palygorskite. |
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nurbo
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Posted: Nov 03, 2012 06:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Here are some more of my UK Fluorite's, along with some photo's of them under Long Wave UV..Both these piece's are from Weardale.
Did you ever lose a specimen when you moved house and thought it gone forever, having been left in a van or something? I did, the Stellerite "Bow Ties" I showed on page 6 of this thread, I was absolutely ecstatic when I found it. I hadn't seen it since April 2011.
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Fluorite on Quartz with Marcasite, Frasers Hush Mine,Rookhope, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. 50 x 30 mm |
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Fluorite on Quartz with Marcasite, Frasers Hush Mine,Rookhope, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. Fluorite to 9mm |
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Fluorite on Quartz with Marcasite, Frasers Hush Mine,Rookhope, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. Fluorite to 9mm |
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Fluorite on Quartz with Marcasite, Frasers Hush Mine,Rookhope, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. 50 x 30 mm |
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Fluorite on Quartz with Marcasite, Frasers Hush Mine,Rookhope, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK Fluorite to.9 mm |
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Fluorite with Goethite Sedling Vein, Sedling Mine, Cowshill, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. 50 x 35 mm |
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Fluorite with Goethite Sedling Vein, Sedling Mine, Cowshill, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. FOV 25 x 20 mm Approx |
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Fluorite with Goethite Sedling Vein, Sedling Mine, Cowshill, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK. 50 x 35 mm |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Nov 03, 2012 06:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Jordi Fabre wrote: |
Not "Cartegena" for sure but "Cartagena". The problem is that "Cartagena" is just a generic name, and it includes a lot of different mines/localities, most of them very rich in Calcites. |
After a while, sorry to tell you that is almost impossible to be sure of what "hole" is your Calcite considering the number of them with Calcites exist in "Cartagena" area.
If you can understand Spanish language, you can follow the discussion here and you will see that over 6 different "holes" were proposed, without agreement...
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nurbo
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Posted: Nov 04, 2012 03:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Thanks anyway Jordi, sometimes its just impossible to know exactly where something comes from. One final question on the Calcite ... Do the mines which have been suggested work the same vein/orebody?
thanks
db
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Nov 04, 2012 04:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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All localities suggested match: Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain , so I suggest to you to use this.
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