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Martin Rich
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Location: Lower Austria
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 Posted: Mar 07, 2015 14:13 Post subject: Richy's collection |
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Introduction:
I am collecting minerals since my childhood with enthusiasm. My favourites are calcite, wulfenite, Lower Austria, minerals from Alpine clefts, Hüttenberg and Bad Bleiberg in Carinthia and the ex area of the K & K monarchy of Austria. I'm also interested in crystallography and mining history.
I do not prefer any size of mineral specimens (ok, larger is better), consequently you will see photographs from macro to cabinet size. Please do not expect a high end collection with a lot of "killer specimens"!! Especially a lot of samples from Austria and from the neighbouring countries are self collected. I'm also a bloody beginner in photographing minerals, so have indulge with the quality of my photos!
Have fun and the first photos are coming soon.
Martin
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Mar 07, 2015 14:23 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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Look forward to seeing them, Martin.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Mar 07, 2015 15:38 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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| Martin, go ahead and post your photos. I guess they are going to be very much appreciated. After your 111 posts I think you are already a bit late.
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Martin Rich
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Location: Lower Austria
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| Posted: Mar 07, 2015 17:57 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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I want to start with some minerals from the Austrian county of Styria.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Quarry of the Wietersdorfer & Peggauer Zementwerke, Peggau, Styria/Steiermark, Austria |  |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 5.5 cm |
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| Bladed rhombohedrons up to 2 cm. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Perlmoser Quarry, Retznei, Leibnitz District, Styria/Steiermark, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm |
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25740 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Magnesite |
| Locality: | | Kaswassergraben, Großreifling, Hieflau, Styria/Steiermark, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.7 x 1.8 cm |
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| Magnesite (partly covered with Limonite) with typical shape for this locality. |
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25913 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Almandine |
| Locality: | | Donnersbachwald, Liezen District, Niedere Tauern, Styria/Steiermark, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.5 cm diameter |
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25741 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Mar 07, 2015 18:03 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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I agree with Carles, Martin. Better late than never.
Nice specimens.
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Mar 07, 2015 22:51 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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| Nice start!
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Martin Rich
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Location: Lower Austria
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| Posted: Mar 13, 2015 17:20 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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Styria part II.
I want to start with a new photo of calcite from Peggau - a litle bit better as the first one.
Martin
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Quarry of the Wietersdorfer & Peggauer Zementwerke, Peggau, Styria/Steiermark, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 5.5 cm |
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25354 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Lazulite |
| Locality: | | Freßnitzgraben, Krieglach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria/Steiermark, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7 cm |
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| Polished section of lazulite and quartz from the type locality. |
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25404 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Schorl |
| Locality: | | Gneiss Quarries, Gams, Stainz, Koralpe, Styria/Steiermark, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 6 x 4 cm |
| Description: |
| Unfortunately a part of a bigger crystal. |
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25401 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Magnesite (var. pinolite) |
| Locality: | | Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Niedere Tauern, Styria/Steiermark, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.2 x 4.7 cm |
| Description: |
| Polished section of pinolite. This kind of magnesite is very famous for Austrian minerals. |
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| Mineral: | Magnesite (var. pinolite) |
| Locality: | | Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Niedere Tauern, Styria/Steiermark, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 11 cm |
| Description: |
| Polished section of pinolite. This kind of magnesite is very famous for Austrian minerals. |
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25488 Time(s) |
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Martin Rich
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Location: Lower Austria
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| Posted: Mar 28, 2015 17:12 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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Amethyst from a well known locality in Italy.
| Mineral: | Quartz (var. amethyst), Calcite |
| Locality: | | Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 12.5 x 5.3 x 4.5 cm |
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| The amethyst shows a good collour for this locality. |
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25194 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (var. amethyst), Calcite |
| Locality: | | Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | Fov 4.5 cm. |
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| Close up of the specimen above. |
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25326 Time(s) |
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Martin Rich
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Location: Lower Austria
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| Posted: Mar 29, 2015 08:26 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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Trepca Part I
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 7 x 7 cm. |
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| Calcite in 2 generations from a new find 2014. |
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25127 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 5 x 5.5 cm. |
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| Calcite in 2 generations from an older find. |
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25100 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pyrrhotite |
| Locality: | | Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 4.9 x 4.5 cm. |
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| New find from 2014 and shows a freshly condition. |
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25168 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite, calcite. |
| Locality: | | Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 6.5 x 6 cm. |
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25142 Time(s) |
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Martin Rich
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| Posted: Apr 04, 2015 09:21 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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Two miniatures from Tsumeb.
| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25 x 30 mm |
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25010 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cuprite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 42 x 30 mm |
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24974 Time(s) |
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2015 06:53 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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Fantastic Italian amethyst specimen!
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Martin Rich
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2015 17:06 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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Thank you Pierre!
A while ago I had luck and I got this specimen from a Slovenian friend. This specimen has really a good colour for this locality. Note, the photographs are showing the real colour - no use of photo-shop, etc.
Martin
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Martin Rich
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2015 16:59 Post subject: Re: Richy's collection |
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Next one.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Veliki Krivelj Mine, Bor-Majdanpek mining area, Bor, Bor District, Central Serbia, Serbia | |
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| Dimensions: | 16 x 10 x 6.5 cm |
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24492 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Clay pit, Mályi, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.5 x 4.5 cm |
| Description: |
| Intergrown nodules of "sandcalcite". The locality is a clay pit, in which these nodules are occurring. |
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24425 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Jerovec, Varaždin, Croatia | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.5 x 4 x 4.5 cm |
| Description: |
| A perfect floater of gypsum. |
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24611 Time(s) |
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