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 Posted: Jul 13, 2015 19:30 Post subject: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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Right after the 2015 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Show, I spent a few days in Paris visiting some of the mineral museums there. I took a bunch of photos of the displays and the minerals as notes to myself for an upcoming film series I'm planning but then thought I might as well share these "reference shots" with the rest of the mineral community.
Keep in mind that these are A) what I consider low-resolution and low-quality shots as they were designed only as a visual reference to myself, and B) ONLY of mineral specimens on public display - any pieces shown to me that WERE NOT on display are not included.
My first stop was the Paris School of Mines right in the Luxembourg Gardens. I want to thank the new Museum Curator, Eloise Galliou (formerly from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles), for inviting me in and letting me wander around.
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| Eloise and I in front of the 2nd floor entrance to the School of Mines Museum. |
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| Posted: Jul 13, 2015 19:43 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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Sorry. I'm being exceptional dumb today as I try to figure out how to upload multiple files.
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| This is the view right after you enter the School. |
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| Here's a view looking down the hall of the School. Eloïse Gaillou can be seen here returning some of the specimens to the display after the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mine show. |
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| The sitting room at the School. |
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| Posted: Jul 13, 2015 19:48 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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Now...the mineral shots. Roughly in alphabetical order.
| Mineral: | Adamite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico |  |
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| Adamites from Mapimi, Mexico |
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| Mineral: | Adamite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| A huge Adamite diorama that I was shocked to see. Mapimi, Mexico. |
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| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Another angle of the Adamite diorama from Mapimi, Mexico. |
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| Posted: Jul 13, 2015 20:02 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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Azurites from the Collection
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Namibia. |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| One of the School's many Azurites from the famous Chessy Mine in France. |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| I've never seen an Azurite like this from the Bisbee Mine, Arizona, USA. |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Another Azurite from Bisbee, Arizona, USA. |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Huge Azurite crystals morphing into Malachite from the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA | |
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| A plate of botryoidal Azurites from the Morenci Mine in Arizona, USA. |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Azurite rose from the Chessy Mine in France. |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Another great Chessy Mine Azurite from France |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Azurite from Chessy Mine in France. |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Nice big plate of sharp Azurite crystals from the Chessy Mine in France. |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Huge Azurite crystal from the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. |
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| Posted: Jul 13, 2015 22:08 Post subject: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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Minerals beginning with a B or C
| Mineral: | Barite |
| Locality: | | Jebel Ouichane mines, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco | |
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| Large specimen of Baryte crystals from Morocco. A LOT of the historic specimens from the School of Mines are LARGE pieces as that was the focus of their founding fathers. |
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| Mineral: | Brazilianite |
| Locality: | | Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| ENORMOUS crystal of Brazilianite on exhibit in the entry way. Brazil. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Fresville, Manche, Normandie, France | |
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| One of the oddest Calcite specimens I've seen. Fresville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France |
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| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | Michigan, USA | |
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| Nice big Michigan copper. |
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| Mineral: | Crocoite |
| Locality: | | Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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| Crocoite specimen from the Dundas region of Tasmania, Australia. Notice the INTENSE red color. Probably from the Red Lead Mine. |
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| Mineral: | Crocoite |
| Locality: | | Dundas, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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| Large, intense red, crystals of Crocoite from the Dundas region on Tasmania, Australia. The mine is not noted on the label but most likely the Red Lead Mine. |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2015 01:27 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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Thank you, Thank you and Thank you!!!! ;-)
Please more....
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2015 02:04 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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| I second Jordi's comment. More please
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Peter Van Hout
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2015 13:48 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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The School Of Mines or Le Musée de minéralogie de l'Ecole des Mines is a beautiful historical museum to visit and it is really worth to visit it when you are in Paris.
Peter
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Les Presmyk
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2015 14:28 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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| This museum has been on my list of things to do for a long time. Brian's photos just further reinforce why we need to get there. I wish Brian had taken some dimensions of the specimens.
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2015 16:41 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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| What a great collection!
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BlueCapProductions
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2015 17:51 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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I'll be posting more photos soon (we gotta get all the way to the Wulfentites!!).
In the meantime, I'm seeing if I can get dimensions for the pieces.
Keep checking back.
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rweaver
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2015 18:32 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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| Yes Les, you and Paula really need to go. I had that opportunity several years ago and loved every minute of it. Bryan your pictures came out much better than mine did, but then again the curator at the time was not all that thrilled I was taking pictures.
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| Posted: Jul 15, 2015 02:05 Post subject: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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Minerals starting with the letter "D"
| Mineral: | Danburite |
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| A crazy big set of Danburite crystals with lots of iron oxide staining. Madagascar. |
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| Locality: | | Kimberley, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| A great Diamond specimen on matrix from Kimberly, South Africa. |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| The School has a CRAZY amount of Dioptase from the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). From 1910 to 1958, this area was part of French Equatorial Africa so it naturally makes sense that the Paris School of Mines would have A LOT of specimens from this region. |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Posted: Jul 15, 2015 02:13 Post subject: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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More Ds
| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Dioptase - Reneville, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Dioptase - Reneville, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Dioptase - Reneville, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Renéville, Kindanba District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Dioptase - Reneville, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). |
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Roger Warin
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| Posted: Jul 15, 2015 07:14 Post subject: Re: Paris School Of Mines - A recent visit |
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Thank you.
Amazing master pieces.
Exceptional diamond on kimberlite. Is it repaired?
Roger.
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