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Don Lum
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Posted: May 09, 2017 15:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Tobi wrote: | New specimen (trimmed from a large and not aesthetic specimen) - fluorite from China: |
It's an aesthetic specimen now, Tobi !!
Don
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Don Lum
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Posted: May 27, 2017 14:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hello Tobi,
I see a new blue star by your collection. Congratulations. I look forward to seeing the next half million posts.
Cordially,
Don
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Carles Millan
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Posted: May 27, 2017 15:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Congratulations on getting the 500,000 views!
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 27, 2017 15:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Congratulations on 500,000 views Tobi.
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am mizunaka
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Posted: May 27, 2017 16:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Congratulations on reaching this rarefied plateau.
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: May 27, 2017 16:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Don Lum wrote: | Hello Tobi,
I see a new blue star by your collection. Congratulations. I look forward to seeing the next half million posts.
Cordially,
Don |
Bravo Tobi!
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Fiebre Verde
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Posted: May 27, 2017 16:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Congratulations Tobi!
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Don Lum
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Posted: May 27, 2017 17:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Don Lum wrote: | Hello Tobi,
I see a new blue star by your collection. Congratulations. I look forward to seeing the next half million posts.
Cordially,
Don |
Tobi, I know you know I meant 500,000 views, but 500,000 posts wouldn't be bad either :-)
Don
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Tobi
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Posted: May 27, 2017 17:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Don Lum wrote: | Don Lum wrote: | Hello Tobi,
I see a new blue star by your collection. Congratulations. I look forward to seeing the next half million posts. Cordially, Don | Tobi, I know you know I meant 500,000 views. Don | I do, Don ;-)
Thank you all - foremost for your interest in my humble collection!
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Heimo Hellwig
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Posted: May 28, 2017 00:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu den 500 000 Tobi und weiterhin viel Erfolg.
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Philippe Durand
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Posted: May 28, 2017 01:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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congratulations TOBI
well done
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Tobi
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Posted: May 28, 2017 07:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thanks Philippe
... und danke Heimo ;-)
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GneissWare
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Posted: May 28, 2017 10:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Congratulations Tobi. You have some very fine minerals worthy of all the viewings!
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: May 28, 2017 14:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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From me also, well done Tobi. I have enjoyed viewing your collection.
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Tobi
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Posted: Jul 12, 2017 10:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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My first specimen of the "500,000 view blue star era" - a classic from England:
Mineral: | Galena, Fluorite, Quartz |
Locality: | Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 10 cm, largest galena 2,5 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jul 13, 2017 11:00 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Fluorite from southern Germany:
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 8 cm, largest fluorite 2,5 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 08, 2017 03:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Sphalerite from Russia (it was a horror trip to take a photo of the black lustrous sphalerite on the colourless lustrous rock crystals ...). The sphalerite is not damaged, it looks somehow etched, maybe re-healed during growth (?):
Mineral: | Sphalerite, Quartz |
Locality: | Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 9,5 cm, large sphalerite 4 cm, largest quartz 2,5 cm |
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Fiebre Verde
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Posted: Aug 08, 2017 04:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Tobi wrote: | Sphalerite from Russia (it was a horror trip to take a photo of the black lustrous sphalerite on the colourless lustrous rock crystals ...). : |
Tobi, have you tried using a dark background?
Since the sphalerite is lustrous, it might show up nicely and the overall appearance with the surrounding quartz could somehow be improved.
Hopefully not another horror trip :-)
Gérard
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 08, 2017 05:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Fiebre Verde wrote: | Tobi wrote: | Sphalerite from Russia (it was a horror trip to take a photo of the black lustrous sphalerite on the colourless lustrous rock crystals ...). : | Tobi, have you tried using a dark background? | Yes ;-) Fiebre Verde wrote: | Tobi wrote: | Sphalerite from Russia (it was a horror trip to take a photo of the black lustrous sphalerite on the colourless lustrous rock crystals ...). : | Since the sphalerite is lustrous, it might show up nicely and the overall appearance with the surrounding quartz could somehow be improved. | No, the result was much worse than the photo above :-( Fiebre Verde wrote: | Tobi wrote: | Sphalerite from Russia (it was a horror trip to take a photo of the black lustrous sphalerite on the colourless lustrous rock crystals ...). : | Hopefully not another horror trip :-) | Fortunately not because I soon realized these photos were rubbish and I stopped the dark background experience ;-)
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Aug 08, 2017 12:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi Tobi, try sky blue background with tracing paper over it. I use this for most of my specimens, except blue specimens and a few other mineral species that looks better with darker blue or white.
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