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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 20:04    Post subject: Collection of Xiao-dong  

I'm a 3D animator and instructor living in China, and I started collecting mineral specimens in mid 2009. Due to my busy working schedule, I have no chance to go to mineral shows like Tucson and Munich, so most of these specimens are bought from the internet. Thanks to who invented it ! :-)

I'd like to share some of my favorites with you. All pictures are photographed by myself.
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 20:11    Post subject: Sunflower like Selenite  

Honey-colored gypsum crystals grow staggerly like petals around a spherical core with smaller gypsum crystals. The overall shape is like a sunflower. Collected in 2009.

Because of this specimen, I fell in love with mineral collection.



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Gypsum var. Selenite
Red River Floodway,Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
8.3 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 20:14    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Small, but very beautiful.


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Huachocolpa Mine, Peru
4 x 3 x 3 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 20:19    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Pink botryoidal Rhodochrosite scatter around on a bed of gray chalcedony.

This is my first Rhodochrosite specimen.



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Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.7 x 5.1 x 2.5 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 20:22    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Fabulous yellow botryoidal crystals of mimetite are attached to a dark brown limonite matrix.


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Congreso-Leon Mine, San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.9 x 2.2 x 3.8 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 20:47    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Fine specimen featuring greenish Mimetite atop transparent yellow Wulfenite blades. Like vegetable garden.


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Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
6.2 x 3.7 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 20:49    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Pearly, silver-blue Celestine. The habit is so unusual: fine blades rotate through spheres.


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Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 2.4 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 22:01    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

The dendrites of silver are spread all over the black matrix of arsenic, for a strong contrast.


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Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 22:04    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

A cute Goethite mushroom.


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Yucca Hill Claim, Crystal Peak Area, Park County, Colorado, USA
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 22:10    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Golden Rutile needles radiate out from metallic Hematite blades in sixling style. Ex Wolfgang E. Henkel collection.


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Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 22:13    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Botryoidal orange orpiment, with small calcite and (a little) realgar crystals on association.


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Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago De Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
7.2 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 22:17    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

This specimen consists of a razor-sharp, pristine quartz crystal scepter. The crystal has pronounced purplish amethystine and smoky quartz crystal phantoms within. The crystal has gem clarity and also hosts some unidentified crystalline inclusions. The termination also hosts a tiny pair of quartz points prominently perched on top.


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Crystal Park, Elkhorn Hot Springs area, Pioneer Mts, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA
3.4 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 22:23    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

An Okenite fuzzy ball sits on top of the Prehnite post, with some Apophyllite and Gyrolite scattered.


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Okenite, Prehnite, Apophyllite, Gyrolite
Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India
6.3 x 4 cm
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Okenite, Prehnite, Apophyllite, Gyrolite
Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India
6.3 x 4 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 22:31    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

This Kottigite specimen shows sprays of crystals measuring 1.5 cm across.


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Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
2.4 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 22:34    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Quartz var Prase + Hematite var Iron Rose


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Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Aegean Islands Department, Greece
5.5 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 22:38    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Covellite blades with some Pyrite on surface.


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Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
5.2 x 4.2 x 4.3 cm
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 22:58    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Xiao dong,
Nide kuang wu shi he zhaopian shi tai hao le!
(Your minerals and photos are excellent!)
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PostPosted: May 24, 2014 23:45    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

GneissWare wrote:
Xiao dong,
Nide kuang wu shi he zhaopian shi tai hao le!
(Your minerals and photos are excellent!)
Bob


Glad that you like them. I hope by spreading those pictures, more and more people will come and explore the wonderful mineral world.
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PostPosted: May 25, 2014 00:09    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Hi and a warm welcome from Germany!

I agree with Bob: Superb photos and minerals, please more :)

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PostPosted: May 25, 2014 01:22    Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong  

Hi Xiao-dong

Congratulations for the excellent minerals, very aesthetic.

Best regards;-)
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