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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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Location: New Mexico
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 Posted: Sep 20, 2009 23:10 Post subject: Darren Court collection |
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Just my small collection. Sold all the rest and started over about 2 years ago - just recently getting serious again. (Thanks Don, Joe and Al!)
Here is a Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico pyrite-galena-sphalerite-calcite piece that is a work of art!!!
The specimen is about 5 cm across.
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| A true piece of art from Naica! |
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Carles Millan
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Location: Catalonia
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2009 02:48 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Hi Darren!
Nice combo specimen!
Your collection, although small, will be very welcome if you decide to keep posting.
Please, could you provide the size of the pyrite-galena-sphalerite-calcite?
Thanks,
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2009 16:20 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Carles-
Thanks for the nice words! The specimen is about 5 cm across. I'll try to get more posted today.
Darren
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2009 16:53 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Here are a few more things from my small (but growing!) collection!
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| Vanadinite, Commercial Mine, Grant County, New Mexico, 2 cm |
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| Quartz, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Label said "Huaron, Peru" and additional info appreciated. About 3 cm |
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| Pyrite with great growth patterns, label said "Huanzala, Peru" only - any help with a better location appreciated. 4 cm |
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| Wulfenite and Mimetite, San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 3 cm. |
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| Azurite, Morenci, Arizona, about 2 cm across |
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| Azurite, Hanover, Grant County, New Mexico, about 3 cm across |
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| Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, on Dolomite, about 15 cm. Label only said "Iron County, Missouri" |
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| Quartz, Magaliesberg Mountains, South Africa, about 8 cm |
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| Baryte with minor Mimetite, San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico. 3 cm. |
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| Hemimorphite, 8 cm across, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, mexico |
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| Libethenite on Chrysocolla ps. Libethinite, South Rime Pit, Tyrone Mine, Grant County, New Mexico |
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| Libethenite, 6 cm across, South Rim, Pit, Tyrone Mine, Grant County, New Mexico |
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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2009 17:07 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Hi Darren,
i you want some more information about the localities of you Peruvian specimens: The sphalerite with quartz is from the Huaron Mining District in Departamento de Pasco -> https://www.mindat.org/loc-28521.html , and the pyrite comes from the Huanzala Mine in Departamento de Huánuco -> https://www.mindat.org/loc-5783.html Both mining areas are in the center of Peru.
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2009 17:26 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Hi Tobias!
Thanks, I've looked there. Just wanted opinions on whether the pieces looked "right" for the location. I'm always a bit skeptical (curious?) when a label is as broad as "Huaron, Peru." Again, thanks for the quick feedback!
Darren
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2009 04:51 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Darren,
The Pyrite looks to me as from Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco, Peru. I added two pics of another specimen from the same mine.
About the other Peruvian specimen, it could be from the Animon Mine, Huaron, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco, Peru, but I can't be sure, as several mines from Peru supply similar kind of stuff. Is some minor Chalcopyrite crystal with this specimen?
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Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco, Peru
Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.5 × 3.9 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 1.5”
Former Silvane collection
Photo: Reference Specimens -> http://www.fabreminerals.com/specimens/RSSLV-silvane-notable-specimens.php#AH96M4 |
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| Side of the same specimen |
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2009 17:52 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Here a just a few more. Nothing spectacular, like many of you, but not bad.
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| My little Red Cloud Mine toenail wulfenite. Like the one below, just came back to me in a trade with the guy I had sold it to, was glad to get it for $3 a few years ago!!! And am happy to have it back! |
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| A 4 cm Los Lamentos wulfenite that also just came back to me in a trade. |
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| A Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua calcite, about 5 cm across |
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| Hematite heavily including and replacing andradite. The crystals are about a half cm. Self-collected, and one of only 2 I have found like this. |
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| Nice golden andradite in a 4 cm shallow vug. Self-collected at Orogrande, New Mexico, USA. |
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| A neat Naica, Chihuahua piece of galena, pyrite, sphalerite and small very pale green fluorite, about 6 cm |
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2009 17:54 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Jordi-
Thanks for the information on the Peruvian pieces I had posted. If I remember, the person I bought the second one from (both of those were 3 dollar pieces) may have mentioned Alimon.
Darren
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2010 22:34 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Finally get to add a few more! I really need to bring home my better pieces at work and photograph them, but here are a few that I recently got. Not the best stuff in the world, or best photos, but I like them! The Baryte is a lot bigger than I usually collect, but Baryte is my favorite, so I got it!
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| Large 17 inch Baryte from Jefferson County, Montana, USA |
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| Close up of the Baryte below |
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| Miniature size (under 5 cm) Aragonites from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico |
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| Some Quartz with various sulfides and calcite from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico - I really love these little things. Not spectacular, but interesting anyway! |
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| A calcite helectite that my son Dylan has named "The Horse." Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. About 8 cm across. |
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| Calcite from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. About 8 cm across. |
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| Calcite. Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. About 8 - 9 cm across. |
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| Octahedral green Fluorite. O.T.E. Prospect, Grant County, New Mexico, USA. The "digger" is a friend of mine. About 13 cm. |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2010 03:41 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Hi Darren!
Could you provide the sizes of the specimens displayed in the photos P9130015.JPG and P9130019.JPG?
Thanks,
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Darren
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2010 15:25 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Carles-
The hectite is about 8 cm across, the fluorite is about 13 cm.
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Darren
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Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2010 15:27 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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| Darren wrote: | Carles-
The hectite is about 8 cm across, the fluorite is about 13 cm. |
Helectite! Sorry, I can actually spell!
Darren
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Feb 13, 2011 14:52 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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This is a new one I just got in Tucson - a 33 cm. plate of Gypsum (selenite) from the Lubin Mine, Poland.
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Darren
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| Posted: Feb 13, 2011 15:00 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Same piece as above, in the sunlight.
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Mar 14, 2011 22:43 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Well, we visited Deming, New Mexico on Sunday for the annual Rockhound Roundup and had a blast. Many of the dealers, by the way, made comments about having "Tucson prices" on their minerals still and we could take off up to half - hmmmmm. There are always fantastic New Mexico and Arizona minerals to be found, but Mexican minerals (and lapidary stuff, if you are into that) is really what this show is about. Caitlyn was able to add some odds and ends to her collection, including an Uruguayan amethyst and two very nice single 2 inch amethyst crystals from Amatitlan, Mexico. She also bought a Sparta, Illinois pyrite dollar (as we all did - $5 each was a bargain!) Dylan added a nice light green Chinese fluorite and a limpid green fluorite from Naica (out of a flat of Naica fluorite I bought - more later). He also added the Sparta pyrite, a pyrite "ball" from China, a thumbnail Navajun pyrite in matrix, and a small cube from "somewhere" - in addition to a few other small things.I was able to pick up a half flat of stunning clear discoidal calcites (to 2 cm) on matrix from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico, an 8 inch hemimorphite/mimetite combo from Ojuela, a nice Abasolo Mine (Rodeo) small cab. Creedite, 5 thumbnail groups of Amatitlan amethyst, a great celadonite-included Heulandite group from India, as well as a 10 inch apophyllite/stilbite group from there as well, a nice 3 inch Naica, Mexico anhydrite, and a 3 inch Tetrahedrite and Quartz on Rhodochrosite from Huaron, Peru. Did better there than in Tucson!!! Oh and the Naica Fluorite flat - I checked them out well before buying them - they were dusty but not oiled. Got them home and went to wash the dust off, and some of them fell apart, seems the matrix was some kind of carbon rich, crumbly rock, oh well - lesson learned!!! Still ended up with a dozen nice pieces! I posted this on Mindat as well, and will try to get photos up later.
Darren
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Gail
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Location: Texas, Lone Star State.
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| Posted: May 29, 2011 09:21 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Alright Darren, we all want to see more!!!!
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Darren
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Jun 19, 2011 21:25 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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A few more of my minerals.
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| My small 4 cm Cavansite, bought from David Garske a few months ago. |
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| My 8 cm Navidad Creedite - been looking for one for awhile and this stood out - bought at the 2011 Deming, NM show. |
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| A 6 cm Epidote from Rock Springs Canyon, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA - in the White Sands Missile Range Museum mineral collection. |
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| A 6 cm Epidote from Rock Springs Canyon, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA - in the White Sands Missile Range Museum mineral collection. |
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| Very nice 6 cm Andradite garnet personally collected from Orogrande, New Mexico, USA - now on the White Sands Missile Range Museum collection. |
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| Quite nice 6 cm calcite, Ojuela Mine, Mexico, |
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| Very nice 8 cm calcite, Ojuela Mine, Mexico. |
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Darren
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Jun 19, 2011 21:37 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Some more...
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| Close up - Hemimorphite, Mimetite combo from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. |
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| Hemimorphite, Mimetite combo from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico - about 20 cm across. Purchased at 2011 Deming show - have wanted one for a long time! |
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| Thumbnail Chalcotrichites self-collected from the Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona in 1995. Brought out about 40 flats of this stuff! That was a fun summer!!! |
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| Peruvian Tertrahedrite on Rhodochrosite, about 8 cm across, and all the location info I am certain of! |
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| Chinese green Quartz, about 10 cm across. Gift from Walter Bowser about 8 years ago. |
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| The mineral case in my office at work. |
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| Part of my case at work during cleaning. |
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Gail
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| Posted: Jun 19, 2011 22:58 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Nice!
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