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Tobi
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 Posted: Feb 25, 2010 09:08 Post subject: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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Hi all, here are some impressions from the "Alpine Schätze" (Alpine Treasures) exhibition that takes currently place in the Marburg Mineralogical Museum.
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| Single crystal of epidote from the famous Knappenwand, Austria. Height 10 cm. |
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| Two specimens of Habach Valley emerald. The specimen in front has a width of 5 cm, the one in the back has twice the width. |
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| A giant plate (50 cm!) of schist including some gem quality emerald crystals of 2 cm. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 09:14 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| 15 cm specimen of blue/green fluorite from Austria. |
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| Fluorite from a locality quite known to fluorite collectors: Weißeck, Austria. Specimen has a height of 25 cm. |
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| Nearly 10 cm cluster of green fluorite from Switzerland. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 09:19 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| Water-clear cluster of quartz from Amer Valley, Austria. 25 wide, 20 cm high. |
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| Sure a masterpiece for the epitode fans: 10 cm wide specimen of superb pure epidote from Knappenwand. |
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| Almandine crystal with the size of a handball :-) From Dora Maira Massif, Italy. |
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 09:22 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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Thanks a lot, Tobias. Thanks for sharing the interesting activities of the Museum of Marburg. A friend of mine is always insisting on travelling to the heart of the mineralogical Europe: The Alps. I will mail him this thread, so that he can enjoy it.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 09:25 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| Two wonderful specimens of pink fluorite from Mont Blanc: a 2,5 cm octahedron and a superb 10x12 cm matrix plate! |
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| 3 cm octahedron of pink fluorite on matrix. From Gotthard, Switzerland. I fell in love with that one ;-) |
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| 5x6 specimen of pink fluorite from Göschenen Alp, Switzerland. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 09:33 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| Nearly 30 cm high smoky quartz (water-clear!) from Zinggenstock, Switzerland. |
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| 6 cm adularia crystals on matrix. From Göschenen Alp, Switzerland. |
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| Botryoidal fluorite from Alliers, France. 8 cm wide. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 09:38 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| Two amethyst specimens from Mörchnerkar, Austria, both 10 high. |
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| Green fluorite from Bad Gastein, Austria, 7 cm specimen. |
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| 30 cm specimen of giant analcime crystals from Seiser Alm, South Tyrol. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 09:42 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| 7 cm crystal of magnetite on matrix, from Riffelkees, Austria. |
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| 30 cm specimen of adularia and smoky quartz from Disentis, Switzerland. The smoky quartz on the right has a lenght of 15 cm ... |
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| A wonderful quartz gwindel from Grimsel, Switzerland, 15 cm wide. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 09:46 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| Incredible specimen of hematite rose from Mörchnerkar, Austria. 13 cm wide. |
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| 8 cm specimen of hematite roses on adularia from St. Gotthard, Switzerland. |
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| 15 cm wide specimen of window quartz from Mörchnerkar, Austria. |
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 09:50 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| 12 cm specimen of dark morion quartz from St. Gotthard, Switzerland. |
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| Wonderful 20 cm cluster of clear smoky quartz from Austria. |
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| Nearly 30 cm of fluorite from Krimml, Austria. |
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Scott LaBorde
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 10:31 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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Thank you for sharing those pictures Tobias. Those are some wonderful crystals.
Scott
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Ed Huskinson
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 12:08 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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Tobias!!! You Na'vi rascal! Thanks for the photos of the show. It makes us appreciative of the work the strahlers have undergone to bring these beautiful specimens to market. Keep 'em coming.
Ed in Kingman
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2010 12:56 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| But surely, Tobias, there must be some unobtanium there, also?
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| Posted: Feb 26, 2010 05:07 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| A 15 cm specimen of albite with a single, 3 cm crystal of titanite on it! From Felber Valley, Austria. |
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| Different morion quartzes from 6 to 10 cm height, from Göschenen Alp and Val Guiv, Switzerland. |
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| 10 cm specimen of muscovite crystals up to 4 cm on pericline. From Untersulzbach Valley, Austria. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 26, 2010 05:17 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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Last but not least a specimen which is "alpine" not by the geographical but by geological meaning (but nobody will complain about this being a part of the exhibition, i think): A glowing 10 cm emerald sculpture from Pakistan. (Sorry for the fuzzy picture.)
Ed, thank you for appreciating the last few treasures of your dying world, earthling ;-)
Jesse, sure there was some. But you know the market value of it ... too much for the museum's budget ;-)
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| Posted: Feb 26, 2010 15:23 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| Ed Huskinson wrote: | | Keep 'em coming |
Here we go:
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| An impression of one of the displays. The piece in the centre is the 30 cm analcime specimen that i posted above. |
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| Reddish pyrite octahedrons of 0,5 till 1 cm on matrix. From Pfunders, South Tyrol. |
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| Again sorry for a bad picture quality. A nice 7 cm specimen of the famous demantoid from Val Malenco, Italy. |
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| Another shot of the beautiful emerald specimen from northwestern Pakistan. |
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| Posted: Feb 26, 2010 15:42 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| One more of the many, many giant quartz clusters from the Alps. A 25 specimen of bright smoky quartz from Wildgerlos Valley, Austria. |
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| 10-12 cm high crystal of amethyst from Mörchnerkar, Austria. |
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| Not beautiful, not pristine, not perfect, but sure a rarity from the Alps: Aquamarine from Austria! A 15 cm specimen with a 4 or 5 cm aqua crystal to the right. From Untersulzbach Valley (not for away from the famous epidote locality Knappenwand). |
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| Detail shot of one of the displays. In front from left to right: 7 cm demantoid from Italy, 7 cm grossular from Austria, 8 cm fluorite from France. Habach Valley emeralds in the background. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 26, 2010 15:53 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| So sorry that this picture is fuzzy. A herkimer diamond like quartz (6 x 5 cm) from Knappenwand. |
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| 10 cm cluster of fluorite from Königsstuhlhorn, Austria. |
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| A 18 cm double-terminated quartz crystal from the Schober Eissig mountain in Austria. |
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| 15 x 18 cm plate with dark smoky quartz crystals with some ankerite from the Austrian mountain Hocharn. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 26, 2010 16:02 Post subject: Re: Alpine Treasures Exhibition at the Marburg Museum |
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| Another shot of the various morion quartzes from Switzerland. |
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| A 7 cm specimen with grossular crystals from Austria. |
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| This may not look spectacular at first sight, and it really was hard to photograph, but i had to take a picture: A specimen with a 4 cm zircon from Switzerland! The specimen behind also had a crystal that was only slightly smaller. |
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| 12 x 6 cm adularia twin from Austria. |
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