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 Topic: What makes a crystal to "sing" ? |
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| Aymeric Replies: 0 Views: 4775 |
 Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Aug 07, 2009 04:16 Subject: What makes a crystal to "sing" ? |
| Greetings everyone !
I was having a close look at some Zhob smokey quartz cluster yesterday, holding it & turning it again & again, when at some point it produced a sound. I found out that ... |
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| Topic: Color blind (daltonism). Disadvantages and advantages! |
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| Aymeric Replies: 40 Views: 64454 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Aug 06, 2009 05:50 Subject: Re: Color blind (daltonism). Disadvantages and advantages! |
| Greetings lluis,
NEver heard about metamerism before, thank you for widening my world ! ;) I found out about my colorblindness 17 years ago during the army test days. We had a dozen of Ishihara ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Aymeric Replies: 971 Views: 2234969 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Aug 05, 2009 16:05 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
| Oooooh, what a beautifull selenite ! I like a lot ! | |
| Topic: Color blind (daltonism). Disadvantages and advantages! |
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| Aymeric Replies: 40 Views: 64454 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Aug 05, 2009 16:00 Subject: Re: Color blind (daltonism). Disadvantages and advantages! |
| Great topic !
I happen to be slightly color blind as well. I usually disintguish reds and greens, but some hues are hard to identify for me, depends also on the light conditions I think. Not long a ... |
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| Topic: Jim Houran Collection |
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| Aymeric Replies: 54 Views: 110071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Aug 03, 2009 13:22 Subject: Re: Jim Houran Collection |
| Greetings Jim !
Those are magnificent crystals & specimen ! I especially like the Swat emerald & Brandberg quartz (definitely my favourite species!), this Mysore ruby and Yellow Crater diam ... |
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| Topic: What's wrong with my post ? |
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| Aymeric Replies: 2 Views: 11331 |
Forum: Forum questions Posted: Apr 30, 2009 06:34 Subject: Re: What's wrong with my post ? |
| Greetings Jordi,
Thanks for your reply. I've just found your message in my spam section, I just don't know why it went there. Please, be sure that I am fully aware that commercial posts are not ... |
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| Topic: What's wrong with my post ? |
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| Aymeric Replies: 2 Views: 11331 |
Forum: Forum questions Posted: Apr 30, 2009 05:28 Subject: What's wrong with my post ? |
| Greetings Jordi,
I've posted some minutes ago a thread in the off-topic section, about something which seems, to me, to be of some importance for the mineral community, but it was erased only after ... |
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| Topic: Man-made crystal cave ! |
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| Aymeric Replies: 5 Views: 10903 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Apr 29, 2009 06:38 Subject: Re: Man-made crystal cave ! |
| Greetings Jordi,
I sure read the page, and tried to follow the indications, but it didn't worked either. Thanks for posting the link ! |
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| Topic: Man-made crystal cave ! |
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| Aymeric Replies: 5 Views: 10903 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Apr 29, 2009 06:22 Subject: Man-made crystal cave ! |
| The link I try to post keep being rejected, I must have mis-typed something.
Anyway, this is about an artist who turned a whole flat into a chalcancithe cave, using 80 000 liters of coper sulfate s ... |
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| Topic: Leiturgia Gypsum Caves On The BBC |
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| Aymeric Replies: 7 Views: 16821 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Apr 27, 2009 14:02 Subject: Re: Leiturgia Gypsum Caves On The BBC |
| Actually it works only for people living in UK :( | |
| Topic: Unusual Schorl |
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| Aymeric Replies: 14 Views: 23889 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 27, 2009 05:41 Subject: Re: Unusual Schorl |
| Greetings everyone !
Sorry for my late reply, I'm so busy nowadays I hardly find time to visit forums. As for the locality, I've seen yesterday some offered on the net, and they are labelled as co ... |
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| Topic: Unusual Schorl |
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| Aymeric Replies: 14 Views: 23889 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 15, 2009 13:11 Subject: Re: Unusual Schorl |
| Hello Carles !
Sure ! that was my plan, but I need first to locate it. I think I know where I've stored it and will shoot some pics tomorrow. I just hope I can catch the blue sheen ! |
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| Topic: ¿Herderites? |
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| Aymeric Replies: 11 Views: 17797 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 15, 2009 13:08 Subject: Re: ¿Herderites? |
| As far as I know, most (if not all ?) pakistan herderite is actually herderite-hydroxyl-herderite as analysed crystals have shown to be mid-range between the F and OH herderite. There was an article a ... | |
| Topic: Unusual Schorl |
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| Aymeric Replies: 14 Views: 23889 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 15, 2009 13:04 Subject: Re: Unusual Schorl |
| I have a Schorl tourmaline with a quite similar kind of termination, but similarity stops there as it's not as sharp and has a very nice blue sheen which those pictured above doesn't seem to have. Sel ... | |
| Topic: Introducing myself |
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| Aymeric Replies: 10 Views: 13226 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Mar 02, 2009 06:51 Subject: Re: Introducing myself |
| Thank you Mr Jordi ! | |
| Topic: Peridot on Lapis ??? |
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| Aymeric Replies: 14 Views: 20806 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 02, 2009 06:41 Subject: Re: Peridot on Lapis ??? |
| Greetings everyone, thanks for the replies
I was pretty misled by supplier who told me that the crystal was on massive lapis, which is not. I actually have quite a number of Lazurite specimen wh ... |
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| Topic: Peridot on Lapis ??? |
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| Aymeric Replies: 14 Views: 20806 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 23, 2009 03:53 Subject: Re: Peridot on Lapis ??? |
| Greetings everyone !
I've received a picture of the thing. Well, it's not on massive lapis, but along with some Lazurite as you can see. The color is indeed reminding of peridot. What do you peopl ... |
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| Topic: More about beta Quartz |
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| Aymeric Replies: 27 Views: 80450 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 21, 2009 06:14 Subject: Re: More about beta Quartz |
| No need to be sorry John, I might be wrong, but at least I've learned something ! now I know what a Cumberland habit is, thank you ! | |
| Topic: Peridot on Lapis ??? |
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| Aymeric Replies: 14 Views: 20806 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 21, 2009 06:06 Subject: Re: Peridot on Lapis ??? |
| Greetings everyone and thanks for replies.
I had my sup. on the phone a short a while ago and asked him more about this piece, he told me that the peridot is on massive lapis, not with lazurite. T ... |
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| Topic: Collection of José Ramón Pastor Aliaga |
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| Aymeric Replies: 8 Views: 19878 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Feb 20, 2009 18:19 Subject: Re: Collection of José Ramón Pastor Aliaga |
| My my my, those quartz are superb ! what a color ! Thanks for sharing José ! | |
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