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 Topic: Collection of Sante Celiberti |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 129 Views: 24620 |
 Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Sep 20, 2021 14:58 Subject: Re: Collection of Sante Celiberti |
| Beautiful pieces as always.
My screen (which is supposed to be colour correct) struggles to show that beryl as anything into the hues of blue.... would it not be a goshenite, being colourless? ... ... |
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| Topic: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 11 Views: 1163 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 16, 2021 10:36 Subject: Re: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
| I'd like to reiterate, this piece is very unlike any material I've seen from Iceland.
Most of my collecting has been in the Hvalfjörður area, around Eyrarfjall in fact. Here is the link to some of ... |
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| Topic: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 11 Views: 1163 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 15, 2021 20:31 Subject: Re: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
| I'm from Iceland, and this doesn't look like anything from my country ....at all. | |
| Topic: About FMF Homepage |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 6 Views: 901 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 09, 2021 20:19 Subject: Re: About FMF Homepage |
| Excellent suggestion.
One thing that I've wondered about as well are posts on collectors pages that are just plain compliments and then replies of "thank you". Seems like those kind of p ... |
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| Topic: Strange green & brown geode |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 8 Views: 1583 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jun 07, 2021 00:33 Subject: Re: Strange green & brown geode |
| Bob.... your response to Volkmar sounds very aggressive... whether that was intended or not.
I tend to agree with Volkmar, that using scientific metods to establish what a mineral is and teaching h ... |
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| Topic: Price changes |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 16 Views: 3155 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Apr 25, 2021 13:14 Subject: Re: Price changes |
| Funny how we got into maths....
even if assumed cost of obtaining a specimen is $1 ... 3000% would be $30 :-P I often see (mostly those older than me, being 44) long time collectors complain abo ... |
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| Topic: Melanophlogite? |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 11 Views: 3002 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 06, 2021 17:42 Subject: Re: Melanophlogite? |
| Sounds like you need a lab to test your samples. | |
| Topic: Melanophlogite? |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 11 Views: 3002 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 06, 2021 14:56 Subject: Re: Melanophlogite? |
| Try mindat?
https://www.mindat.org/min-2630.html |
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| Topic: Sometimes fluorescent |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 5 Views: 1739 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Feb 27, 2021 08:34 Subject: Re: Sometimes fluorescent |
| Sometimes the fluorescence is not caused by the basic elements of the mineral.
Decent example is Beryl var. Emerald. In that case iron, vanadium and chromium are the microelements that cause the col ... |
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| Topic: Final balance time. |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 18 Views: 5870 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Jan 13, 2021 09:41 Subject: Re: Final balance time. |
| That's a beauty Bergur, congratulations. Is that a Japan Law twin I see at around 10 o'clock in the bottom photo?
No, but it has a different habit to the rest, being tabular |
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| Topic: Final balance time. |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 18 Views: 5870 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Jan 12, 2021 16:21 Subject: Re: Final balance time. |
| MFFN1-jXDD0
I have been "stuck" in Colombia since the end of 2019, so no shows for me. I did manage a couple of visits to mines before quarantine. I did though manage to find myself ... |
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| Topic: This crazy mineral market! |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 14 Views: 4492 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Jan 04, 2021 18:41 Subject: Re: This crazy mineral market! |
| I like to browse the "bargain bin" material at most shows I've managed to attend.
Often not to find exceptional pieces, but minors that remind me of things I like and would some day like to ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 49 Views: 34672 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 08, 2020 15:39 Subject: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
| Thank you Tobi
...and for the input on the Peruvian piece ...at the moment Jordi is right. I have been searching the internet (mindat and more) and just recently found several near identical pieces ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 49 Views: 34672 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 08, 2020 11:37 Subject: Re: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
| Some green xmas colour.
A chain of emeralds in calcite and shale. Some are even double terminated. Bought in Bogota, so the location isn't 100% ... seller said Coscuez area, and that looks right ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 49 Views: 34672 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 06, 2020 11:18 Subject: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
| I got this and a few more specimens at Peñas Blancas in the beginning of the year.
This one has a faden like line running through the quartz and in the same direction a line runs through the fluorite ... |
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| Topic: Please help! Is this "Ocean Jasper" Real or Dyed/Fake/Enhanced? |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 14 Views: 8367 |
Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: Sep 12, 2020 14:39 Subject: Re: Please help! Is this "Ocean Jasper" Real or Dyed/Fake/Enhanced? |
| You do know you can have multiple photos in a single post, right?
Judging by your initial description, which failed to show us the photos of the vendor (no link is needed, just save from his site, ... |
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| Topic: History of the Chivor Emerald Mine, Colombia (Part 1) |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 4 Views: 4040 |
Forum: The histories behind mineral specimens Posted: Jul 24, 2020 14:12 Subject: Re: History of the Chivor Emerald Mine, Colombia (Part 1) |
| Awesome!
Haven't taken the time to read it all, but as I quickly glanced through I was wondering about El Toro.... which isn't marked on fig.3 ....is that Gachala and not Chivor area? |
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| Topic: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 49 Views: 34672 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jul 10, 2020 14:54 Subject: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
| The biggest microcline feldspar I've ever found myself, and I believe it's a manebach-twin, tho parts of it are missing.
I wasn't fortunate enough to find the pocket came from (I was just going throu ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 49 Views: 34672 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jul 09, 2020 11:29 Subject: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
| Before the lockdown I had to leave Colombia for a few days and went for a quick weekend hop to Lima, Peru. I used the opportunity to get some specimens from there.
Didn't have much time to prepare, ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
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| Bergur_E_Sigurdarson Replies: 49 Views: 34672 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jul 04, 2020 16:53 Subject: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
| Small but perfect little Emerald sitting on "wings" of Calcite... I called it the butterfly... but maybe it's so small, that just fly would be more appropriate :-) | |
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