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Carles Curto Replies: 7 Views: 41065 |
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¡Eppur si muove!
Yes, sometimes, something important changes in the mineral world, in Spanish Natural History Museums, and in our natural heritage. On the 21 of May the people of Vitoria-Gasteiz w ... |
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Carles Curto Replies: 162 Views: 1549513 |
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A (real) anecdote of Munich 2014:
I was with a friend, a good level mineral collector, and we were in a hidden corner at the show watching some Pakistanis and Afghan samples. My friend had an Afghan ... |
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The next?
Perhaps some significant amount of "normal" (?) collector will deduce to attend mineral shows is lost time and that it's the moment to left minerals aside. Perhaps some miner ... |
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Accustomed to a relatively stable mineral marked last decades I’m astonished to the spiral increasing of prizes and now, I’m absolutely lost and out (I cannot understand anything). At Munich, past Oct ... | |
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The bubbling mineral prizes is a rough reality.
From the point of view of the North-American dealers and buyers it can be just a question of buying and selling and it can be only a “take it or leave ... |
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Carles Curto Replies: 70 Views: 117894 |
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I don't know if the book is on line (I suppose not).
Anhydrite, even considering it, genetically, a dehydrated form of gypsum, is a different species, with a very different structure (orthorhombic, ... |
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Very probably it is anhydrite. It has been cited, as inclusion, in some Swiss quartzes.
As example, you can see pages 140-142 of the book: Hyrsl, J., Niedermayr, G. 2003. Magic world: inclusions in q ... |
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could it be metallic? | |
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Thanks to all, but this article would not exist without the great work of Tom Moore and Wendell Wilson. | |
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Carles Curto Replies: 7 Views: 13252 |
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See information about fluorapatite from Ontario and other similar apatite localities.
Quite sure it is fluorapatite. |
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Carles Curto Replies: 122 Views: 269532 |
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This year I arrive one day later (on thursday). I travel waiting for gold (a wide offer, I presume) and specially for the "Gold" exhibition (a lot of expectations on it).
Novelties, class ... |
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Carles Curto Replies: 9 Views: 15706 |
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...there's something wrong with that locality information: The famous locality of St. Andreasberg is not located in Erzgebirge, it is in the Harz Mountains (Erzgebirge is in Saxony)
Thanks for your n ... |
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A detail of the same sample. | |
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Another sample from Sankt Andreasberg (type locality for the species). It was obtaned in 1967 but very probably is quite older.
4,1 x 3,7 x 2,2 cm. |
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I'm also agree with Jordi and Peter due to the Quartz or Calcite coating, to the deep greenish-brass color and the crystal shape, that is usually prismatic (sometimes very elongated) or very thick tab ... | |
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