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 Topic: Blue herderites? from Badakhshan Afghanistan? |
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| Christophe Gobin Replies: 4 Views: 20078 |
 Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: Mar 25, 2022 00:19 Subject: Re: Blue herderites? from Badakhshan Afghanistan? |
| Just received the identification of the second sample from Federico Pezzotta, Mineralogy Curator at Museo di Storia Naturale of Milano.
Of course confirmed too as celestine. For my part, an arran ... |
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| Topic: Blue herderites? from Badakhshan Afghanistan? |
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| Christophe Gobin Replies: 4 Views: 20078 |
Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: Mar 16, 2022 11:44 Subject: Re: Blue herderites? from Badakhshan Afghanistan? |
| About the coloring mechanisms in celestine:
http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/celestite.htm (link normalized by FMF) |
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| Topic: Blue herderites? from Badakhshan Afghanistan? |
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| Christophe Gobin Replies: 4 Views: 20078 |
Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: Mar 16, 2022 09:45 Subject: Blue herderites? from Badakhshan Afghanistan? |
| Hello everyone,
The last weeks I have been offered through the social medias, some mineral specimens in Pakistan, as allegedly new blue herderites from Badakhshan in Afghanistan. I bought a few of t ... |
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| Topic: Fake silver crystals Morocco |
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| Christophe Gobin Replies: 1 Views: 13438 |
Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: Nov 24, 2015 03:22 Subject: Fake silver crystals Morocco |
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I just want to warn the community that there are some fresh "home-made" silver in Morocco. I have been offered one lot by email yesterday and I asked one of my friend supplier in Moroc ... |
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| Topic: THEFT of 60 world class mineral specimens in Johannesburg! |
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| Christophe Gobin Replies: 19 Views: 80918 |
Forum: Reporting thefts and disappearances Posted: Dec 10, 2014 05:40 Subject: THEFT of 60 world class mineral specimens in Johannesburg! - Photo of them |
| Hi everybody,
I just spoke with Desmond Sacco, I have a photo of the stolen minerals. He asked me to post them on the forum. If anybody sees one of these pieces, please contact us urgently. All ... |
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