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 Topic: Who is coming to Mineralientage? |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 20 Views: 2147 |
 Forum: Mineral Shows Posted: Sep 24, 2023 10:57 Subject: Re: Who is coming to Mineralientage? |
| Does anyone know a good restaurant in Munich for truffles? It will be the right time of year...
John, I have never experienced truffles in Munich but I guess Italian restaurants/trattorias/osterias ... |
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| Topic: New article discussing the morphological features and oddities in Colombian emerald |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 1 Views: 4018 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 25, 2023 06:33 Subject: New article discussing the morphological features and oddities in Colombian emerald |
| For those interested in morphological features and oddities in Colombian emerald, there is an article which was just published in the Spring 2023 issue of 𝘎𝘦𝘮𝘴 & &# ... | |
| Topic: MIneralogical Record delivery outside USA |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 23 Views: 9019 |
Forum: Mineralogical Literature Posted: Feb 27, 2023 05:29 Subject: Re: MIneralogical Record delivery |
| Received my copy this morning 27 February.
Gerard |
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| Topic: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 746 Views: 927715 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jan 24, 2023 07:50 Subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - Coscuez (#857) |
| Coscuez crystal with a spectacular "jardin" magnified by the transparency of the thin hexagonal prism.
Host rock is black shale. |
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| Topic: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 746 Views: 927715 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jan 19, 2023 16:32 Subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - Chivor (#860) |
| Water-clear crystal surrounded by small white elongated prismatic crystals of gypsum.
Specimen is partly covered with orange to dark brown material (limonite/goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite). Hos ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 746 Views: 927715 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jan 08, 2023 08:52 Subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
| I agree that with the form of the crystals that they are highly likely to be from Chivor (given my limited knowledge) I do also wonder if the micro crystals present aren't only calcite, but also micro ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 746 Views: 927715 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jan 07, 2023 15:57 Subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
| In this last picture, we can see the depth of the color even more I would say. Close to the c axis direction. Perfect catch of the holes, this one was in progress for being "un vaso" ;)
We ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 746 Views: 927715 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jan 07, 2023 12:25 Subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
| Incredible aesthetic Gérard! What a find. Special recent find in Chivor?
Wonderful color, interesting shape. I also see iridescent calcite and the brown crystals might be limonized pyrite? Would be ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 746 Views: 927715 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jan 07, 2023 09:04 Subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - Chivor (#861) |
| Host rock and original beryl crystal were broken up into several pieces due to surrounding pressure.
A good indication that this specimen was formed and shaped by intense geological upheavals. Excep ... |
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| Topic: Shielding effect of pyrite solid inclusions in a Colombian emerald crystal |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 1 Views: 2217 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Dec 25, 2022 19:12 Subject: Shielding effect of pyrite solid inclusions in a Colombian emerald crystal |
| I recently came across this unusual Colombian crystal from the Chivor mining district.
We can observe a set of pyrite grains aligned along a plane perpendicular to the c-axis. We can also observe a ... |
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| Topic: Locality for a Väyrynenite? |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 13 Views: 10029 |
Forum: Improving the FMF Data Base of localities Posted: Oct 21, 2022 08:48 Subject: Re: Locality for a Väyrynenite? |
| I am just impressed that there are that many of you who know what Väyrynenite is at all--I had to look it up! Or who can say something like "Whenever I see a Väyrynenite from Pakistan..." .. ... | |
| Topic: Locality for a Väyrynenite? |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 13 Views: 10029 |
Forum: Improving the FMF Data Base of localities Posted: Oct 20, 2022 08:20 Subject: Re: Locality for a Väyrynenite? |
| Tobi
Do you know the locality/mine? It is not in the FMF locality database (hence the orange traffic light) and I cannot find it anywhere else so I can check it before adding it to the FMF databas ... |
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| Topic: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2022 |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 20 Views: 14442 |
Forum: News about Shows Posted: Oct 01, 2022 01:35 Subject: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2022 |
| The Munich show has downsized considerably this year.
Only 3 halls were open for the show and even on the opening day, several booths were still empty. Limited crowds and visitors were seen during ... |
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| Topic: MIM Visitors' Book |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 34 Views: 50823 |
Forum: MIM Museum (Beirut, Lebanon) Posted: Sep 13, 2022 13:29 Subject: Re: MIM Visitors' Book |
| Jordi is right, as almost always... | |
| Topic: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 18 Views: 11464 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 13, 2022 00:52 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| Are you sure these calcites are not dolomites? Difficult to tell from the photo, but the mentioned twinning points to dolomite
Here is the back, if it helps! I've never seen dolomite with this colo ... |
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| Topic: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 18 Views: 11464 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 10, 2022 14:40 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
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I initially assumed it was a Muzo Mine specimen, but I found out later on (by someone who turned out to be the previous owner!) that it was actually La Pita. Interestingly, many of the calcites that ... |
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| Topic: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 18 Views: 11464 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 10, 2022 14:03 Subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection |
| Very nice display.
The piece to the right of that rhodochrosite doesn’t look bad either… By the way I love your avatar :-) Gerard |
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| Topic: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 746 Views: 927715 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jul 25, 2022 16:58 Subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
| A really beautiful Emerald specimens. I would be a lot happier to have it on my finger as a ring!
All the best. Silvia Thank you Silvia. The prospect to have it as a ring is probably the best ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 746 Views: 927715 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jul 25, 2022 16:25 Subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - Chivor (#827) |
| Doubly terminated crystal from Chivor. | |
| Topic: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Fiebre Verde Replies: 746 Views: 927715 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jul 23, 2022 02:20 Subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
| Superb Gérard! Wonderful balance, very cute and bright thunbnail
Merci Romain, I appreciate your comments! This piece is the last entered in my collection. Well balanced specimens like this one ar ... |
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