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 Topic: MIneralogical Record delivery outside USA |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 23 Views: 18134 |
 Forum: Mineralogical Literature Posted: Mar 15, 2023 21:34 Subject: Re: MIneralogical Record delivery outside USA |
| My copy has just arrived in New Zealand, great stuff | |
| Topic: Help with identification and locality |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 11 Views: 12444 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Nov 17, 2022 13:53 Subject: Re: Help with identification and locality |
| Would a matrix side photo help?
Not much additional to see, the final layer of calcite has wrapped right around the specimen, here is the back of the piece and 2 edge shots one showing the matrix t ... |
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| Topic: Help with identification and locality |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 11 Views: 12444 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Nov 14, 2022 16:39 Subject: Re: Help with identification and locality |
| Greg
You said it was from an 'old collection', so I think not as I think the ones Jordi mentioned are fairly recent Hi James, sorry for the delay I was waiting to hear from the person I bought i ... |
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| Topic: Help with identification and locality |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 11 Views: 12444 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Nov 11, 2022 13:53 Subject: Re: Help with identification and locality |
| Now the question is 'where is it from?'
Is the collection focused on a region? When was it put together? That might help Hi James, we only got offered a small portion of it and not from the ori ... |
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| Topic: Help with identification and locality |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 11 Views: 12444 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Nov 10, 2022 19:05 Subject: Re: Help with identification and locality |
| Thank you Jordi | |
| Topic: Help with identification and locality |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 11 Views: 12444 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Nov 10, 2022 15:04 Subject: Help with identification and locality |
| Hello,
From an old collection, my initial thought was calcite casts after aragonite, any help with correct identification and locality information would be appreciated, Thanks Greg |
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| Topic: Stay at home - Coronavirus / Covid-19 |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 364 Views: 322233 |
Forum: National Library of Spain / Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) and FMF Posted: Mar 25, 2020 19:04 Subject: Re: Stay at home - Coronavirus / Covid-19 |
| The lockdown has just been implemented here in New Zealand, 4 weeks, no contact with anyone outside our household. This is a photo I took yesterday while walking around Mount Maunganui before the trac ... | |
| Topic: Tucson Show 2018 |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 158 Views: 252256 |
Forum: News about Shows Posted: Jun 16, 2018 17:47 Subject: Re: Tucson Show 2018 |
| Fluorite
Description: Approx 25cm across. This is a spinel law twin on matrix of muscovite and albite. From memory this was Afghanistan origin?Quite sure from Pakistan. Such tabular spinel-law pink f ... |
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| Topic: Tucson Show 2018 |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 158 Views: 252256 |
Forum: News about Shows Posted: Jun 14, 2018 20:27 Subject: Re: Tucson Show 2018 |
| A few more...
No prizes for guessing what minerals appeal to me :) |
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| Topic: Tucson Show 2018 |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 158 Views: 252256 |
Forum: News about Shows Posted: Jun 13, 2018 20:27 Subject: Re: Tucson Show 2018 |
| Browsing through these posts I realized I have photos of a few minerals that were on display at this show that haven’t been posted yet, better late than never! I will put info about the pieces where I ... | |
| Topic: Help how do I clean anhydrite? |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 2 Views: 7813 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Apr 29, 2018 18:40 Subject: Re: Help how do I clean anhydrite? |
| Thanks Alfredo,
A vast improvement, I haven’t cleaned around the join of the 2 crystals too much for fear of blowing them apart, Greg |
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| Topic: Help how do I clean anhydrite? |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 2 Views: 7813 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Apr 28, 2018 23:47 Subject: Help how do I clean anhydrite? |
| I recently obtained some crystals of Anhydrite from Naica Mexico which are in need of a good clean. They appear to have a good color and luster under the clay (?). I have tried one in an ultrasonic cl ... | |
| Topic: New Zealand alpine minerals? |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 22 Views: 27495 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Aug 16, 2017 20:24 Subject: Re: New Zealand alpine minerals? |
| Hopefully I can add a little information here but please note I am not a geologist! This is knowledge I have built up from 35 plus years of active mineral collecting and viewing collections as a resid ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 66 Views: 96593 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 18, 2014 01:58 Subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
| A long break between posts with the increasing demands of work.
A quick pic taken on my phone, Greg |
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| Topic: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 2419 Views: 2179071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Aug 17, 2014 02:23 Subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
| I'm enjoying your specimens thank you for sharing,
And I love that Shangbao quartz :) |
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| Topic: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 188 Views: 238828 |
Forum: Mineral Shows Posted: Feb 20, 2014 19:41 Subject: Re: My 2014 Tucson Experience |
| Hello Don,
I'm enjoying your Tucson report, it's 5 years since I have been and it brings back many happy memories, Thank you Greg |
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| Topic: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 66 Views: 96593 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 20, 2013 20:09 Subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
| Hi Greg, thanks for posting the pictures of Tinkers' Gully. Looks pretty densely wooded, I suppose the foliage would make it more difficult to travel if you were off the beaten track; on the plus side ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 66 Views: 96593 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 16, 2013 23:18 Subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
| Hi Greg, these are nice quartz specimens; thanks for posting. Was curious to know what Tinkers Creek looked like, do you have a photo of the area you could share?
Best Regards, ... |
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| Topic: Bob's rocks |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 348 Views: 500972 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Nov 06, 2013 21:08 Subject: Re: Bob's rocks |
| Hi Bob,
Love the calcite with quartz sceptres, great piece, Greg |
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| Topic: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Greg Lilly Replies: 2083 Views: 2390547 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Nov 06, 2013 17:20 Subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
| Michael,
I like your specimens from Shangbao, especially 1444 and 1566. Don Me too, I especially like #1444 with its simple cubes, they are often so modified from this location Greg |
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