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James Catmur Replies: 7 Views: 424 |
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I doubt we can help as it could be from many places | |
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Do you have any idea of the country it is from? | |
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Are there any other minerals present? A photo of the rear might help | |
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James Catmur Replies: 6 Views: 740 |
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I think that is what Roger is talking about. It is the same crystal habit
But this time I was asking for the calcite that as been covered in iron oxides (orange). |
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James Catmur Replies: 17 Views: 1227 |
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It is best to take the photo by placing it on plain white paper, that way the camera focuses on the mineral not the background | |
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It is best to take photos of the specimen on top of white plain paper, that way the camera focuses on the specimen, not the background | |
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James Catmur Replies: 81 Views: 16201 |
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I have similar ones from England
In the room of Saphira Minerals were several unique barites from Namibia - they appeared more as elongated pencils and quite gemmy. |
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Not the first and not the last, plus names change
Thank you, A simple spelling mistake on the label |
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Mine too - after Gypsum, variety selenite | |
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Any news on the FMF trip to mim? I will be close in March
Maybe organize an FMF trip to the city and to mim? We could provide translation services - ES, CA, NL, EN, FR, PR, DE Maybe we should j ... |
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You can find it on this page
http://www.logisma.it/saggi.htm (link normalized by FMF) |
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Please use the spell check, as we have numerous non English speakers who will not understand your writing.
This resembles a skull so much after cleaning it I thought it might be something significa ... |
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What does it say under 'England'? | |
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Hardness about 7
The conchoidal fracture indicates that it is not a crystalline material, probably a flint. Try repeating the hardness test. |
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There seem to be have been two people who have written on the label. One wrote 'Fluorite' and the other 'M, $7, England'. England does produce a huge variety of Fluorite, but this one does not resem ... | |
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