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Superb Carles

How about 'crystal gatherers' or 'crystal hunters'? Linguee says both have been used

What a nice Quartz ! I think with the melting of the glaciers, "cristalliers" will continue to find so ...

Superb cases

Following are a few pictures of some of the collection. Since I am also a woodworker, I have built several cabinets to house our collections.

I did the same in terms of downsizing. A lot of the self collected material was sold at shows. Almost all the non-UK and non-Iberian material was exchanged (keeping the few my wife refused to let me ...

Thanks Tobi.

In the main display there is a 'crib sheet' that tells you what each specimen is and where it is from. Small font but readable.

Here you go!

Mainly stored in old items
- a 2m x 2m bookcase I converted with glass shelves, wallpapered and painted white. Lights added in the cabinet and in the room too. Lower section is ful ...

Wonderful addition Tobi

I need to go through my quartz specimens to see if I have anything similar

Well done to us all, especially the Admins and Jordi

Thus a marketing name, if you and others like to use it then that is fine. It is good that Sagenite is not a recognized mineral

Have a read of https://www.mindat.org/min-8578.html

Looks like calling it 'Sagenite Agate' is a marketing ploy - very common with minerals - hence 'Sagenite (of Kunz)'

Very nice, I would assume hard to photograph.

It could be an epimorph (where one mineral coats another one) of a cubic mineral

Welcome to the forum.

Based on an out of focus photo and no tests we can give no opinion. I suggest you take it to a local university and see what they think.

Please do not post the same item in multiple threads

I hope an expert in Brazilian minerals will be able to help you. I recognise some of these but am not an expert.

Given where you found these I would suspect that they are slag used to construct the road, thus not natural rocks

Where was it found? It could well be a waterworn pebble

I went down the mine, years ago

Every forum is different and it is not always clear that you can do this, so not an issue. Thanks for all the videos (and links to memories of my trips to China)

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Topic: Collection of Carles Millan
James Catmur Replies: 984 Views: 2282119	Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Sep 12, 2024 08:35 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan
James Catmur Replies: 984 Views: 2282119	Superb Carles
Topic: The Mizunaka Collection
James Catmur Replies: 2496 Views: 2354054	Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Sep 08, 2024 06:11 Subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection
James Catmur Replies: 2496 Views: 2354054	How about 'crystal gatherers' or 'crystal hunters'? Linguee says both have been used What a nice Quartz ! I think with the melting of the glaciers, "cristalliers" will continue to find so ...
Topic: Photos of our collections - the whole collections, not only single pieces ;-)
James Catmur Replies: 10 Views: 971	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Aug 26, 2024 04:22 Subject: Re: Photos of our collections - the whole collections, not only single pieces ;-)
James Catmur Replies: 10 Views: 971	Superb cases Following are a few pictures of some of the collection. Since I am also a woodworker, I have built several cabinets to house our collections.
Topic: Photos of our collections - the whole collections, not only single pieces ;-)
James Catmur Replies: 10 Views: 971	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Aug 26, 2024 04:20 Subject: Re: Photos of our collections - the whole collections, not only single pieces ;-)
James Catmur Replies: 10 Views: 971	I did the same in terms of downsizing. A lot of the self collected material was sold at shows. Almost all the non-UK and non-Iberian material was exchanged (keeping the few my wife refused to let me ...
Topic: Photos of our collections - the whole collections, not only single pieces ;-)
James Catmur Replies: 10 Views: 971	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Aug 25, 2024 07:57 Subject: Re: Photos of our collections - the whole collections, not only single pieces ;-)
James Catmur Replies: 10 Views: 971	Thanks Tobi. In the main display there is a 'crib sheet' that tells you what each specimen is and where it is from. Small font but readable.
Topic: Photos of our collections - the whole collections, not only single pieces ;-)
James Catmur Replies: 10 Views: 971	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Aug 25, 2024 04:11 Subject: Re: Photos of our collections - the whole collections, not only single pieces ;-)
James Catmur Replies: 10 Views: 971	Here you go! Mainly stored in old items - a 2m x 2m bookcase I converted with glass shelves, wallpapered and painted white. Lights added in the cabinet and in the room too. Lower section is ful ...
Topic: Collection of Tobi
James Catmur Replies: 1235 Views: 1755026	Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Aug 23, 2024 05:05 Subject: Re: Collection of Tobi
James Catmur Replies: 1235 Views: 1755026	Wonderful addition Tobi
Topic: Quartz crystal shape
James Catmur Replies: 2 Views: 569	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Aug 09, 2024 09:27 Subject: Re: Quartz crystal shape
James Catmur Replies: 2 Views: 569	I need to go through my quartz specimens to see if I have anything similar
Topic: FMF - 18th anniversary
James Catmur Replies: 12 Views: 2064	Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Aug 08, 2024 03:02 Subject: Re: FMF - 18th anniversary
James Catmur Replies: 12 Views: 2064	Well done to us all, especially the Admins and Jordi
Topic: Sagenite agate from Bulgaria
James Catmur Replies: 9 Views: 1356	Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Aug 05, 2024 13:06 Subject: Re: Sagenite agate from Bulgaria
James Catmur Replies: 9 Views: 1356	Thus a marketing name, if you and others like to use it then that is fine. It is good that Sagenite is not a recognized mineral
Topic: Sagenite agate from Bulgaria
James Catmur Replies: 9 Views: 1356	Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Aug 05, 2024 02:15 Subject: Re: Sagenite agate from Bulgaria
James Catmur Replies: 9 Views: 1356	Have a read of https://www.mindat.org/min-8578.html Looks like calling it 'Sagenite Agate' is a marketing ploy - very common with minerals - hence 'Sagenite (of Kunz)'
Topic: The Mizunaka Collection
James Catmur Replies: 2496 Views: 2354054	Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jul 31, 2024 01:59 Subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection
James Catmur Replies: 2496 Views: 2354054	Very nice, I would assume hard to photograph.
Topic: Altered quartz or pseudomorph?
James Catmur Replies: 7 Views: 1196	Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 29, 2024 08:08 Subject: Re: Altered quartz or pseudomorph?
James Catmur Replies: 7 Views: 1196	It could be an epimorph (where one mineral coats another one) of a cubic mineral
Topic: German Minerals
James Catmur Replies: 29 Views: 56046	Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Jul 26, 2024 02:55 Subject: Re: German Minerals
James Catmur Replies: 29 Views: 56046	Welcome to the forum.
Topic: Possible hematite ore, need help to confirm
James Catmur Replies: 1 Views: 409	Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jul 18, 2024 01:13 Subject: Re: Possible hematite ore, need help to confirm
James Catmur Replies: 1 Views: 409	Based on an out of focus photo and no tests we can give no opinion. I suggest you take it to a local university and see what they think. Please do not post the same item in multiple threads
Topic: Where are these Brazilian minerals from?
James Catmur Replies: 1 Views: 514	Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 15, 2024 03:05 Subject: Re: Where are these Brazilian minerals from?
James Catmur Replies: 1 Views: 514	I hope an expert in Brazilian minerals will be able to help you. I recognise some of these but am not an expert.
Topic: Need help identifying strange rock
James Catmur Replies: 1 Views: 414	Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jul 15, 2024 02:47 Subject: Re: Need help identifying strange rock
James Catmur Replies: 1 Views: 414	Given where you found these I would suspect that they are slag used to construct the road, thus not natural rocks
Topic: Need to identify rock
James Catmur Replies: 2 Views: 517	Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 14, 2024 13:06 Subject: Re: Need to identify rock
James Catmur Replies: 2 Views: 517	Where was it found? It could well be a waterworn pebble
Topic: Don Lum Collection
James Catmur Replies: 2219 Views: 2259313	Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jun 27, 2024 08:52 Subject: Re: Don Lum Collection
James Catmur Replies: 2219 Views: 2259313	I went down the mine, years ago
Topic: 2024 Nanjing Mineral Show (CIMGE) - Video Show Report - 60+ Videos
James Catmur Replies: 40 Views: 4520	Forum: Blue Cap Productions Posted: Jun 21, 2024 02:48 Subject: Re: 2024 Nanjing Mineral Show (CIMGE) - Video Show Report - 60+ Videos
James Catmur Replies: 40 Views: 4520	Every forum is different and it is not always clear that you can do this, so not an issue. Thanks for all the videos (and links to memories of my trips to China)