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 Topic: A bit about a collection from Quesnel, BC |
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| James Catmur Replies: 2 Views: 315 |
 Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jan 10, 2025 04:40 Subject: Spell check, please |
| 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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| Topic: Labeled on back as "England" but not sure locality or even if England at all |
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| James Catmur Replies: 12 Views: 886 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 09, 2025 08:42 Subject: Re: Labeled on back as "England" but not sure locality or even if England at all |
| What does it say under 'England'? | |
| Topic: Carbonado |
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| James Catmur Replies: 23 Views: 1683 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 07, 2025 07:59 Subject: Re: Carbonado |
| 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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| Topic: Labeled on back as "England" but not sure locality or even if England at all |
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| James Catmur Replies: 12 Views: 886 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 07, 2025 05:36 Subject: Re: Labeled on back as "England" but not sure locality or even if England at all |
| 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 ... | |
| Topic: mim Museum supports FMF! |
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| James Catmur Replies: 15 Views: 2094 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Jan 06, 2025 07:05 Subject: Re: mim Museum supports FMF! |
| Maybe organize an FMF trip to the city and to mim? We could provide translation services - ES, CA, DE, NL, EN, FR, PR
Maybe we should join forces. I could help to make your trip more enjoyable. In ... |
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| Topic: mim Museum supports FMF! |
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| James Catmur Replies: 15 Views: 2094 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Jan 06, 2025 05:37 Subject: Re: mim Museum supports FMF! |
| I have not been in Beirut since about 1998 so, sadly, I have not visited the mim. It is on my bucket list but disability makes such trips hard | |
| Topic: mim Museum supports FMF! |
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| James Catmur Replies: 15 Views: 2094 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Jan 01, 2025 09:38 Subject: Re: mim Museum supports FMF! |
| Thanks Jordi
On the Spanish side the word 'apoyar' is used, which translates to 'support'. I translated it as 'work with'... To avoid confusion, I think 'supports' is better; I have already cha ... |
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| Topic: mim Museum supports FMF! |
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| James Catmur Replies: 15 Views: 2094 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Jan 01, 2025 04:32 Subject: Re: mim Museum supports FMF! |
| On the Spanish side the word 'apoyar' is used, which translates to 'support'. I translated it as 'work with'. We will find out what this means, but it is good news as FMF's future was not certain bef ... | |
| Topic: mim Museum supports FMF! |
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| James Catmur Replies: 15 Views: 2094 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Dec 31, 2024 15:11 Subject: Re: mim Museum supports FMF! |
| Fantastic news, and a new phase for FMF. | |
| Topic: Vesuvianite from Testa Ciarro Italy? |
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| James Catmur Replies: 6 Views: 780 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Dec 27, 2024 04:54 Subject: Re: Vesuvianitle from Testa Ciarro Italy? |
| Join the club! My labels are the old printed versions of my database, and only the database is correct as I regularly find things have changed (mine names can be corrected, townships checked, etc)
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| Topic: Waller solution With Citric acid sodium bicarbonate |
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| James Catmur Replies: 4 Views: 735 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Dec 16, 2024 08:11 Subject: Re: Waller solution With Citric acid sodium bicarbonate |
| amazon.es and other sites sell it in Spain
Thanks, where I live SIO is not available, and sodium citrate is more expensive than Citric acid + bicarbonate |
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| Topic: I think this is Malachite after Barite? thoughts? |
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| James Catmur Replies: 7 Views: 1303 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Dec 12, 2024 04:24 Subject: Re: I think this is Malachite after Barite? thoughts? |
| That was my thought, too
I agree. It looks more like malachite after azurite to me (but, admittedly, I don't remember seeing well developed dioptase with well developed azurite crystals). |
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| Topic: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025 |
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| James Catmur Replies: 5 Views: 940 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Dec 11, 2024 08:08 Subject: Re: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025 |
| Happy holidays everyone | |
| Topic: UK Locality help |
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| James Catmur Replies: 3 Views: 606 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Dec 06, 2024 08:17 Subject: Re: UK Locality help |
| Another thought was Settlingstones as that is closer to Wanlockhead
https://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?loc=1600&min=549 The closest-looking specimen in the Catmur collection is from there. |
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| Topic: UK Locality help |
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| James Catmur Replies: 3 Views: 606 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Dec 06, 2024 08:04 Subject: Re: UK Locality help |
| For example this one
https://www.mindat.org/photo-1289836.html My first thought was the Hilton Mine, but there are a range of possible localities in northern England |
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