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 Topic: Labeled on back as "England" but not sure locality or even if England at all |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 12 Views: 885 |
 Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 06, 2025 14:19 Subject: Re: Labeled on back as "England" but not sure locality or even if England at all |
| Not England. S. Illinois is most likely, I think. | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Sachsen - Saxony |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 119 Views: 185560 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through Germany Posted: Sep 04, 2024 12:10 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Sachsen - Saxony |
| Another German fluorite. The first one I ever acquired around 20 years ago. At the time it was labeled "Weardale", maybe because of the Weardale-like twins, but I knew it was not. Barite and ... | |
| Topic: FMF - 18th anniversary |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 12 Views: 4569 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Aug 08, 2024 10:39 Subject: Re: FMF - 18th anniversary |
| Who is this person, and what happened to him? It looks like he was having fun, however! | |
| Topic: Kimberlite and Diamond? |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 7 Views: 3892 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Apr 06, 2024 11:19 Subject: Re: Kimberlite and Diamond? |
| I recall seeing a dealer at the Munich show around that time who was selling diamond in kimberlite matrix specimen that had been assembled, though without the statuary. They were, however, labeled &qu ... | |
| Topic: Fluorite crystallography? |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 28 Views: 102094 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Nov 28, 2023 11:08 Subject: Re: Fluorite crystallography? |
| Another Naica fluorite, which according to Pete's analysis would be cube-dodechahedral habit. From the find circa 2005. | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Bayern - Bavaria |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 33 Views: 67024 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through Germany Posted: Oct 06, 2023 14:48 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Bayern - Bavaria |
| Fluorite with dolomite and minor galena, from an unknown mine in the Wolsendorf area. | |
| Topic: Pele's Hair and Tears |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 5 Views: 9713 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Sep 26, 2023 10:44 Subject: Re: Pele's Hair and Tears |
| Pele's hair is a common byproduct of active lava fountaining during an eruption of basaltic lava at a volcano such as Hawaii's Kilauea. It is produced during fountaining when escaping volatile gases ( ... | |
| Topic: A phase coming to an end (but nothing about FMF ,-) |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 11 Views: 16640 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 17, 2023 11:23 Subject: Re: A phase coming to an end (but nothing about FMF ,-) |
| It has been said that the only constant in life is change. After being involved with mineral collecting for around 40 years now, this is becoming all too evident. In recent years many of the dealers a ... | |
| Topic: Is there anything that could make you give up mineral collecting? |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 13 Views: 15999 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 11, 2023 19:49 Subject: Re: Is there anything that could make you give up mineral collecting? |
| Can't collect because prices are too high? You all must be going to the wrong venues. I have no trouble finding great specimens for 3-figure prices. The problem I think is that people are much like mo ... | |
| Topic: Is there anything that could make you give up mineral collecting? |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 13 Views: 15999 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 10, 2023 23:21 Subject: Re: Is there anything that could make you give up mineral collecting? |
| The ever-increasing prices ask for decent specimens is certainly making it difficult to pursue building a serious collection any more. The shift in the overall hobby toward aesthetics over scientific ... | |
| Topic: Equipment for part time hobbyist. |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 2 Views: 4943 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: May 30, 2023 12:30 Subject: Re: Equipment for part time hobbyist. |
| Hello Adrian, The FMF is primarily about specimen mineralogy and not lapidary items or procedures, so you are not likely to find much useful information here. I would suggest looking on Facebook for a ... | |
| Topic: A very strange specimen of Hardin Co., Illinois |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 6 Views: 8521 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 13, 2023 15:39 Subject: Re: A very strange specimen of Hardin Co., Illinois |
| Fossil assemblages associated with fluorite mineralization were not uncommon at the Rogerley Mine. Most common were carboniferous-era colony corals, which were often present in the host limestone. Min ... | |
| Topic: adularia locale? |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 11 Views: 12936 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 11, 2023 17:16 Subject: Re: adularia locale? |
| Could possibly be from the Sudtirol in the Trentino-Alto Adige region. | |
| Topic: adularia locale? |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 11 Views: 12936 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 11, 2023 01:19 Subject: Re: adularia locale? |
| The specimen is typical for adularia with chlorite coating from an alpine-cleft-type metamorphic environment. The best known of these are in the Swiss/French/Austrian alps, but also from the Alchuri a ... | |
| Topic: Diamond pseudomorphs after graphite |
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| Jesse Fisher Replies: 8 Views: 7204 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 21, 2023 15:46 Subject: Re: Diamond pseudomorphs after graphite |
| Is this what is referred to as "bort"? I think this is a diamond heavily included with graphite. Usually ground up for industrial purposes. I've never heard of it called a pseudomorph, howev ... | |
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