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 Topic: FMF party in Tucson, 2012. You coming? |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 49 Views: 127489 |
 Forum: Mineral Shows by Gail Spann Posted: Aug 11, 2011 11:31 Subject: Re: FMF party in Tucson, 2012. You coming? |
| Sorry Jordi - It's really likely that my family (3) will be there, but not 100% sure yet. I will be visiting high schools around that time so still need to check that that won't interfere. Will let yo ... | |
| Topic: FMF party in Tucson, 2012. You coming? |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 49 Views: 127489 |
Forum: Mineral Shows by Gail Spann Posted: Aug 10, 2011 18:27 Subject: Re: FMF party in Tucson, 2012. You coming? |
| I hope to be there! Is that one of the nights of the main show?
I will definitely be there for the main show, but not sure for any of the other days. |
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| Topic: Hollow Galena from Madan, Bulgaria |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 17 Views: 51748 |
Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: Dec 24, 2010 19:52 Subject: Re: Hollow Galena from Madan, Bulgaria |
| Thank you so much everyone!!!
Peter - some mineral collecting friends did warn me that some people could get mad at me, but I thought that the science was more important. :) I am kind of wondering wh ... |
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| Topic: Hollow Galena from Madan, Bulgaria |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 17 Views: 51748 |
Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: Dec 24, 2010 13:36 Subject: Re: Hollow Galena from Madan, Bulgaria |
| thanks so much! Yes, I'm 12 (not technically a teenager yet :-) )
Jessica |
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| Topic: Hollow Galena from Madan, Bulgaria |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 17 Views: 51748 |
Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: Dec 24, 2010 12:40 Subject: Re: Hollow Galena from Madan, Bulgaria |
| thanks!!
Jessica |
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| Topic: Hollow Galena from Madan, Bulgaria |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 17 Views: 51748 |
Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: Dec 24, 2010 12:35 Subject: Hollow Galena from Madan, Bulgaria |
| Hi everyone!
A lot of you have probably seen or heard of the hollow galena crystals from Madan, in which only the corners and edges of the crystals are present (there are no faces and no center). A ... |
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| Topic: Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 2011!! |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 10 Views: 21772 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Dec 24, 2010 10:48 Subject: Re: Happy Holidays and well crystallized 2011! |
| Happy holidays everyone!!
Jessica |
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| Topic: Aquamarine and Etching |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 11 Views: 26173 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 12, 2010 20:12 Subject: Re: Aquamarine and Etching |
| The first photo that Olelukoe posted looks like it has a pattern in it which has a similar shape to the shape of the etching in this aquamarine. Do you know what makes the etching create different pat ... | |
| Topic: Jessica's mineral collection |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 18 Views: 102048 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Jan 30, 2010 18:52 Subject: Re: Jessica's mineral collection |
| Thank you Pete.
Here are some more photos, these are all self-collected. |
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| Topic: Jessica's mineral collection |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 18 Views: 102048 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Jan 11, 2010 18:49 Subject: Re: Jessica's mineral collection |
| Thank you everyone for your help with identifying the vesuvianite! Today I did a density test on it, and the result was that it was definitely vesuvianite.
Jessica |
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| Topic: Jessica's mineral collection |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 18 Views: 102048 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Jan 10, 2010 20:56 Subject: Re: Jessica's mineral collection |
| Thanks Pete, I just looked at my piece under the microscope and found that many of the crystals were too small or too intergrown with other crystals to tell. However, I did find two very nice crystals ... | |
| Topic: Jessica's mineral collection |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 18 Views: 102048 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Jan 10, 2010 15:33 Subject: Re: Jessica's mineral collection |
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Thanks for pointing that out! I looked at the pictures of spangolite from Mex-Tex mine and a lot of them look similar to mine. I looked at the photo, though, and the color is not quite accurate, ... |
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| Topic: Jessica's mineral collection |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 18 Views: 102048 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Jan 10, 2010 14:25 Subject: Re: Jessica's mineral collection |
| I am not sure of the label, the only reason why that is what I have labeled it as is that that is what the dealer's label said - so I am not certain of it. I agree that it looks a lot like a vesuviani ... | |
| Topic: Jessica's mineral collection |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 18 Views: 102048 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Jan 10, 2010 11:49 Subject: Jessica's mineral collection |
| Some more pictures. | |
| Topic: Jessica's mineral collection |
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| Jessica Simonoff Replies: 18 Views: 102048 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Jan 10, 2010 11:32 Subject: Jessica's mineral collection |
| Here are some more pictures. | |
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