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 Topic: Identification question |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 4 Views: 680 |
 Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Mar 29, 2024 23:25 Subject: Re: Identification question |
| Thanks! | |
| Topic: Identification question |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 4 Views: 680 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Mar 29, 2024 00:03 Subject: Identification question |
| The dark brown material in the upper part of the photo. In large boulder---area likely does not allow rock collecting | |
| Topic: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 18 Views: 11431 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 21, 2024 14:35 Subject: Re: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
| Good to know. Thanks! | |
| Topic: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 18 Views: 11431 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 20, 2024 18:13 Subject: Re: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
| "You are best taking photos of specimens on plain white backgrounds - that way the camera focuses on the specimen not the background. The first photo is a nice one of the background, but the spec ... | |
| Topic: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 18 Views: 11431 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 19, 2024 16:07 Subject: Re: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
| Quartz collected in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland on 18 March 2024 | |
| Topic: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 18 Views: 11431 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 19, 2024 15:53 Subject: Re: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
| Feldspar, quartz and garnet from Columbia, Howard County, Maryland. Collected 18 March 2024. | |
| Topic: Is there anything that could make you give up mineral collecting? |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 13 Views: 11853 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 10, 2023 12:57 Subject: Re: Is there anything that could make you give up mineral collecting? |
| As with any other hobby it is the presence of toxic people that tend to ruin the experience for me. | |
| Topic: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 18 Views: 11431 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Apr 15, 2021 13:37 Subject: Re: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
| Please read carefully: A general guide for using the Forum with some rules and tips
I am sorry I wasn't clearer in my questions. I did read the guide but did not see any option to edit a post once ... |
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| Topic: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 18 Views: 11431 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Apr 11, 2021 17:10 Subject: Re: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
| But how do you add to your collection pages? I see collections on FMF with many pages.
Jim |
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| Topic: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 18 Views: 11431 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Apr 11, 2021 17:00 Subject: Re: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
| I received a message stating that I reached a limit of 15 specimens and couldn't add any more to my collection page. Is there a way to get around this?
Thanks! Jim |
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| Topic: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 18 Views: 11431 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 23, 2021 16:18 Subject: Re: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
| A beryl crystal | |
| Topic: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 18 Views: 11431 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 19, 2021 19:10 Subject: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
| The specimens are mostly self-collected and mostly from the mid-Atlantic states of the United States of America | |
| Topic: Delaware Valley: SE PA & Cecil County, MD |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 0 Views: 12173 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 02, 2021 21:26 Subject: Delaware Valley: SE PA & Cecil County, MD |
| Variety of rocks found in stream gravels and outcrops | |
| Topic: Mineral spirituality? |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 29 Views: 30754 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 11, 2021 18:32 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
| Thank you! | |
| Topic: Mineral spirituality? |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 29 Views: 30754 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 11, 2021 17:18 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
| Now if you go to Webmineral.com you can do a search and find all minerals with a hardness of 8. (There are 28). Probably you will be able to rule out most of them based on scarcity, locality, etc. ... | |
| Topic: Mineral spirituality? |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 29 Views: 30754 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 11, 2021 10:26 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
| How about with corundum or diamond? It is harder than quartz (7), that helps, and makes beryl a bit more likely
Green material on specimen is scratched by corundum |
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| Topic: Mineral spirituality? |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 29 Views: 30754 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 10, 2021 21:29 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
| Green mineral on specimen:
Streak is colorless Not scratched by quartz Scratches quartz |
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| Topic: Mineral spirituality? |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 29 Views: 30754 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 08, 2021 09:24 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
| Hard to say from this picture. Try another one with the "beryl" in front.
Did you do a hardness test? Streak test? At the moment, it looks more like quartz to me. Volkmar |
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| Topic: Jim’s Mineral Collection |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 18 Views: 11431 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Feb 07, 2021 18:31 Subject: Is this beryl? |
| This came from a site that has had other beryl specimens collected--beryl is in top left corner of specimen | |
| Topic: Quartz with striations |
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| Jim Wilkinson Replies: 4 Views: 4042 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 31, 2021 16:09 Subject: Re: Quartz with striations |
| there is no brookite--it was labeled incorrectly | |
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