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 Topic: Oxfordshire Mineral Groups and Specimens |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 8 Views: 13711 |
 Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Dec 31, 2012 08:22 Subject: Re: Oxfordshire Mineral Groups and Specimens |
| There isn't much in the Oxford region to collect, other than Gypsum.
However, you do have the nice, regular, Oxford Mineral shows to look forward to. Do a google search for Oxford mineral show, ... |
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| Topic: What do you do with old Min Records? |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 2 Views: 7538 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Oct 24, 2012 13:56 Subject: Re: what do you do with old Min Records? |
| Well, I'm sure I won't be the only one asking, but I'm certainly very happy to take them for the mindat.org library - it's very useful for us to be able to check references, etc.
Happy to pay for s ... |
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| Topic: Type locality for stibnite? |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 16 Views: 30350 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Oct 09, 2012 11:10 Subject: Re: type locality for stibnite? |
| As far as I know it doesn't have one as the original first source is unknown. | |
| Topic: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 90 Views: 207559 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Sep 21, 2012 08:52 Subject: Re: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
| There are two different claims being made about these crystals that need examining.
1. They are from Tadjikistan. 2. They are natural heliodor The 1st part has been discussed many times, with ... |
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| Topic: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 90 Views: 207559 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Sep 21, 2012 06:15 Subject: Re: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
| Are you sure that beryl requires the same level of irradiation as quartz to change color?
Are you sure that the beam cannot be targetted in some way, or quartz etc shielded to prevent irradiation? ... |
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| Topic: Black 'Helvite' from China |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 6 Views: 11927 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jul 19, 2012 08:06 Subject: Black 'Helvite' from China |
| An interesting discussion has started on mindat about the black 'helvite' crystals from China - it seems to be they may not be helvite at all. Romanechite or other manganese oxides possibly pseudomor ... | |
| Topic: The historic Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Show |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 50 Views: 103387 |
Forum: Mineral Shows Posted: Nov 18, 2011 16:22 Subject: Re: The historic Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Show move to Colmar in 2012 & the future |
| I'm just worried that Colmar will ruin the atmosphere of the show - we don't need another Munich-type show | |
| Topic: The historic Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Show |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 50 Views: 103387 |
Forum: Mineral Shows Posted: Nov 18, 2011 15:51 Subject: Re: The historic Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Show move to Colmar in 2012 & the future |
| The interesting thing is that now there will be TWO shows, one in Ste-Marie and another in Colmar.
I'm quite pleased with this - I think it will give more opportunities for dealers, and I imagine m ... |
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| Topic: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 90 Views: 207559 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Nov 15, 2011 11:38 Subject: Re: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
| It's confidential because I simply don't go about publishing things like this online unless I'm sure it's OK with the people who told me.
I am not saying this lab was responsible for irradiating t ... |
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| Topic: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 90 Views: 207559 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Nov 15, 2011 07:03 Subject: Re: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
| My "source" was the person who commissioned the lab (in California) to irradiate the samples! At Tucson I will introduce them to you so you can hear the story first-hand.
This was being ... |
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| Topic: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 90 Views: 207559 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Nov 15, 2011 06:29 Subject: Re: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
| I am not quite sure which view of mine Jolyon is disagreeing with. I note that on mindat Jolyon described these heliodors as treated "low-grade aquas." While they may indeed be treated, th ... | |
| Topic: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 90 Views: 207559 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Nov 14, 2011 17:18 Subject: Re: What about heliodor from Tajikistan? |
| Although I respect John White greatly, I have to disagree with his view that material such as this needs to be treated as genuine until it is proven to be fake.
This is a dangerous path to go down ... |
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| Topic: Natural History Museum London |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 62 Views: 151954 |
Forum: Natural History Museum London Posted: Oct 06, 2011 17:15 Subject: Re: Natural History Museum London |
| And another thing... it irks me when people complain about mislabelling in museums. Every single museum I have visited in the world has mislabellings, some of them quite ridiculous, some of them very ... | |
| Topic: Natural History Museum London |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 62 Views: 151954 |
Forum: Natural History Museum London Posted: Oct 06, 2011 17:07 Subject: Re: Natural History Museum London |
| The simple answer to your question is yes. There is no problem with lighting in the systematic collections or the vault, the two most important parts of the collections. And I noted myself a couple of ... | |
| Topic: A trip to London and the museum. Sept 2011. Gail and Jim Spann |
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| Jolyon Ralph Replies: 146 Views: 252253 |
Forum: Natural History Museum London Posted: Oct 06, 2011 16:55 Subject: Re: A trip to London and the museum. Sept 2011. Gail and Jim Spann |
| In the meantime, a video from that trip
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