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The information provided within this Forum about localities is only given to allow reference to them. Any visit to any of the localities requires you to obtain full permission and relevant information prior to your visit. FMF is strictly against any illicit activities related to collecting minerals.
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 Topic: Popular Minerals |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 84 Views: 17699 |
 Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Jan 18, 2021 14:08 Subject: Popular Minerals - Botryoidal Rhodochrosite from the Madem-Lakko Mine |
| Very aerial growth of botryoidal aggregates of Rhodochrosite crystals on matrix, with Calcite and Pyrite. | |
| Topic: Pink Jade? |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 4 Views: 320 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 12, 2021 02:24 Subject: Re: Pink Jade? |
| I'm a rookie, test the hardness how?...
Please use: DIY Specific Gravity Kit (tutorial) - (19) |
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| Topic: Popular Minerals |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 84 Views: 17699 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Jan 11, 2021 17:25 Subject: Popular Minerals - Adamite (variety manganoan) from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico |
| Groups of Adamite crystals on a Goethite matrix. The crystals have a pale lilac color in the prism and much more intense on the terminations. | |
| Topic: The native gold from Guelmim-Oued Noun, Morocco - (35) |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 7 Views: 1007 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: Jan 11, 2021 14:00 Subject: The native Gold from Guelmim-Oued Noun, Morocco - (35) |
| The time helps to clarify things. Advancing of the right locality for these Golds, we already know the name of the closer village: Aouint Ighoman, and that some people use the name 'Aouint Ighoman Gue ... | |
| Topic: Popular Minerals |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 84 Views: 17699 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Jan 10, 2021 15:09 Subject: Popular Minerals - Brucite from Killa Saifullah District, Pakistan |
| Botryoidal aggregates of Brucite on matrix with visible crystal forms. | |
| Topic: Popular Minerals |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 84 Views: 17699 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Jan 05, 2021 18:25 Subject: Popular Minerals - Calcite (variety cobaltoan) from Agoudal, Morocco |
| Irregular aggregate of crystals formed by a short prism with six faces and a flattened terminal rhombohedron, with vertical parallel growths all along the prism. | |
| Topic: Popular Minerals |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 84 Views: 17699 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Jan 03, 2021 14:56 Subject: Popular Minerals - Vanadinite from the Mohamedine area, Mibladen, Morocco |
| It comes from a find made at the Mohamedine area in the first months of 2019, found much deeper than usual.
Large crystals with a thick tabular shape, a lot of them doubly terminated. |
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| Topic: Cutting diamonds |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 5 Views: 651 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Jan 01, 2021 15:00 Subject: Re: Cutting diamonds |
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Hello, Historically, the position of the cleavage was a decisive first step. The problem is difficult to solve when the stone is very expensive. It takes several months of study if not more, the ... |
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| Topic: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021! |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 14 Views: 1816 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Jan 01, 2021 12:59 Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021! |
| Happy New Year minerAll! | |
| Topic: Popular Minerals |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 84 Views: 17699 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Dec 29, 2020 16:53 Subject: Popular Minerals - Pyromorphite from Des Farges Mine, France |
| Arborescent growths of Pyromorphite crystals with tapered habit and hopper terminations. A French classic. | |
| Topic: Popular Minerals |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 84 Views: 17699 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Dec 26, 2020 18:13 Subject: Popular Minerals - Vanadinite from Coud'a, Mibladen, Morocco |
| From a 2019 discovery at a greater depth than usual in the Coud'a area. With polycrystalline groups and parallel growths of Vanadinite crystals with a thick tabular habit, on matrix, many of them doub ... | |
| Topic: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021! |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 14 Views: 1816 |
Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Dec 24, 2020 14:24 Subject: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021! |
| Always Minerals and Always Ahead ⚒
Season's Greetings! |
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| Topic: Popular Minerals |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 84 Views: 17699 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Dec 19, 2020 14:55 Subject: Popular Minerals - Fluorapatite 'olho de boi' from Panasqueira, Portugal |
| Thick tabular Fluorapatite crystals with a concentric color zoning, a kind of growth that at Panasqueira is well-known as 'olho de boi' (ox eye).
The Fluorapatite crystals are on matrix with crystal ... |
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| Topic: Mineral Talks LIVE |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 40 Views: 5816 |
Forum: Blue Cap Productions Posted: Dec 17, 2020 12:54 Subject: Re: Mineral Talks LIVE |
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You were awesome Jordi!!! Thank you again for joining us on the show. We have your follow-up interview scheduled for 2025. Now, GO GET NEW LIGHTS!!!! Aloha, -Bryan It w ... |
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| Topic: Mineral Talks LIVE |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 40 Views: 5816 |
Forum: Blue Cap Productions Posted: Dec 15, 2020 17:53 Subject: Mineral Talks LIVE - Big mistake! ;-) |
| The Mineral Talks LIVE is a very generous project that has allowed many collectors to feel together in these difficult moments around what we love the most: minerals.
However, if up to now they had ... |
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| Topic: Popular Minerals |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 84 Views: 17699 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Dec 12, 2020 14:55 Subject: Popular Minerals - Gold on Quartz from Sasar Mine, Romania |
| Group of lamellar Gold crystals with curvatures and on a Quartz matrix.
Collected between 1950 and 1960 |
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| Topic: Who can help me |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 26 Views: 2679 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Dec 12, 2020 14:18 Subject: Re: Who can help me |
| Topic locked according the point 7 of the General guide for using the Forum FMF with some rules and tips | |
| Topic: Popular Minerals |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 84 Views: 17699 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Dec 09, 2020 16:57 Subject: Popular Minerals - Chalcopyrite with Arsenopyrite and Siderite from Panasqueira |
| Group of large Chalcopyrite crystals on matrix with the typical curvatures seen in Panasqueira specimens. With Arsenopyrite crystals and small coatings of lenticular Siderite crystals. The Chalcopyrit ... | |
| Topic: Stories in Stone: A Guide to the Geology of the Western Cape, South Africa - (34) |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 4 Views: 1054 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: Dec 08, 2020 14:47 Subject: Re: Stories in Stone: A Guide to the Geology of the Western Cape, South Africa - (34) |
| On the Spanish side of FMF we create certain sections (two at this time) of the Spanish FMF to be admitted by the International Standard Serial Number. This is the reason why everything we upload in t ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
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| Jordi Fabre Replies: 49 Views: 25851 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 08, 2020 13:27 Subject: Re: Collection of Bergur E. Sigurdarson |
| Wonderful emerald, Bergur!
And concerning that: Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite Locality: Peru Description: Don't remember locality I was told for this one and haven't found similar looki ... |
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