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 Topic: Baryte vs. Baryte |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 39 Views: 61185 |
 Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 03, 2010 01:47 Subject: Re: Baryte vs. Baryte |
| Hi all!
Sorry,I couldn't resist :) Baryte is Latin.Comes from Greek .Baros in Greek means weight.Barys is male for heavy. When a composite word (a word that consists of more ... |
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| Topic: Opinions about Mineralogical Record's Article |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 15 Views: 71764 |
Forum: The Mineralogical Record Posted: Jun 08, 2008 09:08 Subject: Re: Opinions about Mineralogical Record's Article. |
| Hello!
I've never looked at the internet as a much different market than the "in-person" market. Thankfully, the policy of most dealers who work online is taking back a specimen that ... |
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| Topic: Specimen Criteria |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 21 Views: 59502 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 29, 2008 05:25 Subject: Re: Specimen Criteria |
| Jordi, Thank you very much!
So, for personal conversation , I'll be glad to receive and answer to any emails at : daus_fr (at) hotmail (dot) com (pls leave no gabs) All th ... |
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| Topic: Specimen Criteria |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 21 Views: 59502 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 24, 2008 13:40 Subject: Re: Specimen Criteria |
| Christophe, it's a very nice one! Unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to be the first on this find, although in the end i got a good one for my collection. Mine is more white and misses these ... | |
| Topic: Specimen Criteria |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 21 Views: 59502 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 24, 2008 00:47 Subject: Re: Specimen Criteria |
| Guys,hello!
I just felt that the topic has gone out of its limits. I wouldn't like to be accused of selling or trading using the forum, so please talk only about the theme of the topic. Jord ... |
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| Topic: Specimen Criteria |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 21 Views: 59502 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 23, 2008 19:41 Subject: Re: Specimen Criteria |
| Hi all and I'm so happy you reply so intensively in my first topic in the forum!
Les, I guess you understand what "double hunt" means :) .On the Sphalerites, the best came out from ... |
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| Topic: Specimen Criteria |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 21 Views: 59502 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 23, 2008 11:00 Subject: Re: Specimen Criteria |
| Chris, you're probably talking about a Luki mine Aragonite. I have one, they are really amazing.Bulgaria is not only Madam, as you very correctly say. It is not even only Rhodope Mountains. Have any o ... | |
| Topic: Specimen Criteria |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 21 Views: 59502 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 23, 2008 10:06 Subject: Re: Specimen Criteria |
| Chris, sry, I aswered too fast. So, you check the chemistry first! Really interesting!
I understand why you are interested in Bulgaria. Madan is a Sulphide-Paradise! And Sulphide Combos are class ... |
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| Topic: Specimen Criteria |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 21 Views: 59502 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 23, 2008 09:56 Subject: Re: Specimen Criteria |
| Hello once again!
Tracy and Les, please allow me to clarify: I was talking here about the main factor, the main criterion that a specimen needs to have so that you include it in your collec ... |
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| Topic: Specimen Criteria |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 21 Views: 59502 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 23, 2008 09:43 Subject: Re: Specimen Criteria |
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Ricardo,I'm glad that you like the site! Do not warry about the prices, I know they're high but you could search for bargains. Also, don't forget that the number of specimens in a colle ... |
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| Topic: Specimen Criteria |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 21 Views: 59502 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 23, 2008 05:27 Subject: Re: Specimen Criteria |
| Hi all!
Hi Ricardo!So let's say your criterion is Quartz.Nice! I love Quartz!My first collection had this subject, when I seriously started collecting minerals. I'd like to say that your wish ... |
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| Topic: Specimen Criteria |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 21 Views: 59502 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 22, 2008 21:01 Subject: Specimen Criteria |
| Hello all!
I am not fortuned to have often an in person conversation with mineral specimen collectors, so I decided to open this topic. Which is the main criterion when you finally decide to ... |
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| Topic: Mineralogy course |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 1 Views: 6909 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 17, 2008 09:07 Subject: Re: Mineralogy course |
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Science is a combination of theory and practice. One can have the theory by reading bibliography and asking for clarification those who have already read and worked (for example profe ... |
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| Topic: Self collected |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 46 Views: 107288 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: May 14, 2008 09:13 Subject: Re: Self collected |
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| Topic: What defines a mineral's 'quality?' - (13) |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 35 Views: 992397 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 14, 2008 09:11 Subject: Re: What defines a mineral's 'quality?' - (13) |
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Wonderful topic! I love it! This is my opinion : Quality equals rarity.Not rarity of the mineral species, but rarity of the specimen. Now, what defines rarity of a spec ... |
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| Topic: Self collected |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 46 Views: 107288 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: May 14, 2008 06:41 Subject: Re: Self collected |
| Hi there!
Although my English is bad, I'll try to answer: -self-service means one have to serve oneself.If the term was self-served,then one would understand that the food is served by i ... |
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| Topic: Self collected |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 46 Views: 107288 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: May 13, 2008 13:22 Subject: Re: Self collected |
| Hello again.
Tracy,I wasn't talking about a division.I was just saying that a collector is not necessarily a scientist and a scientist is not necessarily a collector.This doesn't mean the ... |
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| Topic: Self collected |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 46 Views: 107288 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: May 13, 2008 11:03 Subject: Re: Self collected |
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Les and Gail,this topic is not about changing a term in order to be more understandable.We all understand what self-collected means (or, to be more accurate, came to mean!) . This topi ... |
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| Topic: Self collected |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 46 Views: 107288 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: May 12, 2008 22:59 Subject: Re: Self collected |
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Does "First-Owned" solve the problem (or I'd better say sorry to my English teacher for sleeping during her class?) I hate mistakenly used phrases, too, honestly ... |
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| Topic: Faden amethyst crystals? |
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| Konstantinos Ch. Replies: 12 Views: 26860 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 12, 2008 18:23 Subject: Re: Faden amethyst crystals? |
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Taso, hello! Faden Quartz are usually more tabular and the inclusion is fiber-like,as Charles mentioned. Your cluster has a wide zone of gas inclusions at the largest part of the ... |
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