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 Topic: Chrysoberyl (var. Alexandrite) Hematita, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 12 Views: 21279 |
 Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 02, 2014 10:30 Subject: Re: Chrysoberyl (var. Alexandrite) Hematita, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| What I know is that the partners are Roberto Milá, Steve Papas and a chinese guy called Chang; I have no knowledge of these 2 you are mentioning. | |
| Topic: Chrysoberyl (var. Alexandrite) Hematita, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 12 Views: 21279 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Dec 06, 2013 14:49 Subject: Re: Chrysoberyl (var. Alexandrite) Hematita, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| This mine was object of a tough fight for its ownership on the mid 1980's and finally came to the hands of a group of investors (one Brazilian, two foreigners); no rough material ever came to the Braz ... | |
| Topic: Burma / Myanmar |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 58 Views: 101414 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: May 27, 2013 15:37 Subject: Re: Burma / Myanmar |
| Great specimens, Ru, congratulations. | |
| Topic: Tucson 2014... |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 2 Views: 7588 |
Forum: Mineral Shows Posted: May 06, 2013 10:06 Subject: Re: Tucson 2014... |
| Steve, I will be at the Inn Suites, room 138 (20 meters away from Jordi's and also from Jesse Fisher's room), I will be pleased to meet you, please stop by. | |
| Topic: Hello !! |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 8 Views: 10147 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Mar 03, 2013 08:36 Subject: Re: Hello !! |
| Benjamin, welcome to the Forum.
Luiz |
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| Topic: New on this forum |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 10 Views: 27440 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Feb 16, 2013 10:42 Subject: Re: New on this forum. |
| Hi Peter:
Welcome from Brazil Luiz |
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| Topic: A new member from Sudan |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 20 Views: 27765 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Jan 08, 2013 13:49 Subject: Re: A new member from Sudan |
| A kind welcome from Brazil. | |
| Topic: Hopffeldboden, Pinzgau, Austria |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 9 Views: 21945 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Jan 02, 2013 22:05 Subject: Re: Hopffeldboden, Pinzgau, Austria |
| Domenico, thank you for posting these outstanding photos; the fergusonite, the aeschinite, the euxenite and the gadolinite are awesome; the twinned anatase is very exquisite. The scenary around the cl ... | |
| Topic: Mica Twins |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 13 Views: 31254 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Oct 21, 2012 09:17 Subject: Re: Mica Twins |
| No, Ru, I have never seen mica twins like the ones you posted from New York | |
| Topic: Mica Twins |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 13 Views: 31254 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Oct 20, 2012 13:51 Subject: Re: Mica Twins |
| The precise locality for the yellow star muscovites is Rodinha mine, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil (if they were produced on the past 5 years) | |
| Topic: The reason why Gail Spann can do what she wants with her reports ;-) |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 16 Views: 31537 |
Forum: Mineral Shows by Gail Spann Posted: Sep 15, 2012 11:29 Subject: Re: The reason which Gail Spann can do what she want with her reportages ;-) |
| Gail, thank you for your report; I am still stuck at my selling room at the Ramada, I will only go to the Merchandize Mart on Sunday.
If you still have the opportunity of coming to the Ramada pleas ... |
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| Topic: Does schorl tourmaline weather away in topical weather? |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 4 Views: 7604 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jun 28, 2012 16:13 Subject: Re: Does schorl tourmaline weather away in topical weather? |
| One of my first experiences as a starting mineral collector (on the 1960's) was to dig for schorl crystals in very narrow pegmatites on the shore of one of the water reservoirs ("Guarapiranga Dam ... | |
| Topic: Question about magnetite |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 4 Views: 8143 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jun 25, 2012 02:06 Subject: Re: Question about magnetite |
| Magnetite can alter into hematite (at the rock where it was formed, during millions of years, not at anytbody's collection), Fe2+ oxidates into Fe3+ and it loses the magnetic properties and becomes a ... | |
| Topic: Scepter Quartz |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 4 Views: 9794 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Jun 15, 2012 15:11 Subject: Re: Scepter Quartz |
| It is the most spectacular scepter quartz I have seen; congratulations.
Luiz |
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| Topic: Spodumene color question |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 26 Views: 51273 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Aug 16, 2011 20:23 Subject: Re: Spodumene color question |
| Carrington, my opinion is that the varietal mineral names should not be applied on a strict sense; on this case, "rubelite" should be only applied to ruby-red tourmalines, not to pink neithe ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Leon Scheicher (Leon56) |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 89 Views: 180660 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jul 10, 2011 17:28 Subject: Re: Collection of Leon Scheicher (Leon56) |
| Leon:
Congratulations for your nice collection and thank you for posting the photos; among them there are 2 specimens labelled as from "Minas Gerais, Brazil", and I am pretty sure about t ... |
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| Topic: Any information about mineral museums in Minas Gerais, Brazil? |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 5 Views: 15232 |
Forum: Worlwide Museums & Visits to Museums and private collections Posted: Jun 20, 2011 02:16 Subject: Re: Any information about mineral museums in Minas Gerais, Brazil? |
| I think that the 2 universities that owns the 2 main mineralogical museums in Brazil (Ouro Preto and São Paulo) could seek donations from mining companies to raise the funds necessary to be able to ke ... | |
| Topic: Any information about mineral museums in Minas Gerais, Brazil? |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 5 Views: 15232 |
Forum: Worlwide Museums & Visits to Museums and private collections Posted: Jun 17, 2011 12:25 Subject: Re: Any information about mineral museums in Minas Gerais, Brazil? |
| Unfortunatly you will get very disppointed when you visit the mineral museums all over Brazil; the best is the museum of Ouro Preto, but it has only some few wolrd class specimens, and a lot of rariti ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 404 Views: 800826 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jun 03, 2011 11:48 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| Nurbo:
The etched phenakites from Jos, Nigeria are awesome; 2 or 3 years ago, at the Tucson show, a Brazilian friend, that is a gemstone dealer, came to my room and challenged me with a crystal lik ... |
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| Topic: Debbie's Collection |
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| Luiz Menezes Replies: 20 Views: 91233 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: May 28, 2011 19:51 Subject: Re: Debbie's Collection |
| Debbie:
Thank you very much for posting these photos. The ephesite specimen is particularly interesting; I am not familiar with this mineral, I checked it on Mindat and it is a very rare Na-Li-mica ... |
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