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 Topic: Fluorite |
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| Mathias Replies: 4 Views: 4349 |
 Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 06, 2023 05:06 Subject: Re: Fluorite |
| Hi, yes, I fully agree, its a super nice show, with many local vendors, most of them from within radius of 250 km. I've seen the Mario Pauwels show, there are absolute top quality specimen among them ... | |
| Topic: Fluorite |
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| Mathias Replies: 4 Views: 4349 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 05, 2023 10:50 Subject: Fluorite |
| Dear All,
Today I visited a mineral exchange in Belgium, Hannut, a 90-minute drive from my home. I bought a Fluorite specimen from vendors who had most of their specimens packed in newspapers from ... |
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| Topic: Amethyst |
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| Mathias Replies: 17 Views: 5829 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Feb 25, 2023 13:40 Subject: Re: Amethyst |
| Hi here are some photos from the other specimen (I bought 2). | |
| Topic: Amethyst |
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| Mathias Replies: 17 Views: 5829 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Feb 25, 2023 12:18 Subject: Re: Amethyst |
| I see Fluorite cubes. Could you test the hardness?
Hi indeed it looks like cubes, but they aren't cubes. It is without doubt amethyst. There are a few small damages on some crystals and they are ... |
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| Topic: Amethyst |
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| Mathias Replies: 17 Views: 5829 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Feb 25, 2023 07:04 Subject: Amethyst |
| Hi all,
I've purchased 2 Amethyst specimen recently. They have strange crystallization unusual in fact. The vendor said he purchased a box of these amethysts and due to bad packing, most were damaged ... |
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| Topic: Semi-spherical exterior, radiating interior stone |
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| Mathias Replies: 31 Views: 6963 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Feb 11, 2023 00:09 Subject: Re: Semi-spherical exterior, radiating interior stone |
| Hi doesn't this fossil shelll look similar? | |
| Topic: Semi-spherical exterior, radiating interior stone |
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| Mathias Replies: 31 Views: 6963 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Feb 10, 2023 11:38 Subject: Re: Semi-spherical exterior, radiating interior stone |
| Its a fossil shell.
Dohmophyllum involutum, Columnariina. With google its easy to find similar photos. |
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| Topic: Datolite locality question |
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| Mathias Replies: 9 Views: 4103 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Aug 05, 2022 14:50 Subject: Re: Datolite locality question |
| Hi, I did an analysis, it is Calcite indeed. Nice pink color in UV light.
That's totally OK with me, I could have done this "research" before asking FMF, but I guess the specimen resembles ... |
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| Topic: Datolite locality question |
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| Mathias Replies: 9 Views: 4103 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 31, 2022 13:22 Subject: Re: Datolite locality question |
| Hi Kevin,
I didn't do any testing because the vendor said it is Datolite, but from where he didn't know, which I believed. Now, during our discusion, there"s doubt. I'll do the tests, Thanks ... |
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| Topic: Datolite locality question |
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| Mathias Replies: 9 Views: 4103 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 31, 2022 12:38 Subject: Re: Datolite locality question |
| Dear Kevin thanks for your reply.
Could it perhaps be that the biger crystals, on the first photo, aren't datolite at all, but Calcite? I have some greenish USA (upper new street quarry)- and also ... |
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| Topic: Datolite locality question |
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| Mathias Replies: 9 Views: 4103 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 31, 2022 06:18 Subject: Datolite locality question |
| Dear FMF specialists,
I've just acquired a small batch of mineral specimens, 10 pcs, half of them are from Peru, containing Tetrahedrite, Galena sphalerite, Rhodochrosite in various combinations. ... |
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| Topic: Red Quartz |
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| Mathias Replies: 4 Views: 2411 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: May 25, 2022 06:21 Subject: Re: Red Quartz |
| Hi Tobi,
Thanks, I photographed it in bright sunlight. That makes it so red. Mathias. |
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| Topic: Red Quartz |
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| Mathias Replies: 4 Views: 2411 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: May 25, 2022 02:59 Subject: Red Quartz |
| Dear all,
I used to visit all nearby mineral shows, no matter how small. Last Sunday I've visited a small show in Schwalmtal, Germany, just 30 km from my home. There were around 10 vendors, some of ... |
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| Topic: Yes, what is it? |
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| Mathias Replies: 4 Views: 2709 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Apr 19, 2022 11:10 Subject: Re: yes what is it? |
| It looks like Hemimorphite on Limonite matrix from Durango Mexico. | |
| Topic: Just how fast can the crystals we love and collect grow?! |
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| Mathias Replies: 5 Views: 4970 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Oct 05, 2021 05:59 Subject: Re: Just how fast can the crystals we love and collect grow?! |
| ....or Stalactites under a stairs platform........
Built in 1945, but perhaps a couple of times cleaned since then, and grown again. Rainwater percolating through the concrete and creating stalacti ... |
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| Topic: Location in Romania |
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| Mathias Replies: 5 Views: 3741 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Oct 01, 2021 01:10 Subject: Re: Location in Romania |
| Hi Matt, thanks for asking. I forgot to mention this when I posted the question.
Actually I don't know what the red/orange stuff is, it was not mentioned on the handwritten label. But I believe that ... |
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| Topic: Location in Romania |
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| Mathias Replies: 5 Views: 3741 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Sep 30, 2021 13:04 Subject: Location in Romania |
| Dear all,
I recently purchased a calcite specimen with a label on the backside but I can't figure out the exact location. It says as far as I can see: Crucimesti-Boita. Nothing found via Google. D ... |
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| Topic: Aura Coating |
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| Mathias Replies: 15 Views: 16478 |
Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: May 28, 2021 08:25 Subject: Re: Aura Coating |
| Don't do it. It's screwing up of a beautiful mineral specimen. | |
| Topic: Can someone help identify this specimen? |
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| Mathias Replies: 3 Views: 2788 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 27, 2021 02:52 Subject: Re: Can someone help identify this specimen? |
| The light section in the middle looks like Opal. | |
| Topic: What type of mineral is this, or maybe a fossil? |
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| Mathias Replies: 11 Views: 5957 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 29, 2021 09:15 Subject: Re: What type of mineral is this, or maybe a fossil? |
| Why is that impossible? Would mammoth fossils perish in the soil?
On the northern Island Luzon they found mammoth fossils. Mathias |
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