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 Topic: Some more that I need some help with. |
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| Paul Replies: 20 Views: 34925 |
 Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 21, 2009 14:24 Subject: Re: Some more that I need some help with. |
| hmm, That looks very similar | |
| Topic: Such a sad day. |
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| Paul Replies: 2 Views: 5629 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Apr 21, 2009 11:43 Subject: Such a sad day. |
| You may have seen some of the specimens I've been posting over the last week or so, today I spent some time going over some of the more damaged specimens, and I was trying to understand how so many o ... | |
| Topic: Some more that I need some help with. |
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| Paul Replies: 20 Views: 34925 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 21, 2009 11:29 Subject: Re: Some more that I need some help with. |
| The Matrix is a Greyish color. | |
| Topic: A Few Rare Finds |
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| Paul Replies: 4 Views: 9318 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 20, 2009 14:33 Subject: Re: A Few Rare Finds |
| And a Very interesting Specimen, a rather unexpected Pseudomorph of Magnetite after Actinolite.
The Specimen card provides the following information. Specimen No: 294 Mineral: Magnetite (Pseudomo ... |
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| Topic: A Few Rare Finds |
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| Paul Replies: 4 Views: 9318 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 20, 2009 14:18 Subject: Re: A Few Rare Finds |
| This Collection has a fair amount of radioactive specimens, here is a nice one.
Pitchblende Uraninite (Uranium Oxide) The Specimen card provides the following information. Specimen No: 268 Min ... |
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| Topic: A Few Rare Finds |
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| Paul Replies: 4 Views: 9318 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 20, 2009 11:19 Subject: Re: A Few Rare Finds |
| Another Great Specimen
Malachite Pseudomorph after Azurite, This Specimen dates from the early 60's, From then Rhodesia. The Specimen card provides the following information. Specimen No: 91 ... |
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| Topic: Some more that I need some help with. |
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| Paul Replies: 20 Views: 34925 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 20, 2009 05:13 Subject: Re: Some more that I need some help with. |
| Thank you for the help, Jorge, the crystals do indeed look like they may have a yellow core, but I'm not sure about smithsonite, I'll do the test Jordi suggested to confirm the type.
John, I'll mak ... |
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| Topic: Some more that I need some help with. |
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| Paul Replies: 20 Views: 34925 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 19, 2009 13:00 Subject: Re: Some more that I need some help with. |
| One Last specimen for this thread, I'm truly clueless about this one and I'm not sure that the photos portray enough detail to make it identifiable. | |
| Topic: Some more that I need some help with. |
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| Paul Replies: 20 Views: 34925 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 19, 2009 12:05 Subject: Re: Some more that I need some help with. |
| The Majority of the collection is African, However thare are specimens from all over the world in it, Dave had a habit of trading specimens for samples of certain minerals from many different location ... | |
| Topic: Some more that I need some help with. |
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| Paul Replies: 20 Views: 34925 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 19, 2009 12:02 Subject: Re: Some more that I need some help with. |
| #1 is much harder than a 2 so it is definately not selenite then, I think having been cataloguing hundreds of specimens every day for the last few weeks have started to take it's toll. | |
| Topic: Some more that I need some help with. |
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| Paul Replies: 20 Views: 34925 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 19, 2009 11:37 Subject: Re: Some more that I need some help with. |
| I spent a good deal of time today trying to identify the first one,and I'm starting to think it could be a selenite ball, the second one is probably a Garnet var Pyrope, it looks like it's been pseudo ... | |
| Topic: Some more that I need some help with. |
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| Paul Replies: 20 Views: 34925 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 19, 2009 11:19 Subject: Re: Some more that I need some help with. |
| And one more,
I Suspect that this is Descloizite, however it was labeled Goethite, it is very heavy for it's size, the growth is over a matrix that is no loinger there, so it is hollow inside, it ... |
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| Topic: Some more that I need some help with. |
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| Paul Replies: 20 Views: 34925 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 19, 2009 04:39 Subject: Re: Some more that I need some help with. |
| This one seems to be a Pseudomorph of Limonite after Pyrope,
60mm x 60mm x 80mm, and weighs 546 gm's |
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| Topic: Some more that I need some help with. |
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| Paul Replies: 20 Views: 34925 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 18, 2009 13:20 Subject: Some more that I need some help with. |
| I've spent the last few days slowly working through about a hundred more specimens, and have a few that I just have no idea about. | |
| Topic: A Few Rare Finds |
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| Paul Replies: 4 Views: 9318 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 18, 2009 11:52 Subject: A Few Rare Finds |
| We have been working for the last few weeks on identifying and cataloguing the collection of Dave Walls, in this process we have come across a few rare and unique finds, I’ll add a few pictures of the ... | |
| Topic: Tsumeb Dioptase Specimen |
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| Paul Replies: 3 Views: 7100 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 16, 2009 03:03 Subject: Re: Tsumeb Dioptase Specimen |
| Hi Debbie
The white mineral is most likely Minrecordite but still needs to be confirmed, this specimen comes from the same collection as many of the other Tsumeb specimens I've posted. The colle ... |
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| Topic: Tsumeb Dioptase Specimen |
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| Paul Replies: 3 Views: 7100 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 15, 2009 13:59 Subject: Tsumeb Dioptase Specimen |
| Just wanted to share this specimen, found it literally at the bottom of a box, unfortunately the collection was not very well looked after by the previous owner.
It still needs to be cleaned up. ... |
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| Topic: Help Identifying Collection |
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| Paul Replies: 28 Views: 40125 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 13, 2009 04:35 Subject: Re: Help Identifying Collection |
| The black/grey part easily scratches by a fingernail, or to be more accurate, small crystals snap of whith a fingernail, the black parts look like "stars" with numerous small crystals growin ... | |
| Topic: Help Identifying Collection |
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| Paul Replies: 28 Views: 40125 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 07, 2009 12:01 Subject: Re: Help Identifying Collection |
| I'll take some nice outdoors photos, as soon as I can, we are having a bit of overcast weather at the moment :) | |
| Topic: Help Identifying Collection |
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| Paul Replies: 28 Views: 40125 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 07, 2009 11:59 Subject: Re: Help Identifying Collection |
| Thanks Again Debbie.
Here is a closer view of Specimen 46. It could very well be Descloizite, it is 42mm x 22mm and is very heavy for it's size. |
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