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 Topic: Arsenopyrite, Löllingite, and large Baryte xx - but location help needed |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 1 Views: 3957 |
 Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Apr 22, 2025 13:48 Subject: Arsenopyrite, Löllingite, and large Baryte xx - but location help needed |
| This is embarrassing that I lost the card I had with the location information and can not remember. Arsenopyrite, and Löllingite are often found together, but rarely with Baryte - and such large blade ... | |
| Topic: Libyan Desert Glass Structure |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 45 Views: 88940 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jan 12, 2025 07:54 Subject: Re: Libyan Desert Glass Structure |
| Nowhere do you indicate or hint why you or anyone would be led to think there are "hidden" small linear crystals. LDG is a glass. Glasses don't have crystals by definition. It is fairly well ... | |
| Topic: Labeled on back as "England" but not sure locality or even if England at all |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 15 Views: 4642 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 07, 2025 02:42 Subject: Re: Labeled on back as "England" but not sure locality or even if England at all |
| Occasionally, labels are mislabeled as far as location by error. Sadly, more often [and increasingly IMHO] location is changed to raise the apparent value, i.e., use the more valuable location. I appr ... | |
| Topic: Carbonado |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 23 Views: 6029 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 06, 2025 16:05 Subject: Re: Carbonado |
| There are many good books just on natural diamonds. One is Ralf Tappert and
Michelle C. Tappert, Diamonds in Nature, A Guide to Rough Diamonds 2011, Springer ISBN 978-3-642-12571-3 You could alway ... |
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| Topic: Carbonado |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 23 Views: 6029 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 06, 2025 05:55 Subject: Re: Carbonado |
| Diamonds are rare. You didn't mention if you found it anywhere near where other diamonds have been found. The size of it [huge] alone would make me skeptical it was a diamond - but perhaps you have wo ... | |
| Topic: Preparing a list of light sensitive minerals - (14) |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 97 Views: 214714 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: Feb 12, 2024 02:42 Subject: Re: Preparing a list of light sensitive minerals - (14) |
| Good question - I am not sure it did. If needs someone to scrape the thread and then compile it
Scouring through the thread, I believe these two posts could be helpful in enhancing Peter's list: ... |
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| Topic: Preparing a list of light sensitive minerals - (14) |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 97 Views: 214714 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: Feb 11, 2024 15:21 Subject: Re: Preparing a list of light sensitive minerals - (14) |
| list-in-progress [some repetition; some need more explanation.....
Apatite (pink from Pakistan, Afghanistan) Aurivilliusite Barite (blue) Beryl (maxixe emerald) Morganite Bromargyrite Calcite ... |
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| Topic: Need to identify black stone |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 21 Views: 13395 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jan 17, 2024 05:56 Subject: Re: Need to identify black stone |
| I know members are trying to be polite and 'helpful' to the limited extent possible when people post bad pictures and NO OTHER essential information. I think answering them, even marginally does not h ... | |
| Topic: Mineral Labeling: how to properly acknowledge specimen is from an earlier collection |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 7 Views: 8659 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 24, 2023 04:02 Subject: Re: Mineral Labeling: how to properly acknowledge specimen in from an earlier collection |
| There should not be a period after. Just a general observation - some people and some dealers put ex or Ex [name] for nearly every specimen they know who owned it before. In my own collection, I ONLY ... | |
| Topic: Tucson Shows 2023 - let the fun begin |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 77 Views: 85368 |
Forum: News about Shows Posted: Feb 20, 2023 15:50 Subject: Re: Tucson Shows 2023 - let the fun begin |
| I just wanted to second the 'motion' that members [or non-members] should find and read "An Essay on Mineral Prices" by Phil Perrson. Just put it into a search engine and it is easy to find- ... | |
| Topic: Unique Schorl Double Terminations |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 19 Views: 17856 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jan 25, 2023 06:19 Subject: Re: Unique Schorl Double Terminations |
| I have one of these schorl from Erongo and have seen many being sold. They all seem to be the same - one 'normal' termination and the other side having what seems [to me] to be hundreds of parallel ep ... | |
| Topic: What does the mim Museum and it minerals mean |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 18 Views: 15089 |
Forum: MIM Museum (Beirut, Lebanon) Posted: Jan 15, 2023 11:40 Subject: Re: What does the mim Museum and it minerals mean |
| WOW! That collection and that museum are just fantastic. I always love Salim's explanation of the extraordinary beauty and amazing quality of billions of atoms and molecules lining up to form crystals ... | |
| Topic: Any Ideas? |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 22 Views: 23216 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Dec 29, 2022 12:49 Subject: Re: Any Ideas? |
| I'd hazard corundum - but nowhere do I see you state the size. The photos only imply what the size may be. For a diamond in that location it is too big and I don't think they have ones like that but ... | |
| Topic: Minerals to be found in only one location |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 10 Views: 14800 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Nov 27, 2022 01:38 Subject: Re: Minerals to be found in only one location |
| While agreeing with Alfredo's caveat, if you look at some technical summary articles on locations such as: Franklin, Mont St-Hilaire, Langban, Tsumeb etc., they often list those minerals they consider ... | |
| Topic: Don Lum Collection |
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| Peter Lemkin Replies: 2244 Views: 2571102 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Sep 19, 2022 04:04 Subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
| Perhaps not many specimens, but there is actually a good amount of gold in Ireland....so nice specimens do occur, as above.
A likely source for Irish gold is placer mining in Ireland's rivers, incl ... |
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