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 Topic: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 2616 Views: 2770336 |
 Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Aug 31, 2021 21:04 Subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
| Hi Mike,
Your recent fluorite is definitely from the Pine Canyon Deposit, New Mexico. It's similar to the Surprise mine material, but it has the rounded faces and more clear outer layer than what i ... |
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| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Mexico |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 75 Views: 167201 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA Posted: May 21, 2021 00:38 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Mexico |
| It is very likely a Ward's label. I've attached a picture of one where the bottom wasn't cut off. I also have one with the locality info handwritten. | |
| Topic: Late 20th Century Wulfenite Collecting in the San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico - (30) |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 15 Views: 23813 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 07, 2020 00:09 Subject: Re: Late 20th Century Wulfenite Collecting in the San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico - (30 |
| Hi Tony. Thanks for the information and stories, pard! I always love seeing such detailed work (particularly field collecting) on great localities such as this! | |
| Topic: Isotopic composition of German Silvers |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 6 Views: 15611 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 03, 2020 15:32 Subject: Re: Isotopic composition of German Silvers |
| You're welcome!
It is interesting to see new information regarding this long debated topic. I'm not saying the old German silvers are undoubtedly faked, but it might have been possible that there w ... |
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| Topic: Isotopic composition of German Silvers |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 6 Views: 15611 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 02, 2020 23:02 Subject: Re: Isotopic composition of German Silvers |
| Hi Jordi
Thank you for directing me to this discussion, it helps a lot. I am collecting miniatures now, and am trying to think through what species I would include. I used to own a very good Frei ... |
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| Topic: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 35 Views: 97157 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 25, 2018 20:16 Subject: Re: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
| Not only were we able to collect blue halite, we also found a good number of other types of halite along with some rare evaporite minerals at the Kerr McGee mine. | |
| Topic: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 35 Views: 97157 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 25, 2018 19:24 Subject: Re: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
| Now for some photos of many of the great specimens we found. | |
| Topic: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 35 Views: 97157 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 24, 2018 23:49 Subject: Re: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
| I will start with early photos and progress to the later specimens after the Blue Ice and Frozen Blue seams were discovered. | |
| Topic: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 35 Views: 97157 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 24, 2018 22:56 Subject: Re: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
| We spent about 5 years (2007-2011) collecting the areas with the large cleaves until those areas became inaccessible due to mine convergence. With these areas no longer available, we had to find somew ... | |
| Topic: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 35 Views: 97157 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 24, 2018 15:16 Subject: Re: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
| Chris, I'm glad you asked! Tonight I am planning on posting pictures of the crystals we found, and then I will cover the topic of coloration in the halite. It is a very fascinating process, and we now ... | |
| Topic: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 35 Views: 97157 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 23, 2018 22:35 Subject: Re: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
| Now that I'm back from a great trip to Dallas to give a presentation and visit with many friends, I will continue to post about the Carlsbad Potash District. | |
| Topic: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 35 Views: 97157 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 07, 2018 23:51 Subject: Re: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
| I started working in the District as a mining engineering intern in the summer of 2007. My boss, the Chief Mine Engineer (Tom), had a few cleavage fragments of dark blue halite in his office from the ... | |
| Topic: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 35 Views: 97157 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 07, 2018 22:34 Subject: Re: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
| All of the History, Production and Geology comes from the article I wrote for the Mineralogical Record in January/February 2013.
The Carlsbad Potash District was first located in 1925 about 35 kilo ... |
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| Topic: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 35 Views: 97157 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 07, 2018 21:34 Subject: Re: New Mexico Collecting - (27) |
| Wow! It's been a whole year since I last posted any New Mexico adventures. Time really does fly. Much has happened in the past year, and I have had the pleasure of finding some good specimens. However ... | |
| Topic: New generation for picture - Ploum |
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| Philip Simmons Replies: 1445 Views: 2728834 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Apr 11, 2018 22:17 Subject: Re: New generation for picture - Ploum |
| Wow great spessartine photos Frédéric! | |
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