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TamaHiguchi Replies: 18 Views: 35419 |
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Some new Tucson 2023 (or otherwise recent) acquisitions. | |
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Dolomite it is! The more you know...
_______________________________________ Added _______________________________________ Here are a few more fun specimens to welcome the new week. This thr ... |
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Thanks all for the kind remarks! Sharing a few more for the weekend. I haven't done much painting lately since I have been focusing on portraiture practice, but I'd like to go back to these soon.
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Are you sure these calcites are not dolomites? Difficult to tell from the photo, but the mentioned twinning points to dolomite
Here is the back, if it helps! I've never seen dolomite with this colo ... |
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Ettringite is a fascinating mineral species. A little high maintenance, but beautiful. | |
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Another for the morning. Traded a painting to a friend for this specimen, and it's since been my favorite fluorite specimen. I'm very picky with fluorite in general, but this one did catch my eye. | |
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I hope that all collectors are somehow "superficial" then. I would say, even "specialists" should be also somehow driven by aesthetics :) I am definitely with you in this approach ... | |
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I understand you run a graphic design business in Dallas, and you are a senior at the University of North Texas in Denton. Please tell us more about how you got into minerals. Thank you, Silvia! ... |
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Thank you both! Your comments are much appreciated.
Gerard, this one is for you then :) Also up there as one of my favorites, along with the previously posted rhodo. This was my first four figure s ... |
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Starting off with a favorite of mine: one of the best N'Chwaning rhodochrosite thumbnails I've seen yet. From the Lieber and Logan collections. I love the perpendicular arrangement of the main crystal ... | |
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Hi all! Thought I'd share my personal collection as well, while I'm here.
At this point in time, I focus on collecting thumbnails and small miniatures, around the 1.5-3 cm size range. I have a part ... |
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This painting was commissioned by Gail Spann as a gift for Jim in late 2020. One of the the most difficult paintings I've done! | |
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This was a relatively recent painting from this year of a specimen which I believe is/was in Martin Gruell's collection. Painting is now in a private collection. | |
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I was encouraged to share some paintings of minerals that I have done in the past (and present!) My primary medium of choice is watercolor, specifically using dry brush techniques, but I will occasion ... | |
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Greetings from Dallas! My name is Tama Higuchi. I am a graphic designer, painter (specifically watercolors for mineral paintings) and thumbnail collector. I particularly enjoy collecting specimens fro ... | |
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