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 Topic: Can't read / decode this label to identify the fluorite location... |
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| Tobi Replies: 12 Views: 1479 |
 Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Nov 27, 2024 10:00 Subject: Re: Can't read / decode this label to identify the fluorite location... |
| Maybe adding more confusion...
But If it read Fahl, then, I thing next is Foldina Hi Lluís, sorry to disagree but since there are several capital "A" letters on the label, we can be quite s ... |
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| Topic: Can't read / decode this label to identify the fluorite location... |
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| Tobi Replies: 12 Views: 1479 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Nov 26, 2024 13:20 Subject: Re: Can't read / decode this label to identify the fluorite location... |
| Hi, my thoughts on this:
- The label says neither FALL nor FAUL nor PAUL, it says FAHL. - Fahl is the locality in Black Forest (Germany) where Grube Anna is located. - Fluorites like this occured ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Tobi Replies: 1000 Views: 2329505 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Nov 22, 2024 03:07 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan. Rhodochrosite from Sweet Home Mine |
| Old specimen, better photos😃
Rhodochrosite, Quartz Sweet Home Mine, Hedgehog pocket, Main Stope drift, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA 91 mm x 57 mm x 45 mm. Largest ... |
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| Topic: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Tobi Replies: 2526 Views: 2431792 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Nov 22, 2024 03:02 Subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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Piz Beverin, Mathon, Schams, Viamala Region, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland 10.2 x 5.1 cmA superb faden quartz, Mike! The fact that this is alpine material and not from Pakistan ... |
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| Topic: Lego Rhodochrosite, Amethyst Geode, Black Tourmaline with Aquamarine, Orange Quartz, Emera |
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| Tobi Replies: 9 Views: 1328 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Nov 22, 2024 02:59 Subject: Re: Lego Rhodochrosite, Amethyst Geode, Black Tourmaline with Aquamarine, Orange Quartz, E |
| I have seen some Lego mineral ideas before, some time ago there was even a Lego Sweet Home Mine Rhodo in a video from Bluecapproductions :-)
As a huge fan of both Lego and minerals I just love these ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi Replies: 1242 Views: 1792154 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 21, 2024 06:37 Subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
| And another German quartz specimen that caught my eye: This specimen from Saarland is quite good and large for the locality and consists of a clear quartz crystal with some smaller crystals attached, ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi Replies: 1242 Views: 1792154 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 21, 2024 05:15 Subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
| Actually I don't collect azurite (I have only one Morenci specimen in my collection), but this one caught my eye. This specimen from Black Forest in southern Germany consists of vivid-blue azurite tha ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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| Tobi Replies: 10 Views: 2743 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 21, 2024 04:57 Subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
| That pyromorphite / malachite combination from Rum Jungle is gorgeous! | |
| Topic: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi Replies: 2174 Views: 2652320 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 12, 2024 05:18 Subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
| A very beautiful opal, Michael. I am a fan of precious Australian opal since childhood, this was one of the minerals that fascinated me from the beginning. And it took me long as a serious collector t ... | |
| Topic: Collection from Dany Mabillard |
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| Tobi Replies: 214 Views: 164109 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 08, 2024 11:22 Subject: Re: Collection from Dany Mabillard |
| Impressive Wölsendorf classic, I like it! | |
| Topic: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi Replies: 2174 Views: 2652320 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 07, 2024 14:07 Subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
| Tobi, this is the first one that I have ever come across.I guess there are more of them here in Hesse than in the U.S. ;-)
I'd like to see a picture of that 4.5 ton specimen.Here's the German Wikip ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi Replies: 2174 Views: 2652320 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 07, 2024 07:20 Subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Locality: Sand Pit, Rockenberg, Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany I live ~30-40 km away from Rockenberg and you see a lot of them here on shows and in collections. The mineralogical museum of my ... |
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| Topic: Galena from Hiendelaencina |
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| Tobi Replies: 8 Views: 1899 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Oct 04, 2024 03:41 Subject: Re: Galena from Hiendelaencina |
| Jordi contributed to the discussion the Spanish side and suggested Spain is unlikely, although Linares-La Carolina could be possible for the Galena but not the Sphalerite. Thus I think tri-state looks ... | |
| Topic: Galena from Hiendelaencina |
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| Tobi Replies: 8 Views: 1899 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Oct 02, 2024 13:50 Subject: Re: Galena from Hiendelaencina |
| I fully agree with Peter and Michael, this looks too typical for Tri-State. Galena is a main focus in my collection an as a quite experienced galena collector I have no other idea than Tri-State. You ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Rhineland-Palatinate |
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| Tobi Replies: 47 Views: 82934 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through Germany Posted: Sep 30, 2024 06:58 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Rhineland-Palatinate |
| I want to add this quartz specimen from Kaub in Rhineland-Palatinate that recently found its way into my collection.
Not only that the piece is quite nice, it also comes from a very picturesque land ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi Replies: 2174 Views: 2652320 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Sep 25, 2024 08:32 Subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - more Celestine |
| Hi Michael,
I really like your celestine specimens! Not a mineral that I collect but these two are great. Sakoany produces endless masses of celestine but some of them stand out and I would conside ... |
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| Topic: Verdelite & Quartz ? |
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| Tobi Replies: 6 Views: 1507 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 23, 2024 05:44 Subject: Re: Verdelite & Quartz? |
| Hi Tobi thanks, this indeed seems plausible.
I wonder how this happens, from the inside to the outside it pseudomorphs into Quartz, as it seems. What would be the mechanism behind this metamorphosis? ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi Replies: 1242 Views: 1792154 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Sep 22, 2024 08:52 Subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
| Two additions to my quartz collection: | |
| Topic: Verdelite & Quartz ? |
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| Tobi Replies: 6 Views: 1507 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 22, 2024 08:39 Subject: Re: Verdelite & Quartz ? |
| Hi Mathias, yes, I have seen similiar pieces from Brazil: The Urubu Mine produced green tourmalines that are hollow and have an interior of quartz.
Here's information about that mine: https://www.mi ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi Replies: 1242 Views: 1792154 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Sep 22, 2024 05:05 Subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
| Good aesthetics and a really good color contrast!Thank you, Carles!
I can't continue with contrast, nonetheless I think this new galena is quite nice: The specimen consists of a small block of rock ... |
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