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Hello all!
Peter
Your note about a 12-15 cm crystals stibnite from Greece is really very interesting.
In fact it would be a crystal size record if you are talking about crystal size and not whole ...

Hello Premdas!
I am the only source of this type of crystals from that location.
I will sent you a specimen as soon as i will find it.I have nothing left in my collection as they are very much wante ...

Also the only four known (and two colored) reverse scepter quartz crystals found in the same location (Kato Nevrokopi basin).

Just a small photo contribution from me on the smoky-amethyst scepters from the alpine type quartz veins of Kato Nevrokopi basin,Drama prefecture in Greece.

You are right Mr.White.
I am also aware of the analysis results of G. Niedermayr on the green quartz specimens from Serifos that are in the collection of Natural History Museum in Vienna. He found n ...

This is another specimen from the area of Kato Nevrokopi but from another location (Kresti hill). The color is a uniform light green and it is probably from chlorite inclusions.

Hello to all!
Indeed, Amir's website is for me the best someone can find for information about quartz, and i am proud that a few of my specimens are pictured there.
I am looking for new and unknown ...

The identification of the garnet in this contact metamorphic zone was made during a geological research for wollastonite occurences in this area.The exact words of the analysis text about garnets are ...

Hello!
This is a "rock" consisting of rhodonite,garnet (andradite) and californite (light green encrustation).It was found at a skarn zone as a lens-shaped form inside an altered "garn ...

Hello!
Some of the amethyst crystals that i have found at Kato Nevrokopi basin are showing milky prism and clear purple crystal tips.I was wandering if this is a form of faden crystal or something el ...

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Topic: Type locality for stibnite?
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 16 Views: 30020	Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Oct 09, 2012 14:59 Subject: Re: Type locality for stibnite?
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 16 Views: 30020	Hello all! Peter Your note about a 12-15 cm crystals stibnite from Greece is really very interesting. In fact it would be a crystal size record if you are talking about crystal size and not whole ...
Topic: Faden amethyst crystals?
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 12 Views: 29278	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 05, 2010 13:34 Subject: Re: Faden amethyst crystals?
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 12 Views: 29278	Hello Premdas! I am the only source of this type of crystals from that location. I will sent you a specimen as soon as i will find it.I have nothing left in my collection as they are very much wante ...
Topic: Scepters - (1)
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 84 Views: 237337	Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: Feb 16, 2010 11:42 Subject: Re: Scepters - (1)
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 84 Views: 237337	Also the only four known (and two colored) reverse scepter quartz crystals found in the same location (Kato Nevrokopi basin).
Topic: Scepters - (1)
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 84 Views: 237337	Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: Feb 16, 2010 11:31 Subject: Re: Scepters - (1)
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 84 Views: 237337	Just a small photo contribution from me on the smoky-amethyst scepters from the alpine type quartz veins of Kato Nevrokopi basin,Drama prefecture in Greece.
Topic: Quartz variety: Prase
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 22 Views: 64689	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Dec 08, 2009 06:17 Subject: Re: Quartz var: Prase
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 22 Views: 64689	You are right Mr.White. I am also aware of the analysis results of G. Niedermayr on the green quartz specimens from Serifos that are in the collection of Natural History Museum in Vienna. He found n ...
Topic: Quartz variety: Prase
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 22 Views: 64689	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Dec 08, 2009 02:00 Subject: Re: Quartz var: Prase
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 22 Views: 64689	This is another specimen from the area of Kato Nevrokopi but from another location (Kresti hill). The color is a uniform light green and it is probably from chlorite inclusions.
Topic: Quartz variety: Prase
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 22 Views: 64689	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:54 Subject: Re: Quartz var: Prase
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 22 Views: 64689	Hello to all! Indeed, Amir's website is for me the best someone can find for information about quartz, and i am proud that a few of my specimens are pictured there. I am looking for new and unknown ...
Topic: Rhodonite with andradite and californite.
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 3 Views: 12221	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 19, 2007 08:35 Subject: Rhodonite with andradite and californite.
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 3 Views: 12221	The identification of the garnet in this contact metamorphic zone was made during a geological research for wollastonite occurences in this area.The exact words of the analysis text about garnets are ...
Topic: Rhodonite with andradite and californite.
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 3 Views: 12221	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 18, 2007 11:33 Subject: Rhodonite with andradite and californite.
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 3 Views: 12221	Hello! This is a "rock" consisting of rhodonite,garnet (andradite) and californite (light green encrustation).It was found at a skarn zone as a lens-shaped form inside an altered "garn ...
Topic: Faden amethyst crystals?
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 12 Views: 29278	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 12, 2007 14:34 Subject: Faden amethyst crystals?
Tsinidis Tasos Replies: 12 Views: 29278	Hello! Some of the amethyst crystals that i have found at Kato Nevrokopi basin are showing milky prism and clear purple crystal tips.I was wandering if this is a form of faden crystal or something el ...