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 Topic: 10th anniversary of FMF! |
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| alex chaus Replies: 20 Views: 39934 |
 Forum: Comments & Suggestions Posted: Aug 09, 2016 00:36 Subject: Re: 10th anniversary of FMF! |
| Congratulations Jordi and members incharged.
Its just a beginning. |
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| Topic: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
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| alex chaus Replies: 26 Views: 52248 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Sep 03, 2014 21:46 Subject: Re: Adrian Pripoae Collection |
| Another beautiful Romanian specimen from Baia Sprie.
Hi, Adrian. Very impressive set of local specimens, especially realgar. Congratulations! Alex. |
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| Topic: Corundum var. Sapphire and Ruby from same locality |
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| alex chaus Replies: 10 Views: 19762 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Feb 24, 2014 03:07 Subject: Re: Corundum var. Sapphire and Ruby from same locality |
| ...My questions are as follows:
1. Is the ruby from the labeled locality? I have my suspicions its not 2. Would it be possible for ruby and sapphire to occur at the same locality, in different s ... |
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| Topic: Gems TV |
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| alex chaus Replies: 5 Views: 10860 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Jun 03, 2013 02:23 Subject: Re: Gems TV |
| Matt,
thank you so much! That's what I'm doing sometimes but result is not so great and short of time to take movie. Alex |
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| Topic: Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society |
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| alex chaus Replies: 27 Views: 40713 |
Forum: Mineral Shows Posted: May 09, 2013 21:02 Subject: Re: Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society |
| Thank you, Don, for your wonderful report!
I'm learning more about minerals for collecting (means quality, varieties, locality etc). One of your last image presents quarts w. epidote ... from Kara-O ... |
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| Topic: Possible mineral association |
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| alex chaus Replies: 12 Views: 14474 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 26, 2013 00:47 Subject: Re: Possible mineral association |
| Have you, in fact, confirmed that the mineral in question is amazonite (blue/green microcline) and not a bluish variety of albite? Albite (cleavelandite habit) is a major constituent of LCT type pegma ... | |
| Topic: Possible mineral association |
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| alex chaus Replies: 12 Views: 14474 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 25, 2013 20:55 Subject: Re: Possible mineral association |
| I am not sure if your last comment was referring to the geological map for your Kyrgyzstan site or for the Pikes Peak batholith. If you are talking about Colorado then yes there were some later stage ... | |
| Topic: Possible mineral association |
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| alex chaus Replies: 12 Views: 14474 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 24, 2013 20:52 Subject: Re: Possible mineral association |
| Is it possible that normal LCT- type pegmatites were effected by later amazonite alteration superposed? If so, could colored tourmaline be changed to shorl?
Many evidences tell about multi-stage comp ... |
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| Topic: Possible mineral association |
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| alex chaus Replies: 12 Views: 14474 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 24, 2013 00:23 Subject: Re: Possible mineral association |
| To my experience, the occurrence of amazonite is more typical of NYF type pegmatites (for example, the Pike's Peak area of Colorado), which rarely have colored tourmaline (elbaite, etc), or for that m ... | |
| Topic: Possible mineral association |
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| alex chaus Replies: 12 Views: 14474 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 23, 2013 21:13 Subject: Re: Possible mineral association |
| Hi, Riccardo and Jesse!
Thank you for reply. I have already check available geological information about that region. It is quite poor, especially items related to non-ore minerals. I see the rarity ... |
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| Topic: Possible mineral association |
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| alex chaus Replies: 12 Views: 14474 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 22, 2013 23:00 Subject: Possible mineral association |
| Dear FMF members,
I have got some geological information about prospecting performed 35 years ago in Terskey Range (Tian-Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan). It was discovered 25 pegmatite veins, three of t ... |
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| Topic: Calcite Forms - (4) |
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| alex chaus Replies: 163 Views: 311129 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: Oct 28, 2012 23:51 Subject: Re: Calcite Forms - (4) |
| Thank you, Bob, I'll try to find or get it from somewhere abroad.
Alex |
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| Topic: Calcite Forms - (4) |
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| alex chaus Replies: 163 Views: 311129 |
Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: Oct 28, 2012 21:08 Subject: Re: Calcite Forms - (4) |
| Hi, all.
Some contribution to calcite theme from Kyrgyzstan. All images provided are from the same location - Tereksay stibnite mine, collected at different levels during 80th to 2000 years. rusty fi ... |
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| Topic: Type locality for stibnite? |
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| alex chaus Replies: 16 Views: 26143 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Oct 21, 2012 21:13 Subject: Re: Type locality for stibnite? |
| Thank you, Jordi, for information.
I have read the mindat reference. Visually very close to my specimens but my specimens shows different lustre (from adamantine to dull). Also they have different h ... |
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| Topic: Type locality for stibnite? |
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| alex chaus Replies: 16 Views: 26143 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Oct 12, 2012 03:49 Subject: Re: Type locality for stibnite? |
| David,
some more images about stibnite and minerals after that (stibiconite? valentinite?) not defined in full set accurately. Any idea after visual examination? Alex |
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| Topic: Type locality for stibnite? |
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| alex chaus Replies: 16 Views: 26143 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Oct 11, 2012 23:08 Subject: Re: Type locality for stibnite? |
| Hi, all.
The following are some examples of stibnite specimens of Kyrgyz republic the most famous location. Alex |
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| Topic: Freeware: Mineral Database |
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| alex chaus Replies: 61 Views: 183237 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Mar 15, 2012 21:34 Subject: Re: Freeware: Mineral Database: Reached 10,000 downloads! |
| Just today the software downloads have reached the round number of 10,000.
The latest program version is 2.4.8 with a lot of great new features added. Hi, Carles, Thank you for great tool created ... |
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| Topic: 'Rainbow Quartz'...An Old Novelty (or What I'd expect to see in Tucson) |
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| alex chaus Replies: 15 Views: 30892 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Nov 08, 2011 00:11 Subject: Re: 'Rainbow Quartz'...An Old Novelty (or What I'd expect to see in Tucson) |
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Iridescent garnets have been produced commercially in Mexico, and from New Mexico, and from Nara prefecture in Japan. If you google "rainbow garnet", you'll find lots of sites with in ... |
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| Topic: 'Rainbow Quartz'...An Old Novelty (or What I'd expect to see in Tucson) |
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| alex chaus Replies: 15 Views: 30892 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Nov 04, 2011 01:36 Subject: Re: 'Rainbow Quartz' ... An Old Novelty (or What I'd expect to see in Tucso |
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I just write what will soon appear like this or slightly modified on my own website: ================================ "The other type of iridescence is much rarer and has first been descri ... |
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