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 Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
 Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 30, 2013 14:23 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| Celestite on Fluorite from Hammam Zriba in Tunisia
www(dot)danweinrich(dot)com(slash)tunisia(dot)htm |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 29, 2013 01:48 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| Todays offering is a perfect little 5 mm twin of Fluorite on the ubiquitous oxidised Siderite from the west end hushes at Pike Law in Teesdale
and Ankerite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Quartz from Brownl ... |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 26, 2013 11:39 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| Some more additions I got at Bakewell last October, a Baryte from Frizington sadly no mine with the label and from what Ive seen it could be from any one of a number of them, it was hard to photograph ... | |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 25, 2013 05:37 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| A few weeks ago I dragged myself around White Scar Caves in North Yorkshire, the guide gave me a section of Stalactite from the cave, which is hollow, I took some photos of the cave which I will ty an ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 24, 2013 04:57 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| So I managed to remove a small piece of Dolomite with some of the yellow crystals attached and put it in a small amount of warm water, then watched at 10x magnification as the yellow crystals fell off ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 23, 2013 15:04 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| Hiya Phil,
Interesting possibility, Copiapite is soluble in H2O, whereas Sulphur isn't, so this should be an easy one. Ill do a test tomorrow and report back. |
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| Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 23, 2013 03:03 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| Hi Pierre,
I have been quiet of late, its been a funny time, I had to have some surgery and stuff, the price of getting old and working for a living Im afraid. Funny really I got a round to doi ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Dec 05, 2013 02:44 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| Fluorite on Oxidised Siderite from Pike Law in Teesdale. 48 frame stacks using CombineZ. | |
| Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Nov 21, 2013 22:09 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| Thank you for your kind words John,
I do take a lot of photo's, over 17000 so far, Id describe my setup as amusingly low tech. the background is ordinary black card, the lighting comes from a sm ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Nov 18, 2013 01:51 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| Here is my current favourite piece it is from an unnamed dump at Arkengarthdale in North Yorkshire, The (~2mm) white crystal's which are scattered around the surface of this piece are actually very de ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 16, 2013 02:09 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| At Bakewell I also got this Aegirine, Smoky Quartz, Orthoclase piece too. Ive fancied one of these for a while I didnt expect to buy one like this though, its really busy , and a Gypsum from Poland ti ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 13, 2013 23:42 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| So last Saturday I took the 100 mile up hill and down dale journey to visit a very rainy Bakewell and spend some money I couldnt afford, one Vendor (Who's name escapes me) had the first piece Im going ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Nurbo |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 10, 2013 10:59 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| Hi Antonio,
I dont know re the locality, I bought them. Your right about the modified edges though, thanks for pointing out my mistake, modified corners give octahedra edges give dodecahedra. |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Oct 09, 2013 23:59 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| You rarely see material from Hartsop Hall, just the odd older piece, this piece has yellow Fluorite to 5 mm and Galena to 2 mm. I also came across these purple Fluorite's labelled as from El Hammam, I ... | |
| Topic: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland |
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| nurbo Replies: 9 Views: 20689 |
Forum: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK Posted: Oct 02, 2013 01:06 Subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the regions of the UK - England / Northumberland |
| Slight correction there Jessie: pre 1971 a shilling = 12 d (d was the old term for pennies) so 3/6 = 42 d, in 1971 a shilling became 5 new pence (p) and a sixpence was translated to 2 1/2 p making 3/6 ... | |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Sep 11, 2013 00:02 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| This first piece looks like a gargoyle. Calcite on galena included Quartz on Galena, From Bulgaria. The second an ear. The ear seems to have some cast's on it, my guess would be they're after rhombohe ... | |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Aug 31, 2013 02:05 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| I just got this Gypsum it looks kind of unreal. | |
| Topic: Growth zoning in fluorite |
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| nurbo Replies: 40 Views: 73535 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jul 28, 2013 01:13 Subject: Re: Growth zoning in fluorite |
| Thanks Ru,
I had pondered that but I couldnt think of a reason why the purple cube would stop forming when it reached the extent of the first crystals boundaries. Unless theres some kind of almost ... |
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| Topic: Growth zoning in fluorite |
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| nurbo Replies: 40 Views: 73535 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jul 27, 2013 15:43 Subject: Re: Growth zoning in fluorite |
| Hi Ru,
What do you make of this? Its got me baffled. I just got it a couple of weeks ago and Ive been thinking about how it formed ever since. Any thoughts on it? |
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| nurbo Replies: 404 Views: 788745 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jul 26, 2013 22:39 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
| A few more, these are from Asia. Afghanite that is double terminated, Quartz with Chlorite patches (Not in the photo) and one of those neat orangey coloured Topaz crystals from Skardu. | |
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