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I just got myself some early christmas presents, thanks to Tom Loomis of Dakota Matrix for the crazy good deals on these awesome specimens! I'm really proud of these two they are surely some of my fa ...

So I tried taking the pictures differently this time. Will it work? I guess we'll find out. Any other locale possibilities? It's a bit more orange than other similar crystals I've seen from the my ...

A couple more specimen

Here are a few more, local specimen from the green mountains. Hopefully they are oriented correctly this time if they aren't I have no clue what's going wrong. I collected the diopside specimen myse ...

The Dioptase was received from an online vendor. When I get home today I will quote the certificate/label that came with it if it may help. The Tourmaline was acquired at a show with little informati ...

Okay thanks! I will try to post the images in the correct orientation next time. As for the localities, that's how they were passed onto me, but I'm no expert so any information is appreciated! I'm ...

Some nice Namibian specimens, does anyone know what the yellow coating on the quartz crystals in the first specimen is?

One last Ojuela mine wulfenite, this time with mimetite. This one was also obtained at the Burlington show.

Another Wulfenite from Ojuela that I got from the Burlington show this past summer.

This was one of the first wulfenites I received,

Those fluorite inclusions from Llamas are amazing. I just spent my morning scrolling through this entire thread, and your collection is amazing to say the least!

Nice Chrysoberyl. Great color, and it has a lot less cracks than most I have seen, including the ones I have in my collection.

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Topic: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Dec 26, 2014 09:35 Subject: Re: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	I just got myself some early christmas presents, thanks to Tom Loomis of Dakota Matrix for the crazy good deals on these awesome specimens! I'm really proud of these two they are surely some of my fa ...
Topic: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Nov 07, 2014 08:39 Subject: Re: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	So I tried taking the pictures differently this time. Will it work? I guess we'll find out. Any other locale possibilities? It's a bit more orange than other similar crystals I've seen from the my ...
Topic: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Nov 05, 2014 19:30 Subject: Re: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	A couple more specimen
Topic: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Nov 05, 2014 16:23 Subject: Re: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Here are a few more, local specimen from the green mountains. Hopefully they are oriented correctly this time if they aren't I have no clue what's going wrong. I collected the diopside specimen myse ...
Topic: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Nov 05, 2014 11:38 Subject: Re: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	The Dioptase was received from an online vendor. When I get home today I will quote the certificate/label that came with it if it may help. The Tourmaline was acquired at a show with little informati ...
Topic: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Nov 05, 2014 11:04 Subject: Re: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Okay thanks! I will try to post the images in the correct orientation next time. As for the localities, that's how they were passed onto me, but I'm no expert so any information is appreciated! I'm ...
Topic: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Nov 05, 2014 08:05 Subject: Re: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Some nice Namibian specimens, does anyone know what the yellow coating on the quartz crystals in the first specimen is?
Topic: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Nov 04, 2014 21:53 Subject: Re: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	One last Ojuela mine wulfenite, this time with mimetite. This one was also obtained at the Burlington show.
Topic: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Nov 04, 2014 21:39 Subject: Re: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Another Wulfenite from Ojuela that I got from the Burlington show this past summer.
Topic: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Nov 04, 2014 16:52 Subject: Parrish's collection
parrish Replies: 13 Views: 24045	This was one of the first wulfenites I received,
Topic: The Mizunaka Collection
parrish Replies: 2631 Views: 2817617	Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jun 21, 2014 07:24 Subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection
parrish Replies: 2631 Views: 2817617	Those fluorite inclusions from Llamas are amazing. I just spent my morning scrolling through this entire thread, and your collection is amazing to say the least!
Topic: Chrysoberyl (var. Alexandrite) Hematita, Minas Gerais, Brazil
parrish Replies: 12 Views: 27372	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jun 17, 2014 20:25 Subject: Re: Chrysoberyl (var. Alexandrite) Hematita, Minas Gerais, Brazil
parrish Replies: 12 Views: 27372	Nice Chrysoberyl. Great color, and it has a lot less cracks than most I have seen, including the ones I have in my collection.