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rgangue Replies: 4 Views: 9697 |
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Hi Kaprak,
Mike is correct. You have found a very weathered galena. Galena is relatively common in that area as well as drusy quartz which is all over the place and a lot of barite which is white ... |
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rgangue Replies: 4 Views: 8110 |
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This does not look like any Midwest USA calcite I can think of. I think the key to potentially finding the location relies on a few items;
Where was it purchased? (I see the original poster is fro ... |
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rgangue Replies: 9 Views: 15794 |
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Agreed, there is no doubt this is a Tri-State piece. Notice the rhombs of dolomite have a typical curvature often called saddle-shaped. Those Sphalerite crystals are much larger than anything from V ... | |
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rgangue Replies: 9 Views: 15794 |
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Thank you, it was purchased and a rock show and was tagged that way.
I see many of these mislabeled by people who think the districts are one and the same. I am fairly certain its from the Viburnum ... |
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rgangue Replies: 2 Views: 17290 |
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Thank you Riccardo, I was able to connect with some Northern Ireland collectors and collected in the Little Deerpark Quarry in Antrim and the Mourne Mountains. | |
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rgangue Replies: 9 Views: 15794 |
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This has all the earmarks of actually being from the Viburnum Trend Mining District not the Tri-State District. These are often confused with each other since at least part of each district is in the ... | |
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rgangue Replies: 10 Views: 7312 |
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I think we won't solve this riddle, we can only make guesses. And my guess is that this one is maybe from Illinois.
That was my initial thought as well. Things I always want to know. Was this an ... |
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Hi all,
I will be traveling to Ireland and Northern Ireland in a few weeks. I was interested in possibly collecting some minerals. I know Northern Ireland has mostly zeolites. Is the Little Deer ... |
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Many natural rubies are UV reactive so I'm not sure how this helps with ID. I have both natural and synthetic that react strongly to UV. | |
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rgangue Replies: 5 Views: 25010 |
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Thank you Jordi! That is the information I was looking for. | |
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There are a lot of kobyashevite specimens being offered on social media. I am trying to find more definitive word on the kobyashevite fakes.
per a earlier post from Ibrahim Jameel on the hemimor ... |
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