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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Location: Chemnitz
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 Posted: Mar 10, 2010 10:43 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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Hi,
My favorite specimen is this 9,5 x 6 cm vivianite sample from Bayerland mine, Waldsassen, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria. You´ll see even better ones from Llallagua/Bolivia or Trepca/Kosovo but I guess you´ll never see a German as good as the shown one.
Some comment on the quotation: I personally don´t think you need so much money to build up a good collection. Well, I know, it depends on what you want to have in your displays, sure. But what it really takes is brain, you´re right there. You ought to see what other people don´t see. And you always have to know what you want.
Andreas
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MineralParagon
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
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Location: Saint Georges es Allier
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| Posted: Apr 02, 2010 18:07 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| jl58 wrote: | hello,
one of the most favorite specimens in my collection
Beryl aquamarine, schorl and quartz Taplejung Nepal |
Hi JL !
On this specimen, spontaneously it seems that :
the aquamarine is like a frozen waterfall,
the schorl is a man who is climbing,
the upper quartz being his head.
or something like this.
Your stone is alive !
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jl58
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Location: NEVERS
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| Posted: Apr 03, 2010 01:59 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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Hi Mineralparagon,
wow, what an imagination!
by looking well it is not needs this resembles very
thank you
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Henk Viljoen
Joined: 21 Mar 2010
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Location: Pretoria
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| Posted: Apr 03, 2010 11:12 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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Wow what beautifull specimens! Especially the aquamarine and beryl specimens. Here are a few of my own beauties that i love.
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| Hematoid included quartz, orange river area, South Africa. 89 by 65 by 37mm |
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| Aquamarine with small schorl crystals, Erongo mountains, Namibia. 40 by 16 by 13mm |
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| Smithsonite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. 20 by 20 by 12mm |
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| Amethyst scepter, goboboseb, Namibia. 51 by 10 by 7mm |
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Brandberg cluster, Namibia. (not bobobosep or tafelkop)
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Apr 03, 2010 12:05 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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Welcome Henk. Wonderful specimens!
Jordi
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Henk Viljoen
Joined: 21 Mar 2010
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Location: Pretoria
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| Posted: Apr 03, 2010 14:44 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| Thanks, Jordi! I have a few more favorites in my collection that i can share pics of!
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Tobi
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Apr 04, 2010 04:19 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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That would be nice, Henk, your specimens look really interesting. But please provide the sizes of each one. Your sceptered amethyst crystal, for example, is very beautiful. But is it 1 cm or 5 or 10 or more? Please add the sizes to the specimens yet posted and also to the ones you will share with us in the future - I'm eagerly anticipating them :-)
Cheers!
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Henk Viljoen
Joined: 21 Mar 2010
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Location: Pretoria
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| Posted: Apr 04, 2010 05:36 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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How can i edit my posts? Here are a few more pics.
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| Peridot, Pakistan. Size: 37 by 15 by 21mm |
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| Brochantite from Democratic Republic of Congo. Size: 91 by 74 by 38mm |
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Apr 04, 2010 09:22 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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Hi, Henk, welcome. Cool pieces.
The members can edit their own posts only before another member writes the following one. I suppose you mean the previous posts so you can add the measures. Jordi Fabre, the moderator of this section, is the only one who can. I suggest you sending the measures to Jordi Fabre by mp. I am sure he will add them as soon as he can. Obviously he is always very busy.
Cheers,
Antonio
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Apr 04, 2010 14:10 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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Thanks for the explanations Antonio. More details here -> https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?t=404
Please Henk send to me a "pm" with the dimensions and I will add it to your fine images.
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Henk Viljoen
Joined: 21 Mar 2010
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Location: Pretoria
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| Posted: Apr 04, 2010 15:07 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| Thanks Jordi! You are too kind (pm sent). Has anyone seen a carrolite crystal of that size from the DRC before? The crystal is not all that shiny, but i kept the specimen because of the sheer size of that crystal.
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Apr 04, 2010 22:03 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| Henk Viljoen wrote: | | Has anyone seen a carrolite crystal of that size from the DRC before? The crystal is not all that shiny, but i kept the specimen because of the sheer size of that crystal. |
You can look on https://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=911 for examples of Carrolite. One picture crystal is 5cm, but most are much smaller.
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Henk Viljoen
Joined: 21 Mar 2010
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Location: Pretoria
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2010 01:26 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| Thanks for that link GneissWare! That 5cm specimen is insane! I will have to speak to my suppliers of congo material to be on the lookout for such a specimen for my colection. Wow!
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am mizunaka
Joined: 09 Apr 2010
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Apr 12, 2010 06:34 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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Here's my current favorite at the moment... A nice color zoned fluorite with dolomite.
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| Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. Overall size 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm. Individual crystals to 3 cm in length. |
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Henk Viljoen
Joined: 21 Mar 2010
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Location: Pretoria
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| Posted: Apr 12, 2010 12:36 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| Very nice composition in your specimen! And love the purple colour zoning too.
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