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Asnia
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 Posted: May 01, 2010 23:38 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| oh, how much interesting and beautiful speciments). unfortunately i haven't such wonderfull minerals in my modest collection) my speciments sometimes have no beauty at all)
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| Posted: May 27, 2010 13:24 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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Hi Jim, I haven't been on in a while but to answer your question about what kind of collection I would like to start, I really like gem stones cut and rough and crystals. I am also really getting into rocks not just minerals I don't really know what kind of collection to start, I have loads in my collection, I loved polished rocks and agates as well.
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MineralParagon
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Location: Saint Georges es Allier
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| Posted: Jun 19, 2010 20:21 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? - (8) |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | MineralParagon wrote:
>My favorite is cumengeite
Hello!
Why don't you post here a photo of your cumengeite for everybody to see? Come on! |
it takes a long time before reading your request, sorry, but now you can see them.
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| cumengeite 7 mm | boleite 9.5 mm | cumengeite 8 mm, with atacamite |
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VRigatti
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| Posted: Jun 26, 2010 19:40 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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Boy thats a hard one. I have a tough time just picking my favorite from each shelf in my case. Anyway my current favorite is this light purple Fluorite plate. Its hard to tell from the picture but all the crystals are very gemmy. The back side is almost solid Sphalerite. It is a great example of Elmwood mineralization.
I consider myself very fortunate & lucky to have such pieces in my collection, and I really see the beauty in all minerals.
My all time favorite is the Alma King in the Denver museum of Nature and Science. I go to see it at least once a year.
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| Fluorite on Spahlerite from Elmwood mine, TN. Measures 20.5 x 18.5 cm, and weighs 1000 grams |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2010 02:55 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| VRigatti wrote: | | my current favorite is this light purple Fluorite plate. Its hard to tell from the picture but all the crystals are very gemmy. The back side is almost solid Sphalerite. It is a great example of Elmwood mineralization. |
Hi!
Your Elmwood fluorite plate is very fine. I like it. Are you sure it only weighs 1000 g? It seems odd to me.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2010 06:23 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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One of my favorite fluorite pieces in my collection. A neat clay included specimen.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2010 06:34 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| Brilliant one!
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VRigatti
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2010 18:36 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| Good catch, it wieght is 2040 grams. I was rounding down to 2000 but fat fingered it.
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Eduardoo
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2010 15:52 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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My collection is pretty modest, but I have my favorite specimens as the next guy :-)
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2010 16:21 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| Eduardoo wrote: | | My collection is pretty modest, but I have my favorite specimens as the next guy :-) |
It would be of great help if you could provide their sizes as well.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2010 16:26 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | It would be of great help if you could provide their sizes as well. |
And the localities, please ...
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Eduardoo
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2010 17:02 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Eduardoo wrote: | | My collection is pretty modest, but I have my favorite specimens as the next guy :-) |
It would be of great help if you could provide their sizes as well. |
Sure,
- Tourmaline with flourite is about 6cm. Afganistán.
- Garnet on Muscovite, 7cm. Tanzania.
- Green Tourmaline, 8,5cm. Pederneira Mine, Brasil.
Regards,
Eduardo.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2010 04:07 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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An acquisition from Denver this year is my current favorite.
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Quartz with papagoite.
Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Specimen size 6.5 x 7.5 cm. |
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John S. White
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2010 05:19 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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That is one of the most attractive specimens of this material that I have seen. Very nice catch!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2010 06:25 Post subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
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John,
Thanks for the kind words. I was fortunate to have the dealer hold this piece for me till I got to Denver. I had been looking for a specimen for quite some time, and never imagined that I would end up with such an amazing cluster.
AM
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