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Darren
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Location: New Mexico
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 Posted: Sep 20, 2009 23:10 Post subject: Darren Court collection |
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Just my small collection. Sold all the rest and started over about 2 years ago - just recently getting serious again. (Thanks Don, Joe and Al!)
Here is a Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico pyrite-galena-sphalerite-calcite piece that is a work of art!!!
The specimen is about 5 cm across.
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| A true piece of art from Naica! |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2009 02:48 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Hi Darren!
Nice combo specimen!
Your collection, although small, will be very welcome if you decide to keep posting.
Please, could you provide the size of the pyrite-galena-sphalerite-calcite?
Thanks,
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2009 16:20 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Carles-
Thanks for the nice words! The specimen is about 5 cm across. I'll try to get more posted today.
Darren
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2009 16:53 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Here are a few more things from my small (but growing!) collection!
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| Vanadinite, Commercial Mine, Grant County, New Mexico, 2 cm |
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| Quartz, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Label said "Huaron, Peru" and additional info appreciated. About 3 cm |
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| Pyrite with great growth patterns, label said "Huanzala, Peru" only - any help with a better location appreciated. 4 cm |
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| Wulfenite and Mimetite, San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 3 cm. |
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| Azurite, Morenci, Arizona, about 2 cm across |
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| Azurite, Hanover, Grant County, New Mexico, about 3 cm across |
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| Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, on Dolomite, about 15 cm. Label only said "Iron County, Missouri" |
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| Quartz, Magaliesberg Mountains, South Africa, about 8 cm |
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| Baryte with minor Mimetite, San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico. 3 cm. |
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| Hemimorphite, 8 cm across, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, mexico |
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| Libethenite on Chrysocolla ps. Libethinite, South Rime Pit, Tyrone Mine, Grant County, New Mexico |
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| Libethenite, 6 cm across, South Rim, Pit, Tyrone Mine, Grant County, New Mexico |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2009 17:07 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Hi Darren,
i you want some more information about the localities of you Peruvian specimens: The sphalerite with quartz is from the Huaron Mining District in Departamento de Pasco -> https://www.mindat.org/loc-28521.html , and the pyrite comes from the Huanzala Mine in Departamento de Huánuco -> https://www.mindat.org/loc-5783.html Both mining areas are in the center of Peru.
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Darren
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2009 17:26 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Hi Tobias!
Thanks, I've looked there. Just wanted opinions on whether the pieces looked "right" for the location. I'm always a bit skeptical (curious?) when a label is as broad as "Huaron, Peru." Again, thanks for the quick feedback!
Darren
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2009 04:51 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Darren,
The Pyrite looks to me as from Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco, Peru. I added two pics of another specimen from the same mine.
About the other Peruvian specimen, it could be from the Animon Mine, Huaron, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco, Peru, but I can't be sure, as several mines from Peru supply similar kind of stuff. Is some minor Chalcopyrite crystal with this specimen?
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Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco, Peru
Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.5 × 3.9 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 1.5”
Former Silvane collection
Photo: Reference Specimens -> http://www.fabreminerals.com/specimens/RSSLV-silvane-notable-specimens.php#AH96M4 |
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| Side of the same specimen |
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2009 17:52 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Here a just a few more. Nothing spectacular, like many of you, but not bad.
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| My little Red Cloud Mine toenail wulfenite. Like the one below, just came back to me in a trade with the guy I had sold it to, was glad to get it for $3 a few years ago!!! And am happy to have it back! |
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| A 4 cm Los Lamentos wulfenite that also just came back to me in a trade. |
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| A Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua calcite, about 5 cm across |
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| Hematite heavily including and replacing andradite. The crystals are about a half cm. Self-collected, and one of only 2 I have found like this. |
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| Nice golden andradite in a 4 cm shallow vug. Self-collected at Orogrande, New Mexico, USA. |
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| A neat Naica, Chihuahua piece of galena, pyrite, sphalerite and small very pale green fluorite, about 6 cm |
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2009 17:54 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Jordi-
Thanks for the information on the Peruvian pieces I had posted. If I remember, the person I bought the second one from (both of those were 3 dollar pieces) may have mentioned Alimon.
Darren
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 25, 2010 22:34 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Finally get to add a few more! I really need to bring home my better pieces at work and photograph them, but here are a few that I recently got. Not the best stuff in the world, or best photos, but I like them! The Baryte is a lot bigger than I usually collect, but Baryte is my favorite, so I got it!
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| Large 17 inch Baryte from Jefferson County, Montana, USA |
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| Close up of the Baryte below |
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| Miniature size (under 5 cm) Aragonites from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico |
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| Some Quartz with various sulfides and calcite from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico - I really love these little things. Not spectacular, but interesting anyway! |
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| A calcite helectite that my son Dylan has named "The Horse." Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. About 8 cm across. |
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| Calcite from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. About 8 cm across. |
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| Calcite. Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. About 8 - 9 cm across. |
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| Octahedral green Fluorite. O.T.E. Prospect, Grant County, New Mexico, USA. The "digger" is a friend of mine. About 13 cm. |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2010 03:41 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Hi Darren!
Could you provide the sizes of the specimens displayed in the photos P9130015.JPG and P9130019.JPG?
Thanks,
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2010 15:25 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Carles-
The hectite is about 8 cm across, the fluorite is about 13 cm.
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Carles M.
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Darren
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Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2010 15:27 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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| Darren wrote: | Carles-
The hectite is about 8 cm across, the fluorite is about 13 cm. |
Helectite! Sorry, I can actually spell!
Darren
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
Posts: 91
Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Feb 13, 2011 14:52 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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This is a new one I just got in Tucson - a 33 cm. plate of Gypsum (selenite) from the Lubin Mine, Poland.
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Darren
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Feb 13, 2011 15:00 Post subject: Re: Darren Court collection |
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Same piece as above, in the sunlight.
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