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Carlos M.
Joined: 18 Jan 2011
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Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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 Posted: Jun 23, 2011 21:56 Post subject: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Hi everyone in this great forum
My name is Carlos M., I'm from Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.
I've been collecting minerals since I have 12, now I'm 27 and this is what I got in 15 years collecting minerals... I'm specialized in small-cab sized minerals.
I have pieces from all around the world, but my favorites are the mexican minerals and specially the ones from the famous Ojuela mine. My collection and my photos may not be the best ones, but anyway I'd lke to share this with you.
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The first one is a nice Pyrite
from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas.
85 x 105 x 90 mm
Main crystal: 13 mm on edge |
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Amethyst with Calcite,
from Sirena mine, Guanajuato, Gto.
77 x 62 x 55 mm |
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Drusy Calcite with Marcasite,
from Rayas mine, Guanajuato, Gto.
88 x 70 x 25 mm |
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Andradite garnet
from Sabinas mine, Sn Martin, Sombrerete, Zacs.
85 x 65 x 30 mm |
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Reddish Andradite
from Salaverna, Mazapil, Zacs.
75 x 70 x 28 mm |
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Brownish-red Almandine garnet. from Concepción del Oro, Zacs.
(What can I say... I like garnets!!)
82 x 73 x 15 mm |
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Carlos M.
Joined: 18 Jan 2011
Posts: 40
Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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| Posted: Jun 23, 2011 22:12 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Azurite xls on limonite with hairy Malachite;
from El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Zacs
78 x 55 x 50 mm |
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Stilbite
Palmarejo mines, Chínipas, Chihuahua.
84 x 80 x 35 mm. Main xtal.: 20 mm
This one looks like an Indian Stilbite, but this one is from Mexico, and is hard to get. |
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43147 Time(s) |
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Amethyst
El Refugio, Ojocaliente, Zacatecas.
75 x 60 x 56 mm
Pale and very common. If you travel to Zacatecas city, you'll see these on everywhere being selling as souvenirs... anyway is rare to get nice specimens |
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Carlos M.
Joined: 18 Jan 2011
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Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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| Posted: Jun 23, 2011 22:36 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Vesuvianite with Red Grossular
Sierra de las Cruces (near Hercules mines), Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico
110 x 95 x 90 mm
Main xtal.: 25 mm |
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43177 Time(s) |
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Cuprite
Milpillas Mine, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico.
67 x 60 x 45 mm
Drusy xls... |
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Chalcopyrite xtals. on milky quartz
Sabinas mine, San Martín, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
82 x 50 x 30 mm |
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Carlos M.
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Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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| Posted: Jun 23, 2011 22:54 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Magnetite
Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Durango, Mexico
73 x 68 x 37 mm
Main xtal.: 12 mm on edge |
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Antonio Alcaide
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Joined: 23 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Jun 24, 2011 01:00 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Nice specimens from interesting Mexican localities, Carlos. Thanks for sharing with those who have not the chance to see them in person, like Peter Megaw!!
Please, if you provide the measures of each specimen, moderators can add to the pictures in the 'File comment' space, so the thread could be neat as your collection deserves. You can send me a pm with the data.
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Jun 25, 2011 03:14 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Thanks, Carlos, for providing the measures. I have just added them to your nice specimens from Mexico. I do love garnets too. Especially the Andradite garnets from Sabinas. They look like green almost topazolite, don't they?
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Carlos M.
Joined: 18 Jan 2011
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Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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| Posted: Jun 25, 2011 14:55 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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| Antonio Alcaide wrote: |
Thanks, Carlos, for providing the measures. I have just added them to your nice specimens from Mexico. I do love garnets too. Especially the Andradite garnets from Sabinas. They look like green almost topazolite, don't they?
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Garnets are one of favorite gruop of minerals, I like the shape and simetry of the xls.
You're right Antonio, those Andradites from Sabinas look like Topazolite, but their color are more between beige and greenish-yellow... another characteristic they have are the concentric layers they are made of.
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Carlos M.
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Posts: 40
Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2011 14:40 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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I'm back again, and with more pics of my collection... hope you like'em
These are from the mining district of Rodeo, Dgo... You know, the famous Navidad mine, famous for its Creedites and pink Fluorites.
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Fluorite (pink)
Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
83x60x23mm |
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Creedite
Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
140x70x74mm |
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Chalcedony (stalactitic)
Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
78x73x73mm |
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Creedite (blackish for inclusions of Manganese oxides)
Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
67x82x76mm |
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42833 Time(s) |
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Creedite (Cluster of spiny balls)
Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
150x97x85mm |
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Creedite (radial aggregates) on green Fluorite
Navidad mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
78x75x40mm
This is very rare, just a few came out from the mine. Fortunnately I have two of them hehe |
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Carlos M.
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Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2011 15:08 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Some Santa Eulalia's
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Mimetite w/ Calcite
Mina El Potosí, Fco. Portillo, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
72x55x44mm |
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Rhodochrosite
Mina El Potosí, Fco. Portillo, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
74x57x42mm |
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"Cactus Calcite"
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
85x76x70mm |
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42819 Time(s) |
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Mimetite
Mina El Potosí, Fco. Portillo, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
82x73x55mm |
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Aragonite
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
100x86x75mm |
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Carlos M.
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Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2011 15:19 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Amethyst from Veracruz
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Amethyst druse
Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico
93x49x68mm Primary Xl 30mm long |
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Drusy pale Amethyst xls on Epidote carpet
Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Mun. de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico
90x55x72mm
One of my favorites |
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Carlos M.
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2011 15:32 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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San Luis Potosí minerals
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Danburite cluster
Mina La Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
90x110x73mm Prime xl 90mm long |
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Datolite
Mina La Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
105x55x30mm |
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Stibiconite (pseudomorph after Stibnite)
Mina San José de Tierras Negras, Catorce, San Luís Potosí, Mexico
110x77x75mm |
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Carlos M.
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Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2011 17:52 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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A couple of minerals from los Lamentos, Chihuahua.
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Wulfenite xls on Calcite
Mina La Erupción-Ahumada, Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
84x37x45mm Bigger xls 12 -13mm |
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42768 Time(s) |
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Endlichite w/ Vanadinite (orange velvety)
Mina La Erupción-Ahumada, Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
95x88x73mm |
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42733 Time(s) |
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Carlos M.
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Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2011 18:25 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Vanadinite xls on matrix with minor Calcite
Mina San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico
77x56x50mm xls about 3 to 5mm |
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42766 Time(s) |
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Apophyllite-(KF) (pink)
Mina Sabinas, San Martín, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
70x42x47mm |
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42699 Time(s) |
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Calcite (dogtooth) with Chalcopyrite
Mina Bismark, Ascención, Chihuahua, Mexico
86x52x67mm |
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42745 Time(s) |
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Smithsonite (cobaltian)
Mina el Refugio, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
85x43x40mm |
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42742 Time(s) |
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Opal
Mina La Carbonera, Tequisquiapán, Querétaro, Mexico
84x82x68mm |
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42722 Time(s) |
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Stibnite with Boulangerite
Mina San Martín, San Martín, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
93x74x76mm. |
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42711 Time(s) |
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Boulangerite on Calcite matrix
Mina Noche Buena, Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico
87x80x66mm |
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42721 Time(s) |
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Carlos M.
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Location: Torreòn, Coah.
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| Posted: Aug 16, 2011 21:24 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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Hi again friends
At last and after all these days, I could take more pics of my collection.
Hope you like them.
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Mimetite, Calcite
Mina Potosí, Santa Eulalia, Chiahuahua
72mm x 50mm x 43mm |
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42107 Time(s) |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Aug 17, 2011 02:22 Post subject: Re: Collection Of Carlos M. |
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| Carlos M. wrote: | Mimetite, Calcite
Mina Potosí, Santa Eulalia, Chiahuahua
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Hi Carlos !
You forgot the size units this time. I guess they must be millimeters, or are they centimeters, meters, inches, feet...?
Thanks for your posting here.
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