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PostPosted: Sep 27, 2011 14:28    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Hi Carles,

i suppose 1274 grams of assembled pyrite crystals are quite fragile ... How do you prevent this specimen from breaking apart? Is it fixed somehow? Or does the polycyanoacrylate make it stable?

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PostPosted: Sep 27, 2011 14:59    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Tobias Martin wrote:
i suppose 1274 grams of assembled pyrite crystals are quite fragile ... How do you prevent this specimen from breaking apart? Is it fixed somehow? Or does the polycyanoacrylate make it stable?

I do nothing at all to prevent it from breaking. People at the mine have much experience with polycyanoacrylate, and are using a special kind of this glue that supports, they say, up to 300 kg/cm², which is a lot. For several years this pyrite had been standing in my showcase in the least stable position, only one cube in contact with the base, the others directed upwards, as you can see in the photo below, without any problem of breaking apart and dropping. However, it is currently resting in a much more stable horizontal position, as seen above.

But 1274 g is nothing compared with the 3.9 kg that this other very similar specimen weighs, also in my collection: https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=2789#2789

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2775M-pyrite.jpg
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Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria mine, Sierra de Alcarama, Navajún, Rioja, Spain
160 mm x 130 mm x 85 mm

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PostPosted: Sep 29, 2011 05:44    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Aegirine, orthoclase

Huge aegirine crystal, an octagonal prism complete all around, in a group with orthoclase. Overall size: 89 mm x 78 mm x 70 mm. Main aegirine crystal width: 39 mm. Weight: 525 g.

Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi.

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Aegirine, orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
89 mm x 78 mm x 70 mm
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Aegirine, orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
89 mm x 78 mm x 70 mm
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Aegirine, orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
89 mm x 78 mm x 70 mm
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2011 14:30    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Powellite, stilbite

Polysynthetic translucent colorless powellite crystal sitting on a brown matrix of stilbite. Overall size: 63 mm x 59 mm x 46 mm. Powellite crystal: 37 mm tall, 30 mm on edge. Weight: 164 g.

Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India.

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6644M-powellite2.jpg
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Powellite, stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
63 mm x 59 mm x 46 mm
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Powellite, stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
63 mm x 59 mm x 46 mm
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Powellite, stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
63 mm x 59 mm x 46 mm
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PostPosted: Oct 08, 2011 16:06    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Aegirine, orthoclase

Single aegirine crystal with several orthoclase crystals attached. Overall size: 105 mm x 40 mm. Aegirine crystal: 105 mm tall, 15 mm wide. Weight: 140 g.

Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, Malawi.

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8337M-aegirine1.jpg
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Aegirine, orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, Malawi
105 mm x 40 mm
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Aegirine, orthoclase
Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, Malawi
105 mm x 40 mm
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Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, Malawi
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PostPosted: Oct 09, 2011 09:31    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Beautiful as usual!
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PostPosted: Oct 09, 2011 12:19    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Yes, indeed. The pyrite sample: excellent!
( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=19680#19680 )
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PostPosted: Oct 09, 2011 12:27    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Baryte

Group of tabular honey color Baryte crystals on matrix. Extracted in the summer 2008. Overall size: 68 mm x 51 mm. Weight: 149 g.

Cerro Huarihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Department, Peru. A map showing the position of the mineral localities in central Peru is available at https://carlesmillan.cat/min/maps.php

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Baryte
Cerro Huarihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Department, Peru
68 mm x 51 mm

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Cerro Huarihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Department, Peru
68 mm x 51 mm

The color can be somewhat lighter in person. It depends on the illumination.
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PostPosted: Oct 10, 2011 14:18    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Baryte

Cluster of transparent almost colorless tabular Baryte crystals on matrix. Overall size: 56 mm x 53 mm. Major crystal: 22 mm wide, 3 mm thick. Weight: 74 g. No damage.

Cerro Huarihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Department, Peru ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/files/huarihuyn_829.jpg ).

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Baryte
Cerro Huarihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Department, Peru
56 mm x 53 mm
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Cerro Huarihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Department, Peru
56 mm x 53 mm

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PostPosted: Oct 11, 2011 02:21    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Carles Millan wrote:
Baryte
Cluster of transparent almost colorless tabular Baryte crystals on matrix. Overall size: 56 mm x 53 mm. Major crystal: 22 mm wide, 3 mm thick. Weight: 74 g. No damage.
Cerro Huarihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Department, Peru.

I really like.
Congratulations.
See you in Munchen. Enrique Llorens.
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PostPosted: Oct 11, 2011 04:48    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

Enrique Llorens wrote:
I really like. Congratulations. See you in Munchen. Enrique Llorens.

Glad you like it!

However, I must confess that the specimen in those photos seems to be a bit better than it is in person. The blue background changes its visual appearance for the better, since this Baryte is not blue at all, a friend told me privately yesterday. So I'll try later today to get additional pictures with a neutral background and, if successful, I'll replace the current photos by the new ones.

I'm sorry for that, but as everybody knows the opposite is much more frequent. Photos that don't make justice to the specimen au naturel can be found everywhere.
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PostPosted: Oct 11, 2011 08:46    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

Baryte

I'm referring to the post at https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=19958#19958

Somehow I've managed to decrease the intensity of the background blue color and those Baryte photos are now less nice, yet closer to reality. Unfortunately repeating the shots against a white or gray background doesn't produce the same result, it's indeed poorer, so I've finally taken the software approach in order to have the pictures fixed. The old photos have been already replaced by the new ones.
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PostPosted: Oct 11, 2011 16:15    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Wulfenite, mimetite

Yellow to honey color wulfenite crystals showing a tetragonal prismatic habit, accompanied by some mimetite, set upon a matrix of limonite (goethite). From a pocket found in september 2008. Overall size: 58 mm x 45 mm. Largest crystal: 13 mm long. Weight: 73 g.

San Juan Poniente, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico.

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6650M-wulfenite1.jpg
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Wulfenite, mimetite
San Juan Poniente, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
58 mm x 45 mm
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Wulfenite, mimetite
San Juan Poniente, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
58 mm x 45 mm
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6650M-wulfenite3.jpg
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Wulfenite, mimetite
San Juan Poniente, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
58 mm x 45 mm
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PostPosted: Oct 12, 2011 16:03    Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan  

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Anatase, quartz

Group of several anatase crystals set on a small matrix of quartz. Overall size: 35 mm x 31 mm. Main crystal: 19 mm tall. Weight: 12 g. No damage except in the periphery.

Dyrfonni, Viveli, Eidfjord, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway.

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Anatase, quartz
Dyrfonni, Viveli, Eidfjord, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway
35 mm x 31 mm
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Anatase, quartz
Dyrfonni, Viveli, Eidfjord, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway
35 mm x 31 mm
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Anatase, quartz
Dyrfonni, Viveli, Eidfjord, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway
35 mm x 31 mm
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PostPosted: Oct 13, 2011 05:03    Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan  

I must say, Carles, you have a great eye for aesthetics and well as being an excellent photographer. All of your specimens indicate great care in the selection process. I expect that it would be a very pleasing experience if one were able to view your entire collection in person. Thank you for sharing these images with us.
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