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[Linda Smith]

Well I have taken a few more photos and hopefully these are okay. I am learning how to use my new camera. This specimen is 7cm x 5.5cm.

[Linda Smith]

Another from my collection. This a specimen from Shigar Valley, Pakistan and 8cm x 7cm

[Linda Smith]

This was purchased on my trip to China and is 8cm x 5cm. I reminds me of a hedgehog.

[Linda Smith]

My husband gave me a subscription to the "Mineral of the Month Club" for Christmas the last 3 years. This was one of my first specimens. It is 3cm x 6cm and is from the Crystal Peak Area, Teller, CO.

[Linda Smith]

This a favorite of mine. I like gypsum and this was a beautiful and delicate specimen that I purchased at a mineral symposia and show. It is 10cm x 6cm

[Gail]

Thank you SO much for sharing your wonderful minerals!

[Linda St-Cyr]

Thank you for the photos! I'm on the way to Tucson now - very excited - looking forward to meeting lots of people and lots of rocks.

[Linda Smith]

Trying to play catch up after Tucson. Here is one of the Mexican minerals I picked up.

[Pete Modreski]

Thanks for sharing the pictures, Linda.

I always love those apatites from Cerro de Mercado. Aside from being such nice gemmy crystals, the deposit is very unusual--crystalline hematite (martite) and apatite in vuggy ore associated with volcanic rock. (I've never been there, but it would be a neat place to visit--I'm certain Peter Megaw has been there!)

And, it was nice meeting you in Tucson too.

Pete

P.S., notice, I'm being totally anachronististic here and just calling it "apatite"--instead of being more proper with fluorapatite or (heaven forbid) apatite-(CaF) (grin).

[Linda Smith]

Thanks Pete for the comments and the info. I too would love to go. Who knows, maybe one day. By the way, it was great meeting you in Tucson and am sorry I didn't get to your booth during the main show. I am afraid I developed a case of ADD. too much to see and too many directions.

[Gail]

So Linda, what's new in your collection???? Got time to post a few things?

[Linda Smith]

Well, it has been a while but here are a couple of favorites of mine.
This is from Morenci and collected by a good friend of mine. It measures 7cm by 6 cm and the crystals are mm to .5 cm in size.

[Linda Smith]

Another new acquisition is a 1.5 cm crystalline gold specimen from the DeMaria-Garbe Mine, Michigan Bluff Mining District, Placer County, California. This is a pre-1950 specimen out of the DeMaria Collection. I love the mm sized quartz crystal in the middle of the "bow tie"

[jimB]

Hello and welcome Linda,
It is wonderful to see a collector as yourself make the transition from mineral of the month to posting photographs of serious minerals on a site such as Jordi's. This is rare, in my experience. Now, stretch your own envelope! Again, welcome.

[Linda Smith]

Thank you Jim.

[garchin]

Hi Linda,

I like your gold with quartz wrapped in '81 papers. Very cool contrast!
Had that mine been closed?
What operating localities could equal this piece nowadays?

Cheers, Gar

[Gail]

Linda, please add some more of your wonderful pieces on here??? Thanks!

[Linda Smith]

Hi Gail,
I will add some photos in the next few days.

Linda

[Jimmylarry]

linda your collection is really nice i like it and colors are awesome..


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[Tobi]

Hi Linda,

even though the gold specimen was posted long time ago: Great one!

Tobi