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John Jaszczak

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Posted: Jan 21, 2012 17:26 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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One of several isles of the systematic minerals gallery. These give a bit of a perspective.
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John Jaszczak

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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 23:41 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Elements-
Many of the elements have been put on exhibit now (excluding gold and silver). Here are a few of my favorites.
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Antimony Lake George Antimony mine, New Brunswick, Canada. large cabinet We've shown this before, but I love seeing it on display again. |
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Graphite Franklin, NJ and Merelani, Tanzania cabinet Two of my favorite graphite specimens. Side by side. |
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Spherical Graphite Franklin, New Jersey cabinet This remarkable specimen has spheres of graphite to almost 1 cm across. It is one of the finest such specimens I've seen (and I've looked through the graphite in many of the major museum's in the US and Canada). It is from the E. W. Heinrich collection. |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Jan 27, 2012 00:07 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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This Antimony breaks my mind! ;-)
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John Jaszczak

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Posted: Jan 31, 2012 21:28 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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In the spirit of the Tucson show theme, here are a few Arizona minerals newly on exhibit...
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Linarite Grand Reef Mine, Graham Co., Arizona hand-size |
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Wulfenite Mammoth St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Arizona cabinet |
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John Jaszczak

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Posted: Feb 03, 2012 19:37 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Here are a few miscellaneous goodies from the new systematic exhibit.
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Rhodonite Franklin, New Jersey cabinet |
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Kainosite-Y Bicroft Uranium Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada miniature a remarkably large crystal from the collection of Dr. E. W. Heinrich. |
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Anglesite on Galena Touissit, Morocco cabinet |
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Baryte cabinet Meikle Mine, Barrick, Nevada, USA |
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John Jaszczak

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Posted: Feb 11, 2012 11:56 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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More developments in the systematic gallery: Feldspars, Quartz and other silicates.
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Amethyst Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico cabinet |
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Rose Quartz Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil cabinet |
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yellow-colored quartz Cleora, Colorado, USA (lost locality) cabinet Donated by Donald Gabriel |
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Quartz (variety Herkimer diamonds) Middleville, New York, USA cabinet Donated by the Seaman Mineral Museum Society |
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John Jaszczak

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Posted: Feb 12, 2012 21:18 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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A few miscellaneous silicates...
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Zoisite, variety Tanzanite Merelani district, Tanzania miniature |
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Yugawaralite Toi, Shizuoka, Japan miniature |
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Riccardo Modanesi
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Posted: Feb 13, 2012 08:16 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Hi to everybody!
I saw the graphite specimens from Merelani Tanzania. On the specimen shown on the right side I saw some beautiful and interesting green crystals. What mineral is it? Calcite too or...? I don't think it is just calcite and nothing else! But those crystals are very nice!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.
_________________ Hi! I'm a collector of minerals since 1973 and a gemmologist. On Summer I always visit mines and quarries all over Europe looking for minerals! Ok, there is time to tell you much much more! Greetings from Italy by Riccardo. |
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John Jaszczak

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Posted: Feb 13, 2012 08:28 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Hi Riccardo,
I'm sorry I forgot to include the details about the Merelani specimen.
The primary mineral of interest is gemmy diopside. You can see a close up of the
diopside crystals on an earlier page of this thread. The white crystals are mesolite with laumontite (verified by Raman and EDS). The pocket that produced these specimens
also contains gem-quality tremolite, pale zoisite, and lovely pale blue apatite; as well as small crystals of pyrite, siderite, chabazite, and gypsum. Surprisingly- no calcite.
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Posted: Mar 01, 2012 23:20 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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The color of the carbonate exhibit is just wonderful. It keeps catching my attention.
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Rhodochrosite N'Chwaning Mine, South Africa small cabinet |
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John Jaszczak

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Posted: Mar 01, 2012 23:25 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Systematic Specimen Sampling
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Bastnasite-(Ce) north of Khyber Pass, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan small cabinet |
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Beryl (var. Aquamarine) Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil cabinet |
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Shattuckite Kaokoveld Mine, Namibia cabinet |
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Posted: Mar 03, 2012 09:53 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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This remarkable Wulfenite will be in one of the Mineral Forming Environment exhibits.
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Wulfenite San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico large cabinet |
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Posted: Mar 03, 2012 10:08 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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John: The quality of the collection at Michigan Tech continues to overwhelm. I am in awe of this collection as well as the beautiful facility that has been created in which to show it off. Please keep the great images coming.
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Posted: Mar 03, 2012 13:42 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Thank you John. George and Susan are doing an amazing job now of setting up the Mineral Forming Environments gallery. It is going to be really interesting! Here is some of the prep work.
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One of four isles of displays to feature mineral forming environments. |
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An exhibit of preparation on skarn minerals. |
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