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Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

I am a Canadian collector new to this forum. Over the past few weeks I have enjoyed viewing the collection pictures posted by other forum members and would like to share a few pictures of my collection as well.

Here is a nice example of Tennantite from the famous Tsumeb Mine. The largest of the crystals is 2 cm.

Any recommendations to improve my posts would be appreciated.

Carles Millan · Posted: Mar 11, 2012 16:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Joseph D'Oliveira

Joseph,

Be welcome to the FMF Collection photos and Collector's page. I'm sure your photos will be very appreciated.

A nice Tsumeb tennantite.

Please, keep posting.

Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

Thank you Carles, I will try to post a few more over the next few days.

Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

Large leaf of native silver from the historical silver mining district of Cobalt, Ontario, Canada.
The leaf weighs 331 grams.

Joaquin Montoro · Joined: 25 Nov 2010 Posts: 225 Location: Murcia (Spain)

Excellent silver! Thanks for sharing.

Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

Large scalenohedral calcite with minor limestone and iridescent chalcopyrite from the Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA.

Jordi Fabre · Posted: Mar 13, 2012 05:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Joseph D'Oliveira

Joseph,

Please try again to upload the image of the Calcite that you tried to upload yesterday, it should work now.

Yesterday we uploaded a "Spell Check" and a "Gogle plus" (+1) in FMF - English and it seems were created some unexpected minor troubles. Antonio Alcaide will publish soon a short text comenting these new features and how they works...

We also fixed your FMF Gallery. It didn't work before due your user name "D'Oliveira" (by the apostrophe), but is working now! ;-)

Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

That apostrophe has caused me more grief in the computer age than you would know. I deal with issues related to it on a regular basis.

Thanks Jordi

Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

Scalenohedral calcite

Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

A flat plate of octahedral pyrite crystals from the Morococha Mine, showing flattened, striated terminations on the octahedral crystals.

Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

A nice cabinet sized red quartz specimen from the 2nd Sovietsky Mine, Dal'Negorsk, Russia. The well terminated quartz crystals are partially coated with white druzy quartz and sit on a thick matrix of sphalerite.

Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

Interesting plate of wulfenite on mimetite from The San Francisco Mine in Mexico. The transparent, bladed crystals show a variety of modifications to the terminations.

Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

Chalcopyrite crystals to 8mm interspersed on "poker chip" calcite crystals.

Tobi · Posted: Mar 17, 2012 11:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Joseph D'Oliveira

SPECTACULAR samples of red quartz from Dal'Negorsk and San Francisco Mine wulfenite! Very impressive!

Joseph DOliveira · Joined: 29 Jan 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Hanmer, Ontario

Thank you Tobias,
I have a small collection which I limit to 300 specimens, these two pieces represent some of the better pieces that I have.

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