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[Ed Huskinson]

Holy cow John !!!!!!

Even though I am not supposed to browse and graze at work, I couldn't resist. What fun to scroll through your garden of earthly delights !!!!!

I particularly like the Wheatley Mine pyromorphite. And the Mt Pleasant wavellite as well.

Say, is the CaCO3 from the Thomasville Quarry an interpenetrant twin? Maybe not, as you didn't put it in your 'Twins" division. It just looks like it to me. Killer rock, regardless of nomenclature/classification.

The apophyllite & prehnite from the Fairfax Quarry is also outstanding, (Let's face it, they're all outstanding)

And your crazy quartzes are especially entertaining, particularly the Minaret. I also like the Waziristan faden ON MATRIX (!!) There're not a lot of those around.

Thanks for sharing. The work you put into this shows through - one can see how much you must have enjoyed building this presentation to share with everyone. Again, many thank-you's.

Saludos desde Shafter Texas.

Ed

[John S. White]

Hi Ed:

Such nice comments coming from you are especially appreciated. The calcite is indeed twinned, but it is a contact twin on C, like so many of the Elmwood calcites are twinned. It is not in my twin collection because it is on matrix and too large. My twin collection consists essentially of floater twins, sans matrix.

Best,

John

[John Medici]

John, I enjoyed seeing the posted collection - very interesting and unusual pieces! Single crystals/"floaters" and quartz are two favorites of mine also. We all look forward to seeing more!

[Ibattletherattle]

Wow!

What a true inspiration you are! These are beautiful. I love how so many of them are portrayed in their natural form. It give's the beginner such as myself something to aspire to. Did you collect all the specimens yourself or did it involve trading and purchasing as well?

Congrats on such a marvelous work of art!

Kerri

[John S. White]

It would be quite impossible for anyone to collect such a diversity of specimens from so many places around the world by himself. Nearly all were purchased, some were gifts.