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[Carles Millan]

Pyrite

Two intergrown pyritohedral pyrite crystals. Overall size: 49 mm x 44 mm. Weight: 180 g. Field collected in 1966 by Francesc Coma i Molist, former curator of the Folch collection.

Ambasaguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain.

Photos copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited. Creative Commons Attribution Licence - Some Rights Reserved.

[Carles Millan]

Azurite

Diverging crystals to 45 mm in length, some doubly terminated. Overall size: 68 mm x 48 mm. Weight: 80g.

Touissit Mine, Ouijda, Morocco.

Photos by The Arkenstone.

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Description:	Azurite Touissit Mine, Ouijda, Morocco 68 mm x 48 mm
Viewed:	186073 Time(s)

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Description:	Azurite Touissit Mine, Ouijda, Morocco 68 mm x 48 mm Close-up view
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Description:	Azurite Touissit Mine, Ouijda, Morocco 68 mm x 48 mm Close-up view
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[Carles Millan]

Bournonite, pyrite

Tabular cogwheel twinned bournonite crystals with groups of small, very bright, pyritohedral crystals of pyrite. Overall size: 78 mm × 44 mm × 20 mm. Main crystal size: 9 mm × 8 mm. Weight: 89 g. Ex-Josep Amigó (b.1924, d.2008) collection.

Mina Mercedes, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco, Peru.

Fabre Minerals photos (retouched to remove the support).

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Description:	Bournonite, pyrite Mina Mercedes, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco, Peru 78 mm × 44 mm × 20 mm
Viewed:	186058 Time(s)

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Description:	Bournonite, pyrite Mina Mercedes, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco, Peru 78 mm × 44 mm × 20 mm Also published at "Fabre Minerals Reference Specimens - The Silvane Collection" http://www.fabreminerals.com/specimens/RSSLV-silvane-notable-specimens.php#AL66M6
Viewed:	186284 Time(s)

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[Carles Millan]

Pyrite

Undamaged cubic {100} crystal on a matrix of marlstone. Overall size: 170 mm x 160 mm. Crystal edge size: 63 mm. Weight: 2.25 kg.

Mina 'Ampliación a Victoria', Sierra de Alcarama, Navajún, Rioja, Spain.

Photos copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited and the image not modified. Creative Commons Attribution Licence - Some Rights Reserved.

[Carles Millan]

Calcite

Huge scalenohedral calcite crystal on a small limestone matrix, near 20 cm tall. Complete all around, undamaged. Overall specimen size: 195 mm x 110 mm. Weight: 1.446 kg. Ex-José Cabré collection.

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA.

This specimen is no longer part of my collection.

Photos copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited and the image not modified. Creative Commons Attribution Licence - Some Rights Reserved.

[parfaitelumiere]

lots of specimens from Elmwood!
Do you know if there are some twinned fluorite at Elmwood mine?

[Carles Millan]

Hi!

I own some more specimens from Elmwood/Gordonsville, up to ten, because it's one of my preferences.

For twinned fluorites you can go to Mindat at https://www.mindat.org/photosearch.php and define

Mineral name: Fluorite
Region: Elmwood
Keywords in Description: twinned

But I have none.

[Carles Millan]

Fluorite, sphalerite, dolomite

Very aesthetic group of fluorite cubic {100} crystals with several sphalerite crystals on a matrix of crystallized dolomite. Undamaged. Overall size: 98 mm x 80 mm x 50 mm. Fluorite main crystal edge: 17 mm long. Weight: 293 g.

Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA.

Photo by The Collector's Edge.

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Description:	Fluorite, sphalerite, dolomite Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA 98 mm x 80 mm x 50 mm
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[Carles Millan]

Pyrite

Ten cube pyrite group {100}. Overall size: 195 mm x 170 mm x 148 mm. Longest edge: 55 mm. Weight: 3.9 kg. Extracted in 1984-1985. Most of the crystals had to be reattached in the original position since in that deposit they usually become loose when extracted.

Sierra de Alcarama, Navajún, Rioja, Spain.

Photos copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited. Creative Commons Attribution License - Some Rights Reserved.

[Carles Millan]

Pyrite

Group of intergrown cubic {100} pyrite crystals showing pyritohedral {210} faces. Overall size: 70 mm x 55 mm. Longest edge: 40 mm. Weight: 480 g. Field collected in 1966 by Francesc Coma Molist, former curator of the Folch collection.

Ambasaguas, Muro de Aguas, Rioja, Spain.

This specimen is no longer part of my collection.

Photos copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited. Creative Commons Attribution Licence - Some Rights Reserved.

[Carles Millan]

Wulfenite

Wulfenite lenticular crystal. Size: 28 mm long x 27 mm wide x 14 mm thick. Weight: 27 g. It has some interest only for local collectors. Acquired from the shop 'Museu Areny' in Barcelona for €0.18 (about €6 adjusted for today's value) in 1962, so we can say the specimen had been field collected before that year.

Mina 'Teresita', in the Montcada i Reixac/Sant Fost de Campsentelles area, in the vicinity of Barcelona, Catalonia.

This specimen is no longer part of my collection.

Photo copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited. Creative Commons Attribution Licence - Some Rights Reserved.

[Carles Millan]

Wulfenite, fluorite, mimetite?

Wulfenite tabular crystals with fluorite, and acicular crystals of mimetite(?). Size: 38 mm tall x 20 mm wide. Weight: 27 g. Joaquim Folch said this was the kind of crystals that were found in the beginning of the works. It has some interest only for local collectors. Acquired in 1966 from Francesc Coma i Molist, former curator of the Folch collection.

Mina 'Teresita', in the Montcada i Reixac/Sant Fost de Campsentelles area, in the vicinity of Barcelona, Catalonia.

This specimen is no longer part of my collection.

Photos copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited. Creative Commons Attribution Licence - Some Rights Reserved.

[Carles Millan]

Wulfenite

Wulfenite irregular crystals on fluorite. Overall size: 33 mm x 29 mm. It has some interest only for local collectors. Acquired by trade from a friend in 1966, so we can say the specimen had been field collected before that year.

Mina 'Teresita', in the Montcada i Reixac/Sant Fost de Campsentelles area, in the vicinity of Barcelona, Catalonia.

This specimen is no longer part of my collection.

Photo copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited. Creative Commons Attribution Licence - Some Rights Reserved.

[Carles Millan]

Wulfenite, fluorite

Wulfenite lenticular crystals with fluorite. Overall size: 34 mm x 23 mm. It has some interest only for local collectors. Ex-Joaquim Folch collection. From the description of the vendor: "Excellent miniature, very representative of this rare variety that is an intermediate member of the Wulfenite-Stolzite series. From a Catalan classic locality close to Barcelona. Crystals show a lenticular appereance."

Mina 'Teresita', in the Montcada i Reixac/Sant Fost de Campsentelles area, in the vicinity of Barcelona, Catalonia.

This specimen is no longer in my collection.

Fabre Minerals photo.

[Carles Millan]

Goethite (limonite)

Goethite after cubic pyrite, also known as limonite. Size: 76 mm x 37 mm. Weight: 80 g.

Field collected by myself in 1962 in Montjuïc, a mountain park in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia. No commercial value, but it may be interesting for local collectors.

Photo copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited. Creative Commons Attribution Licence - Some Rights Reserved.