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Posted: Dec 11, 2008 17:26 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Posted: Dec 14, 2008 12:30 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Azurite
Diverging crystals to 45 mm in length, some doubly terminated. Overall size: 68 mm x 48 mm. Weight: 80g.
Touissit Mine, Ouijda, Morocco.
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Posted: Dec 14, 2008 16:10 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Bournonite, pyrite Mina Mercedes, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco, Peru 78 mm × 44 mm × 20 mm |
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Bournonite, pyrite Mina Mercedes, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco, Peru 78 mm × 44 mm × 20 mm
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Posted: Dec 19, 2008 15:34 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Pyrite Mina 'Ampliación a Victoria', Sierra de Alcarama, Navajún, Rioja, Spain 170 mm x 160 mm |
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Posted: Dec 20, 2008 08:09 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Calcite Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA 195 mm x 110 mm |
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Posted: Dec 20, 2008 08:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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lots of specimens from Elmwood!
Do you know if there are some twinned fluorite at Elmwood mine?
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Posted: Dec 20, 2008 11:05 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Posted: Dec 20, 2008 11:14 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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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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Posted: Dec 20, 2008 16:03 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Posted: Dec 21, 2008 14:56 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Posted: Dec 22, 2008 15:38 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Wulfenite Mina 'Teresita', in the Montcada i Reixac/Sant Fost de Campsentelles area, in the vicinity of Barcelona, Catalonia 28 mm long x 27 mm wide x 14 mm thick |
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Posted: Dec 22, 2008 15:45 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Wulfenite, fluorite, mimetite? Mina 'Teresita', in the Montcada i Reixac/Sant Fost de Campsentelles area, in the vicinity of Barcelona, Catalonia 38 mm x 20 mm |
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Posted: Dec 22, 2008 15:50 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Wulfenite Mina 'Teresita', in the Montcada i Reixac/Sant Fost de Campsentelles area, in the vicinity of Barcelona, Catalonia 33 mm x 29 mm |
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Posted: Dec 22, 2008 16:00 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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.
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Wulfenite, fluorite Mina 'Teresita', in the Montcada i Reixac/Sant Fost de Campsentelles area, in the vicinity of Barcelona, Catalonia 34 mm x 23 mm
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Posted: Dec 23, 2008 15:20 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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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 Montjuďc, a mountain park in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia. No commercial value, but it may be interesting for local collectors.
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Goethite ("limonite") Montjuďc, a mountain park in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia 76 mm x 37 mm |
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