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Tobi · Posted: May 11, 2013 05:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

This one is dedicated to my favourite mineral and its numerous localites here in Germany:

Ru Smith · Joined: 13 Oct 2012 Posts: 362

These are very well done. How about adding an unobtrusive scale?

prcantos · Posted: May 12, 2013 06:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

Hi, Tobi. You have not only a 'collection', but a wonderful 'museum' ! Congratulations!

Tobi · Posted: May 12, 2013 07:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

Ru, sorry that there is no scale. But i consider this collages as an artwork i don't want to add too much text that could distract the view from the minerals.

And Pablo, thank you! But my collection is not a museum, quantity AND quality are not enough for that comparison ;-) Nevertheless i love to present it that way. The next one is about minerals from MOROCCO:

Tobi · Posted: May 12, 2013 08:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

And the last one for this weekend - Minerals from the UNITED STATES:

Tobi · Posted: Jun 14, 2013 11:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

Once more a German fluorite classic from an old Black Forest locality. The Hesselbach Mine which produced large green and blue clusters of fluorite was closed during the 1950s, and thus specimens from that mine are hard to get, even on the German market. This specimen has a vibrant green colour that changes depending on the source of light.

Tobi · Posted: Jun 16, 2013 04:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

Galena from the U.S.:

Carles Millan · Posted: Jun 16, 2013 04:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

Tobi · Posted: Jun 16, 2013 13:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

Carles,

i don't know if i can take better photos, but i'll try and if the result is ok i will post them. But first a new picture of an old specimen after some trimming - hemimorphite from China:

Tobi · Posted: Jun 17, 2013 02:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

A slightly better picture of the Black Forest fluorite (really hard to capture, this specimens looks a lot more impressive in person):

Tobi · Posted: Jun 21, 2013 04:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

Tobi · Posted: Jun 25, 2013 15:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

A quartz specimen from Germany
(Photo by previous owner Danny Axel Michel)

Tobi · Posted: Jun 28, 2013 09:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

I tried to make my own photos of that quartz specimen, but it's not easy to capture this specimen. In person, it looks more attractive than in this picture ;-)

Tobi · Posted: Jun 28, 2013 09:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi

Easier to shoot than the quartz above - melanite from Mali:

Antonio Alcaide · Site Admin Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 314 Location: Spain

Nice contrasting specimen with the andradites on its matrix. If I am not wrong, it is not very common to see them on it -from Kayes I mean-.

Cheers

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