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Simone Citon
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Location: Veneto
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Here a good selection, representative of my collection which consists of about 10,000 specimens collected in 40 years of collecting minerals. I hope you enjoy the photos (and the specimens...)!
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Gold
Bucium, Apuseni District, Alba Co., Romania
0,7 cm in length
Crystallized Gold var. Electrum, from a rare locale. |
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Simone Citon
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Location: Veneto
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:25 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Gold and Gold minerals
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Hessite
Botés, Alba Co., Romania
1,6x1,3x1,2 cm
Rounded crystals with Sphalerite and Quartz, from old collection. |
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Simone Citon
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Location: Veneto
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:29 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Gold and Gold minerals.
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Gold
Baia de Arieş (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania
6x4x4 cm
Rare sample of partially crystallized Gold in "gray Quartz", from old collection. |
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Simone Citon
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Location: Veneto
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:38 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Native elements
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Antimony
Matilde mine, La Viñuela, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
5,5x5x4 cm
Large, cleavaged crystals, with a bit of Quartz matrix. Interesting specimen obtained from J. Fabre at the 1987 Munich Mineral Show |
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Simone Citon
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:43 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Native elements
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Bismuth
Schlema Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
4x3,8x2,5 cm
Very rare crystallized Bismuth associated with Erytrite and Dolomite. The main, euhedral crystal is up to 1 cm. |
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Simone Citon
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:47 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Gold and Gold minerals
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Gold
Mina Zapata, Santa Elena de Uairen, Bolívar, Venezuela
1,5 cm in lenght
Hoppered, octahedral crystal, characteristic for the locale. |
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Simone Citon
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:51 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Gold and Gold minerals
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Nagyagite
Sacarîmb ( Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
Up to 1 cm crystal cluster
Very rare "rose" of Nagyagite, associated with Rhodochrosite and Quartz, from old collection. |
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Simone Citon
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:56 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Gold and Gold minerals
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Calaverite, Gold
Calaveras County, California, USA
3,7x2x2 cm
Pale yellow, small, striated Calaverite crystals with intense yellow Gold in compact Quartz matrix. Interesting specimen, ex Eugene Carmichael Collection. |
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 10:23 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Your amazing specimens introduce you perfectly, Simone. Our warmest welcome.
Please, read this link to add several pictures in a single message. Thank you.
Regards
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Simone Citon
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Location: Veneto
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| Posted: Jul 01, 2013 05:59 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Native elements
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Copper
Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
3,5x2,5x1,5 cm
Crystallized, sculptural Copper. |
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Simone Citon
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Location: Veneto
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| Posted: Jul 01, 2013 06:02 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Gold and Gold minerals
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Gold
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
5x4x1,5 cm
Gold in Quartz, with Sphalerite, from old classic locale. |
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Simone Citon
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| Posted: Jul 01, 2013 06:08 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Diamond
Golconda Mines, Golconda, Hyderabad District, Andhra Pradesh, India
4 and 3 mm
Two rare sample form very antique origin. |
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Simone Citon
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| Posted: Jul 01, 2013 06:11 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Moschellandsbergite
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5 mm
A 5 mm group of crystallized Moschellandsbergite associated with Cinnabar, from old classic locale. |
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Simone Citon
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| Posted: Jul 01, 2013 06:37 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Gold and Gold minerals
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Gold
Baia de Aries (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania
8,5x6x2,5 cm
A large plate quite rich in crystallized Gold for the old locale. |
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Simone Citon
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| Posted: Jul 01, 2013 07:07 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Gold and Gold minerals
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Gold
Baia de Aries (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania
1,5 cm
Nicely crystallized 1,5 area of Gold in Quartz. |
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gemlover
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
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Location: Easley, SC
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| Posted: Jul 01, 2013 09:29 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Very nice samples. These are beautiful.
John
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David
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Location: Bucharest
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| Posted: Jul 01, 2013 11:13 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Compliments from Romania!
Your Romanian minerals are amazing!
By the way, did you visited the Museum of Gold in Brad Romania? Your gold crystals remind me of it.
Your hessite is also wonderful.
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Simone Citon
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Location: Veneto
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| Posted: Jul 03, 2013 05:49 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Gold and Gold minerals
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Gold
Bucium, Apuseni District, Alba Co., Romania
1,5 cm in lenght
Nice crystallized Gold from rare old locale. |
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Gold
Roşia Montană (Verespatak), Alba Co., Romania
1,5 cm Gold area
Crystalline, leaf shaped Gold in matrix, characteristic for the old mine. |
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Hessite
Botés, Alba Co., Romania
1,7x1,2x1 cm
Elongated, up to 0,7 cm, rounded, lustrous crystals with minor Quartz. From old collection. |
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Nagyagite
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
6x5x3 cm
Large sheets of Nagyagite in Rhodochrosite matrix, from old collection. |
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Simone Citon
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Location: Veneto
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| Posted: Jul 03, 2013 08:30 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Hi David. Thank you very much for your congratulations, very well-accepted. Brad no, but I visited Museums in Freiberg, Vienna, Praga, all with wonderful Gold and tellurides samples expecially from Romania. These of mine are just an idea...However I've some other good specimen, hope you enjoy it.
Simone Citon
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Roger Warin
Joined: 23 Jan 2013
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| Posted: Jul 03, 2013 09:16 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection |
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Wowww ! Amazing collection and ever the better choice.
Roger.
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