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Tobi
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 Posted: Jun 21, 2013 04:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Very nice Picher Galena. Great aesthetics. I really like it! I believe you'll be able to improve the previous owner's photo.Congratulations! |
Here are my own photos ... but they're not like Jeff Scovil's ... ;-)
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Galena and marcasite on dolomite
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Oklahoma, USA
Specimen size 10 cm, largest galena ~ 3 cm |
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Galena and marcasite on dolomite
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Oklahoma, USA
Specimen size 10 cm, largest galena ~ 3 cm |
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Galena and marcasite on dolomite
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Oklahoma, USA
Specimen size 10 cm, largest galena ~ 3 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 25, 2013 15:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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A quartz specimen from Germany
(Photo by previous owner Danny Axel Michel)
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Quartz
Johannes Mine, Göpfersgrün, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany
Specimen width 8 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 09:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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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 ;-)
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Quartz
Johannes Mine, Göpfersgrün, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany
Specimen width 8 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 09:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Easier to shoot than the quartz above - melanite from Mali:
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Andradite var. Melanite
Arrondissement Diako, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region, Mali
Specimen size 10 cm |
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2013 10:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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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-.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 29, 2013 06:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Antonio Alcaide wrote: | | 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. |
Your're right, most specimens are floaters without contrasting matrix. I'm glad to have this specimen where really good dark melanite crystals sit on grey matrix.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 29, 2013 14:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimens - better photos:
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Wulfenite
Stefanie Mine, Bad Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria
Specimen size 6,5 cm |
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Fluorite
Berta Quarry, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Specimen height 7,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 09, 2013 09:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Classic specimen from an old locality in Siegerland/Germany - a cuboctahedral galena crystal on matrix from Grube Große Burg ("Large Castle Mine"):
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Galena
Große Burg Mine, Altenseelbach, Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Specimen size 4 cm
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Jul 09, 2013 19:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Classic specimen from an old locality in Siegerland/Germany - a cuboctahedral galena crystal on matrix from Grube Große Burg ("Large Castle Mine"): |
NICE!!
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jul 09, 2013 22:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | 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 ;-) |
I don't know what you mean, Tobi. It looks pretty attractive to me ;-)
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jul 09, 2013 22:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Easier to shoot than the quartz above - melanite from Mali: |
This is a very nice specimen, Tobi
Don
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 10, 2013 08:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thank you, guys :-)
Don, even if you consider it attractive on this photo - it is even much more pretty in person ;-)
As addition, just for fun, the label i made for the galena when i added it to my collection:
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Mineral: Black ink on paper matrix
Locality: Tobi's printer, Marburg, Germany
Dimensions: 40 x 25 x 0,1 mm
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2013 08:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen - but a quite cool macro worth posting:
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Mimetite
Haus Baden Mine, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Field of view 3,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 12, 2013 09:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Ettringite from South Africa:
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Ettringite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Specimen size 4,5 cm, largest crystal 1,5 cm
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Roger Warin
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| Posted: Jul 12, 2013 10:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Nice specimen. do you have a sturmanite photo?
Roger.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 12, 2013 14:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Roger Warin wrote: | | Nice specimen. do you have a sturmanite photo? Roger. |
No Roger, i have no sturmanite photo. What do you exactly mean? If i can show one? If i need one? Or do you think this is sturmanite instead of ettringite?
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I can only offer a detail picture of the ettringite specimen above:
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Ettringite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Largest crystal 1,5 cm, FOV 2 cm |
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Roger Warin
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| Posted: Jul 12, 2013 16:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Tobi
No, there is no doubt about the identification of ettringite. I just thought that you had the opportunity to get a sturmanite from Black Rock Mine. There is a similarity between these minerals, although sturmanite is red-brown and often less prismatic.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2013 05:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi Roger, i have no opportunity to get a picture of a sturmanite from Black Rock Mine. Well, of course i can GET one - but i can't MAKE one on my own because i don't have such a specimen ;-)
Here's an old specimen with more and better photos, a mimetite from Badenweiler, Schwarzwald, Germany. It's the same specimen as on the detail picture above:
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Mimetite
Haus Baden Mine, Sehringen, Badenweiler Pb mining District, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Specimen size 10 cm |
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Mimetite
Haus Baden Mine, Sehringen, Badenweiler Pb mining District, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Specimen height 10 cm
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2013 06:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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And the specimen above is also part of a NEW COLLAGE:
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Minerals from Black Forest localities
Black Forest, Germany
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 16, 2013 10:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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And one more collage with German minerals:
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| Mineras from Bavaria, Germany |
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