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Pierre Joubert
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Location: Western Cape
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 Posted: May 25, 2014 05:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Hi Xiao-dong, fantastic specimens and even better photography. Delightful! Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Jordi Fabre
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Location: Barcelona
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| Posted: May 25, 2014 05:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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I agree with all comments, excellent specimens and photos!
Just two minor comments, please no website marks "encrusted" on the photos, if you want you can locate it in the "File Comment" but not in the photo. Thank you.
Later on I will fix the photos you already downloaded removing these website marks.
Also, please check the point 8 of the A general guide for using the Forum with some rules and tips and try to group the photos instead to publish one photo in each post:
8.-) You can include up to 15 photos or images within each message. To see how to add photos and how to include up to 15 photos/images in a single message follow this link
Thank you again and congratulations again for your collection (and photos ;-)
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xdxucn
Joined: 24 May 2014
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: May 25, 2014 06:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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| Jordi Fabre wrote: | I agree with all comments, excellent specimens and photos!
Just two minor comments, please no website marks "encrusted" on the photos, if you want you can locate it in the "File Comment" but not in the photo. Thank you.
Later on I will fix the photos you already downloaded removing these website marks.
Also, please check the point 8 of the A general guide for using the Forum with some rules and tips and try to group the photos instead to publish one photo in each post:
8.-) You can include up to 15 photos or images within each message. To see how to add photos and how to include up to 15 photos/images in a single message follow this link
Thank you again and congratulations again for your collection (and photos ;-) |
Thanks for helping me to remove those website marks. Cause I cannot edit my posts, otherwise I'll do it myself.
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Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: May 25, 2014 10:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Excellent collection and photography !!!
Don
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xdxucn
Joined: 24 May 2014
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: May 25, 2014 22:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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A floater cluster of kutnohorite crystals sprays. Small but beautiful.
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Kutnohorite
Wessels Mine, North Cape Province, South Africa
3.5 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm |
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Kutnohorite
Wessels Mine, North Cape Province, South Africa
3.5 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm |
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Mark Randle
Joined: 14 Dec 2013
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Location: Alexander County, NC
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| Posted: Jun 02, 2014 01:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Thank you for sharing these. You have a very good specimen eye and are doing some professional photography with them as well. Much enjoyed.
Mark
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xdxucn
Joined: 24 May 2014
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Jun 07, 2014 20:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Calcite with Pyrite and Hematite
Dog-tooth calcite crystals growing like a cactus, with red hematite and shiny pyrite on each tip. 360 degree viewable.
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Calcite with Pyrite and Hematite
Da Ye, Hu Bei Province, China
8 x 7 x 5.5 cm |
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xdxucn
Joined: 24 May 2014
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Jun 07, 2014 20:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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| Mark Randle wrote: | Thank you for sharing these. You have a very good specimen eye and are doing some professional photography with them as well. Much enjoyed.
Mark |
Thank you. I love photographing, cause it can catch some details that are not easily seen by naked eyes. It adds more surprise to me when seeing some specimens from photos.
Xiao-dong
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Mike Wood
Joined: 16 Dec 2010
Posts: 456
Location: Northern England
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| Posted: Jun 08, 2014 16:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Highly aesthetic specimens Xiao-dong, and superb photo's. I love the Kutnahorite specimen !
Please keep posting : )
Mike
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xdxucn
Joined: 24 May 2014
Posts: 100
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Jun 11, 2014 23:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Vanadinite, Pyromorphite, Pyrite
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Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khénifra, Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco
1.5 cm tall
Cute hoppered crystals of Vanadinite. |
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Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, USA
4.3 x 2.9 x 1.4cm
Bright orange balls of pyromorphite crystals on matrix. |
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Pyrite
Wu Zhou, Guang Xi Province, China
5.7 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm
Pyrite sunflower from China. Most specimens from this area have natural fractures in them. The center is mud, it will expand upon imbibing water. So keep it in a dry place. |
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xdxucn
Joined: 24 May 2014
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Jun 12, 2014 21:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Alexandrite under dual light (white and yellow LED)
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Chrysoberyl (variety alexandrite)
Novello Mine, Masvingo (Fort Victoria), Masvingo District, Zimbabwe
2.1 x 2 x 1.4 cm |
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Gerhard Niklasch
Joined: 27 Mar 2009
Posts: 134
Location: Munich
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| Posted: Jun 13, 2014 02:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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| xdxucn wrote: | | Alexandrite under dual light (white and yellow LED) |
That's a good one! I've never seen the effect visualized so clearly.
It's remarkable that LEDs, with their limited and lacunary supply of wavelengths, are able to pick out the interesting features of the wavelength-dependent response of the material so well.
And it's a very nice, characteristically twinned crystal to begin with, too!
Cheers, Gerhard
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xdxucn
Joined: 24 May 2014
Posts: 100
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Jun 25, 2014 18:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Two pseudomorph specimens:
Copper after Aragonite from Bolivia
Hematite after Marcasite from Egypt
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Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite
Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
A classic pseudomorph of Copper after Aragonite. It shows a floater cyclic twinned Aragonite crystal, with a hexagonal shape, replaced by copper with some Malachite alteration. |
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Hematite pseudomorph after Marcasite
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
3.2 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
A lustrous, burnished brown, spear-like, stellate Hematite after Marcasite floater specimen from the White Desert of Egypt. |
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xdxucn
Joined: 24 May 2014
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Jun 26, 2014 18:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Orpiment pseudomorph after Realgar
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Orpiment pseudomorph after Realgar
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Terminated Realgar crystals are partly or fully replaced by vivid yellow Orpiment, with white quartz and shinny Tetrahedrite in combination. Fantastic color. |
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Don Lum
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jun 26, 2014 19:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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This last photo of Orpiment pseudomorph after Realgar is a real "eye-knocker!!!"
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GneissWare
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Posts: 1287
Location: California
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| Posted: Jun 26, 2014 22:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | This last photo of Orpiment pseudomorph after Realgar is a real "eye-knocker!!!" |
Fei chang hao!
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xdxucn
Joined: 24 May 2014
Posts: 100
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2014 09:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Brookite on quartz, but when seen closely, it is faden quartz!
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Brookite on faden quartz
Thurdook, Zard, Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
2.3 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm, largest crystal is 1.7 cm |
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xdxucn
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2014 12:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Fan-like cluster of Dioptase crystals.
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Dioptase
Congo
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
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xdxucn
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2014 21:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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A fine rosette of blocky azurite. The overall shape is like a heart. From famous Yangchun locality.
May I call it "Heart of the Ocean"?
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Azurite
Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
47 mm x 48 mm x 38 mm
front side |
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Azurite
Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
47 mm x 48 mm x 38 mm
backside view |
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Azurite
Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
47 mm x 48 mm x 38 mm
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xdxucn
Joined: 24 May 2014
Posts: 100
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Jul 08, 2014 20:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Xiao-dong |
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Calcite with Fe2O3 covered.
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Calcite
Fujian Province, China
approx. 8 cm tall |
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