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PostPosted: Jul 25, 2014 17:16    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

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Don, Nice Huanggang pieces.


Thank you very much, Bob.

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PostPosted: Jul 26, 2014 10:34    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

Spanish Fluorite


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Fluorite, Calcite
Llamas Quarry, Duyos, Obdulia vein, Caravia District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
11.2 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm
Cubic Fluorite crystals with very well developed dodecahedral bevels. The Fluorite crystals are colorless and extraordinarily transparent and bright and are on a Calcite matrix with scalenohedral crystals.
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 Description:
Fluorite, Calcite
Llamas Quarry, Duyos, Obdulia vein, Caravia District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
11.2 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm
Cubic Fluorite crystals with very well developed dodecahedral bevels. The Fluorite crystals are colorless and extraordinarily transparent and bright and are on a Calcite matrix with scalenohedral crystals.
 Viewed:  31235 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite, Calcite
Llamas Quarry, Duyos, Obdulia vein, Caravia District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
11.2 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm
Cubic Fluorite crystals with very well developed dodecahedral bevels. The Fluorite crystals are colorless and extraordinarily transparent and bright and are on a Calcite matrix with scalenohedral crystals.
 Viewed:  31301 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite
La Viesca, Huergo, La Collada mining area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
8.2 x 8.0 cm
A cluster of richly saturated intense purple intergrown and equant fluorite cubes. The cubes are lustrous and translucent and exhibit thin modifying faces to the cubes and phantoms.
 Viewed:  31294 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite
Mine, Huergo, La Collada mining area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
8.2 x 8.0 cm
A cluster of richly saturated intense purple intergrown and equant fluorite cubes. The cubes are lustrous and translucent and exhibit thin modifying faces to the cubes and phantoms
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PostPosted: Jul 27, 2014 08:36    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

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Calcite (variety cobaltoan calcite)
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
6 x 5 cm
Purplish-pink scalenohedra of calcite with lustrous faces and gemmy terminations
 Viewed:  31196 Time(s)

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Calcite (variety cobaltoan calcite)
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
6 x 5 cm
Purplish-pink scalenohedra of calcite with lustrous faces and gemmy terminations
 Viewed:  31173 Time(s)

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Inesite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
10 x 4 cm
 Viewed:  31162 Time(s)

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 Description:
Inesite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
10 x 4 cm
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PostPosted: Jul 27, 2014 09:18    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

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Hi Don. Those inesites was at one time fairly abundant, but at the moment not easily obtained. Nice specimen.

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PostPosted: Jul 27, 2014 13:50    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

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Hi Don. Those inesites was at one time fairly abundant, but at the moment not easily obtained. Nice specimen.


Thank you for your nice comment, Pierre. I am really enjoying your azurite on calcite and dioptase specimens. Beautiful !!!

Hi to Riana.

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PostPosted: Jul 28, 2014 16:03    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

Collection


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Magnetite, Epidote
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province (Ningarhar Province), Afghanistan
7 x 6 cm
Magnetite crystals exhibiting octahedral forms with staggered epitaxial growths on the faces. The crystals have an intense metallic luster, deep black color, and very sharp faces and edges.
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 Description:
Magnetite, Epidote
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province (Ningarhar Province), Afghanistan
7.0 x 6.0 cm
Magnetite crystals exhibiting octahedral forms with staggered epitaxial growths on the faces. The crystals have an intense metallic luster, deep black color, and very sharp faces and edges.
 Viewed:  31054 Time(s)

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 Description:
Goethite
La Lapilla Mine, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
8.3 x 7.7 x 3.9 cm
ex Fermin Clemente
 Viewed:  31142 Time(s)

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 Description:
Goethite
Filón Sur open pit (Filón Sur Mine), Tharsis Mines, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
4.4 x 2.1 cm
ex Fermin Clemente
Very aerial parallel columnar growths with strongly iridescent areas that have a dominant green color with red and blue on the tips and on the base.
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PostPosted: Jul 31, 2014 15:00    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

Azurite


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Azurite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
7 x 6 cm
lustrous, sharp, deep blue tabular azurite "rose" cluster of crystals
 Viewed:  31027 Time(s)

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 Description:
Azurite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
7 x 6 cm
lustrous, sharp, deep blue tabular azurite "rose" cluster of crystals
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 Description:
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
4.0 x 3.1 cm
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PostPosted: Aug 03, 2014 09:48    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

Rhodochrosite and fluorite from the Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China


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 Description:
Fluorite, Rhodochrosite
Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
8.5 x 9.0 x 6.5 cm
 Viewed:  30877 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite, Rhodochrosite
Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
8.5 x 9.0 x 6.5 cm
 Viewed:  30931 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite, Rhodochrosite
Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
9 x 6 x 4 cm
 Viewed:  30871 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite, Rhodochrosite
Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
9 x 6 x 4 cm
 Viewed:  30895 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite, Rhodochrosite
Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
9 x 6 x 4 cm
 Viewed:  30909 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Aug 05, 2014 13:34    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

Collection


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Crocoite
Adelaide Mine (Adelaide Pty Mine; Adelaide Proprietary Mine), Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia
14 x 14 x 10.5 cm
 Viewed:  30780 Time(s)

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 Description:
Galena, Dolomite
Big Bear Orebody, Fletcher Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
22 x 17 cm
Spinel Law Twin Galena
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 Description:
Galena, Dolomite
Big Bear Orebody, Fletcher Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
22 x 17 cm
Spinel Law Twin Galena
 Viewed:  30747 Time(s)

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 Description:
Galena, Dolomite
Big Bear Orebody, Fletcher Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
22 x 17 cm
Spinel Law Twin Galena
 Viewed:  30787 Time(s)

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 Description:
Galena, Dolomite
Big Bear Orebody, Fletcher Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
22 x 17 cm
Spinel Law Twin Galena
 Viewed:  30785 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Aug 07, 2014 13:53    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

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Fluorite
Hunan Province, China
10 x 7 cm
 Viewed:  30770 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite
Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
8 x 7 x 5 cm
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PostPosted: Aug 08, 2014 02:38    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

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Hi Don. Congratulations on acquiring the lovely specimens! I especially like the Crocoite and rhodocrosite/fluorite specimens. Very nice! Regards to Gwen.

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PostPosted: Aug 08, 2014 09:23    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

I see a new gold star in the group. Congratulations, Don.
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PostPosted: Aug 08, 2014 09:44    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

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I see a new gold star in the group. Congratulations, Don.

Too slow ;-) I had not chance to say the first:

Congratulations to Don for his yellow star to achieve 100.000 reads in his thread!
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PostPosted: Aug 08, 2014 11:15    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

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Hi Don. Congratulations on acquiring the lovely specimens! I especially like the Crocoite and rhodocrosite/fluorite specimens. Very nice! Regards to Gwen.


Thank you, Pierre. Hi to Riana.

Regards,

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PostPosted: Aug 08, 2014 11:18    Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection  

Thank you Michael and Jordi for all your help. It has been a privilege to be part of The FMF and have the opportunity to participate.

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