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Don Lum
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Thank you very much, Jordi.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Sep 02, 2014 19:21 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| crosstimber wrote: | Don,
I echo Jamison's comment about the Red Embers Mine almandine specimen. Very neat piece. I'm not familiar with the locality - is it a relatively new piece?
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Michael,
From what information I have, these dark Almandine crystals are found in blades of metallic gray graphite schist. It is new material from the Red Embers Mine in Erving, Franklin County, Massachusetts and introduced at the East Coast Gem and Mineral Show in Springfield, Massachusetts last month. The miners spent 5 years mining and preparing the specimens (sandblasting and isolating the crystals so that light would shine through). It takes a couple of hours to prepare each specimen. The mine was originally called the Sky Farm, then renamed the Two Fat Boys Claim and now being mined by the family team of Jason, Kevin and Kyle Baskin.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Sep 02, 2014 19:47 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Zanazziite
| Mineral: | Zanazziite, Albite, Tourmaline |
| Locality: | | Ponte do Piauí Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil |  |
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| Dimensions: | 9.4 x 2.4 x 2.5 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Sep 02, 2014 19:51 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | crosstimber wrote: | Don,
I echo Jamison's comment about the Red Embers Mine almandine specimen. Very neat piece. I'm not familiar with the locality - is it a relatively new piece?
Michael |
Michael,
From what information I have, these dark Almandine crystals are found in blades of metallic gray graphite schist. It is new material from the Red Embers Mine in Erving, Franklin County, Massachusetts and introduced at the East Coast Gem and Mineral Show in Springfield, Massachusetts last month. The miners spent 5 years mining and preparing the specimens (sandblasting and isolating the crystals so that light would shine through). It takes a couple of hours to prepare each specimen. The mine was originally called the Sky Farm, then renamed the Two Fat Boys Claim and now being mined by the family team of Jason, Kevin and Kyle Baskin.
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Don |
Thanks for the info. As a native of Massachusetts, I'll have to keep my eyes open for these in Denver.
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 01:37 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Nice specimens Don! Best regards.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2014 09:29 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Nice specimens Don! Best regards. |
Thank you, Pierre. Hi to Riana.
Best wishes,
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Sep 05, 2014 14:11 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Quartz from Guanajuato, Mexico. This specimen was identified for me by Dr. Peter Megaw last month in Dallas. I greatly appreciate his help.
| Mineral: | Quartz, Dolomite, Siderite |
| Locality: | | Municipio Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 19.5 x 15.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Dolomite, Siderite |
| Locality: | | Municipio Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 19.5 x 15.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Dolomite, Siderite |
| Locality: | | Municipio Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 19.5 x 15.5 cm |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Sep 06, 2014 13:41 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tsumeb
| Mineral: | Calcite, Malachite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.5 x 7.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite, Malachite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Mineral: | Cerussite, Mottramite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Cerussite, Mottramite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Cerussite, Mottramite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm |
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captaincaveman
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| Posted: Sep 06, 2014 13:54 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Amazing specimens, especially the US Fluorites
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Sep 06, 2014 14:13 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| captaincaveman wrote: | | Amazing specimens, especially the US Fluorites |
Thank you for your compliment, Jason.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Sep 09, 2014 18:19 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Collection
| Mineral: | Witherite |
| Locality: | | Minerva I Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.7 x 4.1 cm |
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| Mineral: | Witherite |
| Locality: | | Minerva I Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.7 x 4.1 cm |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite, Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.5 x 6.5 cm |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Sep 11, 2014 16:17 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Collection
| Mineral: | Anglesite |
| Locality: | | Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.8 x 3.2 cm |
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| Mineral: | Anglesite |
| Locality: | | Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.8 x 3.2 cm |
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| Mineral: | Legrandite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.0 x 1.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Legrandite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.0 x 1.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Scheelite, Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 4.3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Scheelite, Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 4.3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Scheelite, Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 4.3 cm |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Sep 14, 2014 12:46 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Illinois and Missouri specimens
| Mineral: | Calcite, Galena, Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 11.3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite |
| Locality: | | Denton Mine, Sub-Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 11 x 9.7 cm |
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| Mineral: | Chalcopyrite pseudomorph after galena |
| Locality: | | Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 7 cm |
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| Mineral: | Strontianite, Calcite, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Minerva I Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.5 x 10 cm |
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| Posted before on December 12, 2012 as calcite and fluorite. It does have calcite and fluorite but the bulk of the specimen is strontianite. |
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| Posted: Sep 14, 2014 14:35 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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