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Tobi
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 Posted: Oct 05, 2014 08:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi (Elmwood fluorite) |
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Here's a much better photo of my new Elmwood specimen (the old one was made by the dealer):
| Mineral: | Fluorite with sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 7 cm, largest fluorite 2 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2014 09:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi (other fluorites) |
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Once again, some older (fluorite) specimens with much better photos:
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Huangshaping Mine, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 12 cm, largest fluorite 3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Frisch Glück adit (Adit 134), Bergmännisch Glück Flacher vein, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 9 cm, largest fluorite 1,5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with quartz |
| Locality: | | Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 8 cm, largest fluorite 2 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2014 11:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi (galena) |
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Some more from the series "old specimens, better photos":
| Mineral: | Galena, quartz |
| Locality: | | Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 12 cm, largest galena crystal 1 cm |
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| Mineral: | Galena, dolomite |
| Locality: | | West Fork Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2014 12:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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And finally two more specimens that were shown in horrible picture quality before:
| Mineral: | Calcite, amethyst |
| Locality: | | Juchem Quarry, Niederwörresbach, Herrstein, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 13 cm, largest calcite crystal 3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite on quartz |
| Locality: | | Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 26, 2014 07:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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New wulfenite:
| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 65 mm x 50 mm x 30 mm, largest wulfenite 7 mm |
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| Classic wulfenite specimen from Los Lamentos in Mexico: Vivid orange wulfenite crystals in blocky shape (up to 7 mm) on matrix. Specimen height 6,5 cm. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 26, 2014 07:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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New galena:
| Mineral: | Galena, calcite |
| Locality: | | Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 60 mm x 50 mm x 30 mm, largest galena 15 mm |
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| Galena crystals up to 1,5 cm associated with small calcite crystals on matrix. From Naica Mine in Mexico. Specimen size 6 cm. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 26, 2014 08:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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New fluorite:
| Mineral: | Fluorite with Calcite |
| Locality: | | Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 105 mm x 100 mm x 30 mm, largest fluorite 20 mm |
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| Pale green fluorite crystals up to 2 cm together with calcite on matrix. From Shangbao Mine in China. Specimen size 10,5 cm. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 26, 2014 08:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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New calcite:
| Mineral: | Calcite on Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 70 mm x 60 mm x 30 mm, calcite measures 55 mm |
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| Beautiful golden scalenohedron (5,5 cm) on dark sphalerite matrix. From Elmwood Mine in Tennessee. Specimen height 7 cm. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 30, 2014 11:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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A small package of Swiss alpine quartzes:
All of them completely transparent, especially the small one from Val Giuv - you can completely look through and even see objects in the distance as if you'd look through a window.
| Mineral: | Smoky quartz |
| Locality: | | Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | Smallest one 5, largest one 7 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2014 07:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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A small bute nice calcite specimen from Saxony:
| Mineral: | Calcite on ankerite |
| Locality: | | Bösenbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 3,5 cm, crystal 13 mm |
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| Pale yellow calcite ("Kanonenspat" shape) on brown ankerite. From Bösenbrunn, Thuringia, Germany. Specimen size 3,5 cm. |
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2014 08:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | A small but nice calcite specimen from Saxony: |
Very nice Calcite
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Jamison Brizendine
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| Posted: Nov 14, 2014 13:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| What a cute collection of smoky quartz crystals from Switzerland (SmokyQuartzes.JPG, pg. 29). The idea of making collages of specimens is very cool and I wish they would do this in mineralogy textbooks to show differences in minerals and localities.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 15, 2014 05:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi Jamison,
You're right: Such collage arrangements sometimes can be good to show differences, that's why I got this idea when I wanted to show those Swiss crystals. But there ARE some mineralogical textbooks where these types of photos are used, at least in older books where this was the typical way to show specimens ...
Tobi
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 06, 2014 10:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Spessartine from Tanzania:
| Mineral: | Spessartine |
| Locality: | | Sangulungulu Hill (Nani Hill), Naan village, Loliondo, Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 5 cm, each crystal measures 1 cm |
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| Two perfect orange spessartine crystals (each one measures 1 cm) on schist matrix. From Nani Hill in Tanzania, specimen size 5 cm. |
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| Mineral: | Spessartine |
| Locality: | | Sangulungulu Hill (Nani Hill), Naan village, Loliondo, Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 5 cm, each crystal measures 1 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 06, 2014 10:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi Tobi,
In general, I am not a fan of the spessartines from Loliondo, but I like your specimen a lot because of the sharp crystals placed aesthetically on matrix. Congratulations.
Michael
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