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Tobi
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 Posted: Dec 22, 2014 09:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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I'm currently improving my personal Mindat.org gallery by replacing images with better ones, adding some information and deleting the worst specimens and photos. Here are some of the photos of specimens that were only shown in very poor picture quality before. These photos do justice to the specimens:
| Mineral: | Quartz (var. smoky quartz) |
| Locality: | | Erongorus 166 farm / Bergsig 167 farm, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia |  |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 11 cm, largest crystal 3,5 cm |
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| Grey "Gitterquarz" crystals on brown orthoclase |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 11,5 cm, largest crystal 4 cm |
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| Cluster of intergrown pale green fluorite cubes |
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| Mineral: | Fluorapatite |
| Locality: | | Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 7 cm, largest crystal 3,3 cm |
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| Double-terminated fluorapatite crystal in calcite matrix |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 9 cm, largest crystal 1 cm |
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| Blue fluorite cubes on matrix |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Stahlberg Mine, Müsen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 6 cm, largest crystal 1 cm |
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| Isolated galena crystals on matrix from an old Siegerland locality |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 29, 2014 15:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen, but not shown before:
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Iraí, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 10 cm, largest calcites 5,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 30, 2014 09:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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More improved material:
I really wasn't satisfied with the poor photo of my new spessartine from Pakistan (see top of this page), so I tried hard and finally got another picture that is ok for me. I also made a better one from the other recently acquired garnet, the Loliondo spessartine from the previous page. The third photo is an old specimen, a fluorite from Wölsendorf/Bavaria, not yet shown in good photo quality.
| Mineral: | Spessartine |
| Locality: | | Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 2,3 cm, garnet crystal 1,5 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, garnet crystal 1 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Marienschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 7 cm, garnet crystal 1 cm |
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Vitaliy
Joined: 30 Nov 2014
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| Posted: Dec 30, 2014 12:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Interesting coloured fluorite. It reminds me of the Clay Center, Ohio fluorite in a lighter tone.
The quality on the Pakistan Spessartine is much better now but the matrix is largely soft with the details very blurred. The edges on the Spessartine are still soft (lack of diffusion?)
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 30, 2014 12:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Vitaliy wrote: | | Interesting coloured Fluorite. Reminds me of the Clay Center, Ohio Fluorite in a lighter tone. |
Not only lighter, it is rather a different kind of colour: These "Honigspat" (= honey spar) fluorites from the famous Wölsendorf district in Bavaria really have a dark yellow colour like honey. And the ones from Clay Center, I never held one in my hands, but they are rather brown, right?
| Vitaliy wrote: | | The quality on the Pakistan Spessartine is much better now but the matrix is largely soft with the details very blurred. The edges on the Spessartine are still soft (lack of diffusion?) |
I'm sorry but that's the best photo that my standard Canon DigiCam is able to make of this specimen. The contrast of a sharp-edged, nearly black crystal and the amorphous white matrix make it one of the most unphotogenic specimens in my collection. I'm sure that a perfect photo on a Jeff Scovil level is possible ... but that would require a professional top notch equipment instead of a 150 € DigiCam ;-)
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Vitaliy
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| Posted: Dec 30, 2014 14:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Vitaliy wrote: | | Interesting coloured Fluorite. Reminds me of the Clay Center, Ohio Fluorite in a lighter tone. |
Not only lighter, it is rather a different kind of colour: These "Honigspat" (= honey spar) fluorites from the famous Wölsendorf district in Bavaria really have a dark yellow colour like honey. And the ones from Clay Center, I never held one in my hands, but they are rather brown, right?
| Vitaliy wrote: | | The quality on the Pakistan Spessartine is much better now but the matrix is largely soft with the details very blurred. The edges on the Spessartine are still soft (lack of diffusion?) |
I'm sorry but that's the best photo that my standard Canon DigiCam is able to make of this specimen. The contrast of a sharp-edged, nearly black crystal and the amorphous white matrix make it one of the most unphotogenic specimens in my collection. I'm sure that a perfect photo on a Jeff Scovil level is possible ... but that would require a professional top notch equipment instead of a 150 € DigiCam ;-)
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Tobi the reason it reminded me of Clay Center or Ohio Fluorite is really because of their shape and rarity. From what I heard there was a limited pocket found for the Fluorite and I don't normally see German fluorite either. The market is usually saturated with Fluorite from other localities such as China or England or American localities.
If you don't mind me asking what kind of Canon digital camera are you using. I am looking to buy a Canon as well soon hopefully and would like to see what kind you are using.
As always thanks for sharing.
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Martin Rich
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| Posted: Dec 30, 2014 14:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hello Tobi!
The spessartine is very beautiful. Maybe a darker background (gray) would fit better with the matrix. Anyway, your photos are very well.
Martin
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Vitaliy
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| Posted: Dec 30, 2014 14:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Martin Rich wrote: | Hello Tobi!
The spessartine is very beautiful. Maybe a darker background (gray) would fit better with the matrix. Anyway, your photos are very well.
Martin |
That's a good suggestion actually. If it doesn't work well with a certain background due to conflicting lighter tones perhaps the background can be darkened.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 31, 2014 05:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Vitaliy wrote: | | Tobi the reason it reminded me of Clay Center or Ohio Fluorite is really because of their shape and rarity. From what I heard there was a limited pocket found for the Fluorite and I don't normally see German fluorite either. The market is usually saturated with Fluorite from other localities such as China or England or American localities. If you don't mind me asking what kind of Canon digital camera are you using. I am looking to buy a Canon as well soon hopefully and would like to see what kind you are using. |
It's a Canon Ixus 115 HS. Concerning the fluorites: There was a time when German fluorites came in masses, and the Wölsendorf district was one of the most important and largest fluorite mining areas in the world for some parts of the 20th century. But of course only a very small part of the endless masses of fluorspar was collectible stuff with honey-colour. This here is only a small and minor specimen from the main honigspat mine Marienschacht. Really large specimens (there were crystal edges up to 7 cm) are extremely expensive these days, even on the German market ...
| Martin Rich wrote: | | Hello Tobi! The spessartine is very beautiful. Maybe a darker background (gray) would fit better with the matrix. Anyway, your photos are very well. Martin |
| Vitaliy wrote: |
That's a good suggestion actually. If it doesn't work well with a certain background due to conflicting lighter tones perhaps the background can be darkened. |
Well guys, I tried different darker backgrounds yesterday, but the effect was only the reversal of the effect above: The matrix was captured very good but the crystal was blurry, so I decided to rather use a photo where it's reverse ;-)
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Pierre Joubert
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Location: Western Cape
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| Posted: Dec 31, 2014 06:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi Tobi. I suppose I should be the last one to comment on back ground colours, but I only now use white for single crystals with a rich colour, eg. amethyst. Your photos are good. Perhaps someone should start a thread on choosing back ground colours. Best regards.
(PS! I quite liked you Avatar photo of the Peruvian Rhodo)
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 31, 2014 06:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi Pierre,
I also loved the rhodo avatar, but I couldn't resist this very small version of the spessartine because in a 100 pixel size you don't see that it is still a bit blurry ;-)
I tried dark backgrounds several times but there are actually only two photos that I'd consider acceptable:
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Jinkouhe District, Leshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 9 cm |
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| Mineral: | Topaz |
| Locality: | | Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 8 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jan 11, 2015 08:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi (new photo) |
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Elbaite from Afghanistan:
| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 3,3 cm |
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| Typical bicoloured elbaite crystal from Paprok Mine in Afghanistan |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jan 31, 2015 10:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Purple fluorite cubes together with brownish siderite on gray quartz crystals. From Sauberg Mine near Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony. Specimen size 8,5 cm.
| Mineral: | Fluorite, siderite, quartz |
| Locality: | | Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 8,5 cm, largest fluorite 6 mm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jan 31, 2015 10:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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One of the most desired things among the variety of German minerals: Brown pyromorphite from Rosenberg Mine near Bad Ems, specimen size 6 cm.
| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 6 cm, largest pyromorphite 7 mm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jan 31, 2015 10:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Twinned fluorite on a matrix of smaller fluorite crystals. From Beihilfe Mine near Freiberg, Saxony. Specimen size 6 cm.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 6 cm, larger twin measures 3 cm |
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