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GneissWare
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Posted: Feb 16, 2015 12:33 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | What a great Stewart Mine elbaite! Well, the raw specimen, not the carving. In my humble opinion, nothing's more beautiful than the awesome crystals nature makes, it grieves me to see such wonderful things broken and carved :-(
I hope no one feels offended by this, but am I the only collector who doesn't like carved minerals? Especially not, when such a wonderful treasure like an elbaite from Stewart Mine has been destroyed :-(
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If the crystal is specimen quality, I wouldn't cut it. I have been known to refuse to sell to people who tell me they are going to buy a perfect gem crystal to cut it.
However, much of the tourmaline mined from Queen Mountain were partly broken chunks. So, if one can take a piece of broken tourmaline, and turn it into something beautiful, like a carving or cut stone, then that seems like a good thing. The crystal Mike showed as rough is not my definition of rough -- it is definitely a nice specimen.
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Feb 17, 2015 20:36 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Rhodochrosite |
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Pale pink rhombs of rhodochrosite partially coated with a druse of quartz with other quartz crystals.
Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Quartz |
Locality: | Oppu Mine, Nishimeya-mura, Nakatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | |
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Dimensions: | 7.4 x 6.8 cm |
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GneissWare
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Posted: Feb 17, 2015 20:55 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Rhodochrosite |
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am mizunaka wrote: | Pale pink rhombs of rhodochrosite partially coated with a druse of quartz with other quartz crystals. |
DROOL!!!!
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Feb 17, 2015 21:39 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Thanks Bob. I thought you might like that specimen .....
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Feb 25, 2015 15:33 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - calcite |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Alzada, Carter County, Montana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5.6 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm |
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Psax
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Posted: Feb 25, 2015 16:20 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Beautiful!
Looks like pointing fingers. .)
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Feb 25, 2015 17:33 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - proustite |
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Thanks Pavel.
Mineral: | Proustite |
Locality: | Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
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Dimensions: | 3.0 x 3.0 cm |
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GneissWare
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Posted: Feb 25, 2015 17:41 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Nice job on those last 2 photos. The Calcite just glows!
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Feb 25, 2015 17:50 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Thanks Bob. The calcite was an easy one to photograph. The proustite was a little more challenging.
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Feb 26, 2015 00:08 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - spessartine |
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Mineral: | Spessartine |
Locality: | Wushan Spessartine prospects, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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Dimensions: | 2.3 x 2.2 cm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Feb 26, 2015 10:45 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Mike,
Your Proustite and Spessartine specimens are outstanding. Thanks for posting.
Don
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Tobi
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Posted: Feb 26, 2015 14:29 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Indeed an incredible spessartine, Mike, really cool!
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Feb 26, 2015 14:44 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Thanks Don and Tobi. The spessartine is older piece from around 2005 that I found while looking for another specimen to photograph.
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Mar 02, 2015 19:28 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - fluorite |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | La Cabaña, Berbes mining area, Valdelmar, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Mar 03, 2015 18:22 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Obira Mine, Bungo-Ohno City, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan | |
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Dimensions: | 5.8 x 11.5 cm |
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GneissWare
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Posted: Mar 04, 2015 00:05 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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Nice. The photos good too!
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Mar 04, 2015 19:01 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Thanks Bob. Here is a version of the prior Berbes fluorite photographed using daylight balanced LED flood lamps.
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | La Cabaña, Berbes mining area, Valdelmar, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Mar 05, 2015 20:25 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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An opaque to translucent smoky quartz collected in 1946 by Ed Over.
Mineral: | Quartz (var Smoky Quartz) |
Locality: | Pikes Peak, Teller County, Colorado, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 13.6 x 2.9 cm |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Mar 07, 2015 16:38 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - hematite pseudomorph |
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Mineral: | Hematite |
Locality: | White Desert, Farafra Oasis, Matruh Governorate, Egypt | |
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Dimensions: | 14.6 x 3.8 cm |
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A large hematite after marcasite pseudomorph. |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Mar 09, 2015 15:42 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - fluorite |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Hilton Mine, Scordale, Hilton, North Pennines Orefield, former Westmorland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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Dimensions: | 8.5 x 7.5 cm |
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