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The Mizunaka Collection
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PostPosted: Mar 04, 2015 00:05    Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz  

Nice. The photos good too!
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PostPosted: Mar 04, 2015 19:01    Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection  

Thanks Bob. Here is a version of the prior Berbes fluorite photographed using daylight balanced LED flood lamps.


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 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
La Cabaña, Valdelmar, Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain
 Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 cm
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PostPosted: Mar 05, 2015 20:25    Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz  

An opaque to translucent smoky quartz collected in 1946 by Ed Over.


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 Mineral: Quartz (var Smoky Quartz)
 Locality:
Pikes Peak, Teller County, Colorado, USA
 Dimensions: 13.6 x 2.9 cm
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PostPosted: 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
 Dimensions: 14.6 x 3.8 cm
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A large hematite after marcasite pseudomorph.
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PostPosted: 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
 Dimensions: 8.5 x 7.5 cm
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PostPosted: Mar 09, 2015 16:05    Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection  

What an outstanding fluorite specimen with that twin in the middle, wow!!!
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PostPosted: Mar 09, 2015 16:16    Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection  

Mike, that is a beautiful fluorite specimen and it looks like it is in pristine condition.

Congratulations.

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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2015 02:05    Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection  

Thanks Tobi and Don. The piece is essentially free of damage.
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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2015 04:28    Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection  

Very nice Hilton specimen.
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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2015 18:05    Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - rhodochrosite  

Thanks James.


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 Mineral: Rhodochrosite
 Locality:
Inakuraishi Mine, Furubira, Shakotan Peninsula, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan
 Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.0 cm
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 Mineral: Rhodochrosite
 Locality:
Inakuraishi Mine, Furubira, Shakotan Peninsula, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan
 Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.1 cm
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PostPosted: Mar 12, 2015 23:22    Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - calcite  




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 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
 Dimensions: 11.6 x 5.2 cm
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PostPosted: Mar 14, 2015 21:07    Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - andradite  

A small cluster of gemmy andradite on a bed of pectolite.


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 Mineral: Andradite, Pectolite
 Locality:
Mine Lac d'Amiante, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
 Dimensions: 3.8 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
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PostPosted: Mar 15, 2015 04:01    Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection  

A wonderful garnet gem specimen!
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PostPosted: Mar 15, 2015 18:39    Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz  

Thanks Tobi.


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 Mineral: Quartz (var. amethyst)
 Locality:
Ashio Mine, Namarisawa, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu Island, Japan
 Dimensions: 5.2 x 2.8 x 5.1 cm
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PostPosted: Mar 15, 2015 23:20    Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz with inclusions  




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 Mineral: Quartz, Hollandite
 Locality:
Anketsaketsa, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
 Dimensions: 14.0 x 12.0 x 6.9 cm
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