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Antonio Alcaide
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A few more.
All the best.
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Galena and sphalerite
Tri State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA
8 x 4 cm.
Main cube measures 3 cm on edge. This one shows an interesting and complex shape I cannot explain properly. Geometric patterns on faces. Tiny pyrite crystals as well. |
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| Galena and sphalerite. Another pic of the same piece. |
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Baryte
Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma, USA
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Baryte
Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma, USA
7 x 4 cm. |
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| Baryte. Another pic of the same piece. Cool rose. |
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Nov 14, 2010 17:39 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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Close up of the previous galena. Sorry for the little mess.
Regards.
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| Galena. Close up displaying the patterns, lovely patterns, on the faces of the cubes. |
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2012 19:34 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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Galena
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Galena
Picher, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Sep 30, 2012 11:51 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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An addition coming from the Spanish FMF Gallery. This Calcite with Dolomite is from geoalfon
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Calcite with Dolomite and Sphalerite
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA
Specimen size: 12x11 cm.
Main crystal: 4´5 cm.
Photo: geoalfon |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 22, 2015 04:28 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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Once again Picher Field:
| Mineral: | Galena, dolomite, marcasite |
| Locality: | | Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 10 cm, largest crystal 3 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2016 14:26 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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Strange and interesting galena:
| Mineral: | Galena on dolomite |
| Locality: | | Kenora Mine, Picher Field, Cardin, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | ~ 10 cm |
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| Collection Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2016 14:40 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Strange and interesting galena: |
Tobi, the octahedral overgrowths on galena from the Tri-State District are very common. The Kenora Mine in particular seemed to produce more of this type than simple cubes.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2016 14:44 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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| crosstimber wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | | Strange and interesting galena: |
Tobi, the octahedral overgrowths on galena from the Tri-State District are very common. The Kenora Mine in particular seemed to produce more of this type than simple cubes. |
Ok. To me, it looked rather strange among all the "ordinary" simple galena crystals from all over the world that are on display there ;-)
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Jamison Brizendine
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2016 08:09 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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Out of all the galenas in the world, I have always loved the “wackiness” of the old Tri-state galenas. I was fortunate a few years ago to find a dealer who was selling some…though they were all labeled as coming from Viburnum Trend (none of these were from the Kenora Mine), which is a common error I have noticed.
Speaking of confusing Tri-State and Viburnum Trend minerals, I also noticed on this thread that on the first page there is a specimen labeled “Marcasite on Galena - Picher Field_Tri-State District_Ottawa Co_Oklahoma_USA.jpg” in Javier Ruiz Martin’s collection. Both the identification of the mineral and locality are incorrect however.
The mineral is pyrite and it is distinctively from the West Fork Mine, Centerville, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA. The pyrite specimens from here were never common and I have one in my collection. The specimens from my understanding were mined in the early 1990s.
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2016 17:04 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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| Jamison Brizendine wrote: | ...Speaking of confusing Tri-State and Viburnum Trend minerals, I also noticed on this thread that on the first page there is a specimen labeled “Marcasite on Galena - Picher Field_Tri-State District_Ottawa Co_Oklahoma_USA.jpg” in Javier Ruiz Martin’s collection. Both the identification of the mineral and locality are incorrect however.
The mineral is pyrite and it is distinctively from the West Fork Mine, Centerville, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA... |
Thanks Jamison, already fixed : https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=22355#22355
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2016 11:12 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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Calcite from Picher Field:
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | ~ 15 cm |
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| Collection Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 01, 2025 16:18 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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| Mineral: | Chalcocite |
| Locality: | | Lela, Pawnee County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.7 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm |
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| A petrified limb cast composed of an inner core of chalcocite with an exterior rind of malachite. |
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| Mineral: | Halite |
| Dimensions: | 12.4 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm |
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| Intergrown cubic halite crystals forming a straw-colored stalactite. Brightly fluorescent orange under MW and SW UV light. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Dimensions: | 10.6 x 7.5 x 6.1 cm |
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| An iron-stained mudstone/siltstone concretion from the Wellington Formation, lined with colorless calcite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Fairview, Major County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.2 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm |
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| A good example of a somewhat uncommon pseudomorph featuring a cast of a hoppered halite crystal showing the cubic growth lines of the halite with a pyramidal termination. These are also known as “dolomite pyramids.” |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 01, 2025 19:33 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Oklahoma |
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| Mineral: | Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 13.5 x 9.0 x 5.8 cm |
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| Dark brownish-black crystals to 2.7 cm with a resinous luster covering a typical chert matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 11.9 x 7.0 x 3.6 cm |
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| Resinous brownish-black sphalerite crystals to 2.5 cm with brassy epitaxic chalcopyrite and small “ruby jack” sphalerites on a shard of gray chert. |
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| Mineral: | Marcasite |
| Locality: | | Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 11.0 x 8.0 x 5.6 cm |
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| Brassy, metallic cockscomb marcasite crystals to 2.0 cm on a chert matrix |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | U.S. Lime Company Quarry, Marble City, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 12.0 x 9.4 x 5.5 cm |
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| Colorless interpenetrant twinned calcite crystals to 6.3 cm on a friable calcite matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.3 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm |
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| An intergrown group of colorless transparent quartz crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Brochantite |
| Locality: | | Paoli deposit, Paoli, Red Bed District, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.9 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm |
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| Blue-green micro-crystalline brochantite coating the top surface of a reddish-brown Garber sandstone matrix. |
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