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[GneissWare]

Carles,
The Peruvian Baryte has to be one of the nicest I have seen from there. The Chinese Pyromorphite is pretty nice too!
Bob

[Carles Millan]

For Bob (GneissWare)

Hi!

Many thanks for your comments. But unfortunately the cleavages in the Baryte crystals make it less valuable.

You do have several superb pieces posted here. The Sweet Home Mine rhodochrosites, for instance, are exceptional. I envy you. Please, keep posting.

[Carles Millan]

Spessartine, quartz, feldspar

A few dozen of trapezohedral spessartine crystals with smoky quartz on a matrix of feldspar. Overall size: 125 mm x 68 mm. Largest spessartine crystal: 7 mm wide. Weight: 265 g.

Lechang Mine, Lechang, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.

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[Carles Millan]

Pyromorphite

Overall size: 60 mm x 47 mm. Description from the vendor: "Different color, better luster and matrix makes this specimen different from most of the famous Chinese pyromorphite present on the market."

Daoping mining area, Gongcheng, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang, China.

This specimen is no longer in my collection.

Fabre Minerals photo.

[Carles Millan]

Beryl, tourmaline (schorl)

Group of beryl and schorl crystals with corroded or weathered microcline. Overall size: 80 mm x 58 mm. Main beryl crystal: 14 mm wide, 37 mm long. Weight: 157 g.

Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia.

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[Ed Huskinson]

Wow, nice! I particularly like the back-etching (?) along the c-axis of the schorl. Quite beautiful. Did you get it at Munich, Carles? Keep 'em coming.

Ed

[Carles Millan]

For Ed Huskinson

Hi Ed!

Many thanks for your comments. But which schorl are you talking about? There are several on these pages...

And why don't you post your photos at this forum for everybody to look at them? Please, come on!

[Ed Huskinson]

Sure Carles. I was referring to specimen # 8282M.

I'll get around to posting some pictures in a bit, have a full plate just at the moment. And I'm trying to figure out how to affix my picture to my postings. Give me a little time. I'm still pretty much a neopphyte to FMF site. It is unusual for me to spend this much time at home and in front of the computer, but I'm writing an NOI, a Notice Of Intent, letting the Federal Government know that we will be drilling a gold deposit north of Kingman. I will certainly post photos from there as the vein is zoned. Gold occurs with Vanadinite on the 100 level, and it gives way to gold and wulfenite on the 300 level. The crystals are small, but it is still a stunning thing to see a bright reddish orange wulfenite sitting jauntily on wire gold. Give me a little more time, probably next week, and I'll put some pictures up.

Thanks for the interest. Have a great weekend.

Ed

[Carles Millan]

Copper (after calcite) after aragonite

Native copper (pseudomorphic of calcite) pseudomorphic of aragonite. Size: 24 mm tall x 17 mm wide. Weight: 25 g. From a new find different from the one in the sixties.

Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia.

This specimen is no longer in my collection.

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[Carles Millan]

Vivianite

Group of parallel grown, transparent to translucent, deep green vivianite crystals on metamorphosed sandstone. Overall size: 85 mm x 45 mm. Weight: 151 g.

Tomokoni mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia.

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[Carles Millan]

Galena, calcite

Sharply formed cubic crystal of galena measuring 45 mm x 38 mm x 35 mm in size, this set on a matrix coated by small colorless transparent prismatic terminated calcite crystals measuring to 10 mm in length. The matrix is a brecciated dolostone. The galena crystal is razor sharp with no nicking or chipping along the crystal edges. Overall size: 130 mm x 105 mm x 80 mm. Weight: 1.1 kg.

Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Ozark Lead Mine), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA.

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Description:	Galena, calcite Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Ozark Lead Mine), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA 45 mm x 38 mm x 35 mm
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Description:	Galena, calcite Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Ozark Lead Mine), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA 45 mm x 38 mm x 35 mm Close-up view
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[parfaitelumiere]

thanks for sharing your specimens Carl!

[GneissWare]

Carles,
You have a fine eye, and I am really enjoying your postings. Thanks.
Bob

[Carles Millan]

Analcime, aegirine, natrolite

Colorless sharp undamaged crystals of analcime to 25 mm in diameter, associated with numerous black prismatic terminated crystals of aegirine, as well as smaller colorless prismatic terminated crystals of natrolite, these from 3 mm to 10 mm long. Overall size: 78 mm x 65 mm x 53 mm. Weight: 161g. Ex Joan Massagué collection.

Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada.

The photo 8572M-analcime.jpg below was designated Mindat.org Photo of the Day in December 19, 2009 ( https://www.mindat.org/photo-225835.html ).

Illustrated in the magazine "GeoNieuws", #42, April 2017, page 97.

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8572M-analcime.jpg
Description:	Analcime, aegirine, natrolite Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada 78 mm x 65 mm x 53 mm
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Description:	Analcime, aegirine, natrolite Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada 78 mm x 65 mm x 53 mm Close-up view
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[Carles Millan]

Hi, Jordi!

Therefore the best thing to do is just ignore the Folch's specimen label. Perhaps both pieces (and note that I say "perhaps") came from the same place. A simple search at Mindat.org shows that Novo Horizonte must be the actual locality of my hematite/rutile.

Thank you for your help.