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GneissWare
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Many of these specimens, at first glance you think "very nice" until you look at the sizes of the crystals or specimens... Then you think "Holy cow! These are all just worlds apart from the rubble I collect!"
BTW, that German Fluorite is beyond outstanding...as is everything else.
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2015 09:28 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| GneissWare wrote: | Many of these specimens, at first glance you think "very nice" until you look at the sizes of the crystals or specimens... Then you think "Holy cow! These are all just worlds apart from the rubble I collect!"
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... and this is precisely why this very special museum is worth the 3 to 4 hours flight journey from Europe!
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2015 18:30 Post subject: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon - Images of the Collection / 14 |
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| Mineral: | Vanuralite |
| Locality: | | Mounana Mine, Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon |  |
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| Dimensions: | 12,0 x 11,0 x 4,0 cm |
| Description: |
Lanceted orange-yellow crystals sandwiched in sandstone
MIM number: 706
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33245 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Atacamite |
| Locality: | | New Cornwall Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 7,5 x 9,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,0 cm
Sheaf of large, dark green crystals with slightly irregular terminations and small brilliant crystals with perfect terminations in the form of a chisel
MIM number 707
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33258 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Liroconite |
| Locality: | | Wheal Gorland, Saint Day, Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,5 x 5,0 x 4,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 1,8 cm
Block of rather intact crystals of turquoise color covering a cream-colored gangue
MIM number 708
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33263 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cerussite |
| Locality: | | Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,5 x 10,0 x 8,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 10,6 cm
Double twin in a V and in a tetrapod shape
MIM number 709
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33327 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Plumbogummite |
| Locality: | | Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Allerdale, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,5 x 6,0 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
Dark blue coating studded with brilliant balls of green campylite
MIM number 710
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33279 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Zeunerite |
| Locality: | | Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,0 x 7,0 x 4,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,5 cm
Intact green-blue tablets developed on magnesite
MIM number 711
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33416 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Iodargyrite |
| Locality: | | Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 10,5 x 7,5 x 4,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 1,1 cm
Aggregate of well formed, brown hexagonal crystals on a limonite gangue
MIM number 712
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33234 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,0 x 6,0 x 5,0 cm |
| Description: |
Intact ball of small, transparent blood red points on black micro-crystallized manganite
MIM number 713
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33220 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Orpiment |
| Locality: | | Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen County, Changde Prefecture, Hunan, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 11,0 x 9,5 x 9,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 5,2 cm
Sheaf of long, transparent, amber-colored crystals on white calcite, with a calcite scalenohedron penetrating one of the crystals at mid-height and some small red realgar crystals
MIM number 714
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33258 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cuprosklodowskite |
| Locality: | | Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 12,5 x 9,5 x 8,0 cm |
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Aggregates of bright green apple balls with other uranium-bearing minerals (probably sklodowskite) on a bed of malachite
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu)
MIM number 715 |
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33364 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2015 16:11 Post subject: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon - Images of the Collection / 15 |
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| Mineral: | Cafarsite |
| Locality: | | Scherbadung, Kriegalp Valley, Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,0 x 2,0 x 4,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 1,7 cm
Small, lustrous, brown complex crystal that is perfectly crystallized
MIM number 716
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33158 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Thaumasite |
| Locality: | | Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 4,0 x 4,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 1,1 cm
Aggregate of transparent, pale yellow hexagonal crystals
MIM number 717
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33080 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Luanheite |
| Locality: | | Los Bordos Mine, Elisa de Bordos mining area, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile | |
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| Dimensions: | 11,0 x 8,5 x 1,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : -
Dendritic crystals in arborescent form in 2 dimensions
MIM number 718
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33099 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Herderite |
| Locality: | | Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,5 x 8,5 x 8,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 8,5 cm
Large, sharp-edged, translucent crystal of lavender color
MIM number 720
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33133 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cuprite |
| Locality: | | Onganja (Emke) Mine, Helen Farm 235, Onganja mining area, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 11,0 x 14,0 x 8,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 5,9 cm
Sharp-edged, perfectly crystallized green crystals covered with a green malachite coating, and having developed on the edges of a massive white calcite matrix .
MIM number 721
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33217 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Tantalite |
| Locality: | | Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 7,5 x 8,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 15,8 cm
Intact, sharp-edged, opaque, brown-black single crystal
MIM number722
Photographer :Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33093 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Sanidine |
| Locality: | | Itrongay (Itrongahy), Mahasoa East Commune, Betroka District, Anosy Region, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 10,0 x 4,0 x 7,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 10,7 cm
Transparent, yellow single crystal with some internal veils and a very sharp-edged upper part with very clear, classic faces of orthoclase
MIM number 723
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33168 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Beryl |
| Locality: | | Tsaramanga pegmatite (Tongafeno pegmatite), Comunidad Mahaiza, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 25,0 x 20,0 x 52,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 52,0 cm
Large hexagonal column in translucent dark blue in some areas, with a widened and well terminated head
MIM number 724
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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33230 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety heliodor) |
| Locality: | | Fitampito Commune, Ikalamavony District, Matsiatra Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,0 x 9,0 x 8,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 11,5 cm
Large honey yellow crystal, the interior of which is limpid and the edges covered in natural dissolution patterns
MIM number 725 |
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33065 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Ferberite |
| Locality: | | Tazna Mine (Tazna-Rosario Mine), Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia | |
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| Dimensions: | 10,0 x 8,5 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 10,2 cm
Perfect black twin in the shape of a sharp-edged butterfly
MIM number 719
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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| Viewed: |
33108 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Aug 15, 2015 16:22 Post subject: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon - Images of the Collection / 16 |
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| Mineral: | Ixiolite |
| Locality: | | Mavorano, Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,0 x 4,0 x 5,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 6,5 cm
Well terminated, metamict single crystal covered in a cream-colored film
MIM number 726
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32772 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Ixiolite |
| Locality: | | Mavorano, Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,0 x 4,0 x 5,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 6,5 cm
Well terminated, metamict single crystal covered in a cream-colored film
MIM number 726
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32858 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Betafite |
| Locality: | | Vorondolo Massif, Fandriana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,5 x 4,5 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 3,2 cm
Floating group of cream-colored crystals, very well crystallized and intact
MIM number 728
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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| Viewed: |
32827 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
| Locality: | | Coscuez mining district, Municipio San Pablo de Borbur, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,5 x 6,0 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 8,5 cm
Group of two intact, parallel hexagonal prisms with a trace of quartz; the crystals have some inclusion, and their core is less green than the edges
MIM number 729
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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| Viewed: |
33073 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite |
| Locality: | | La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,5 x 6,0 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,7 cm
Well terminated, transparent, green dodecagonal prism having developed on a blade of gray calcite
MIM number 730
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32922 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Euclase |
| Locality: | | Gachalá mining district, Municipio Gachalá, Eastern Emerald Belt, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,5 x 2,0 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,6 cm
Perfectly crystallized and intact, limpid, blue turquoise crystal
MIM number 731
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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| Viewed: |
32896 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Babingtonite |
| Locality: | | Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia, Zhaotong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 13,5 x 11,0 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 6,6 cm
Aggregate of hoppered crystals developed on a blade of matrix covered with colorless quartz crystals and pale green balls of prehnite
MIM number 732
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32758 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Spessartine on Quartz (variety smoky quartz) |
| Locality: | | Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 25,0 x 25,0 x 16,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 0,8 cm
Group of intact smoky quartz crystals covered with rather brilliant, transparent, orange spessartine crystals
MIM number 733
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32773 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cassiterite |
| Locality: | | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 6,5 x 5,0 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 6,3 cm
Perfect, lustrous quadratic prism terminated on the two sides by sharp-edged pyramids, a quadratic but rather tabular side crystal developed in the middle, and a remainder of flesh-colored coating
MIM number 734
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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| Viewed: |
32887 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Erythrite |
| Locality: | | Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,5 x 11,5 x 6,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 2,5 cm
Plate covered with rather intact thick crystals, some being in the form of rosettes
MIM number 735
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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| Viewed: |
32815 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Aug 21, 2015 17:20 Post subject: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon - Images of the Collection / 17 |
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| Mineral: | Thortveitite |
| Locality: | | Ljoslandsknipan (Thortveitittgruva), Knipan, Ljosland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,5 x 2,5 x 3,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,5 cm
Shiny, cream-colored crystal with the top rather well terminated
MIM number 736
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32601 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Leifite |
| Locality: | | Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,0 x 3,5 x 3,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 1,6 cm
Lustrous, light purple half-ball of 3.2cm in diameter on a little bit of gangue
MIM number 737
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32530 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Tantalite-(Mn) |
| Locality: | | Equador, Parelhas, Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 6,0 x 7,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 5,0 cm
Perfect, dark red prism on a dull smoky quartz crystal; a little albite at the base
MIM number 738
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32573 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Halite |
| Locality: | | Wieliczka Mine, Wieliczka, Małopolskie, Poland | |
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| Dimensions: | 12,0 x 16,5 x 11,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 8,5 cm
Large, colorless polysynthetic crystal on a massive halite matrix
MIM number 739
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32539 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Gibraltar Mine, Cueva de las Espadas, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,0 x 11,0 x 8,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 14,1 cm
Thick, colorless, double terminated trapezoid driven through the middle onto a brown limonite gangue
MIM number 740
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32596 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Diaspore |
| Locality: | | Menderes Massif, Muğla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey | |
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| Dimensions: | 10,0 x 3,5 x 3,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 10,5 cm
Green/pink dichroic, transparent twinned crystal in an asymmetrical V-shape
MIM number 741
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32548 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rutile |
| Locality: | | Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 17,5 x 12,0 x 9,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 8,6 cm
3 large, brilliant crystals with red reflections on brown metamorphic rock
MIM number 742
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32534 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Sylvanite |
| Locality: | | Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua, Viti Levu Island, Fiji | |
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| Dimensions: | 18,0 x 10,0 x 16,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 2,1 cm
Row of brilliant, silvery acicular crystals set on a drusy crystal covered in micro-crystallized quartz
MIM number 743
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32545 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Poudretteite |
| Locality: | | Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma) | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,5 x 2,0 x 2,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,7 cm
Translucent, pale brown/pink, dihexagonal, double terminated prism
MIM number 744
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32537 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Thorianite |
| Locality: | | Ambatomika, Tranomaro, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar), Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,0 x 3,5 x 3,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 5,2 cm
Black parallelepiped of dimensions 3.7 X 3.0 X 2.9 cm, rather well formed with an interpenetration twin
MIM number745
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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| Viewed: |
32528 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Thortveitite |
| Locality: | | Befanamo pegmatite, Anjozorobe District, Analamanga Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,0 x 4,0 x 8,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 5,2 cm
Group of somewhat well terminated, greenish crystals on a splinter of quartz
MIM number 746
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32428 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Hydrocerussite |
| Locality: | | Mendip Hills, Somerset, South West England, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 12,0 x 8,0 x 10,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 3,4 cm
Rosettes of rounded, cream-colored primary crystals inside a calcite geode
MIM number 747
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32384 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Analcime |
| Locality: | | Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 12,0 x 8,0 x 10,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 14,2 cm
Large, intact, white polyhedral crystal with some side crystals; natrolite and small needles of aegirine
MIM number 748
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32380 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Sanidine |
| Locality: | | Itrongay (Itrongahy), Mahasoa East Commune, Betroka District, Anosy Region, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,0 x 7,0 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 11,5 cm
Completely transparent, canary yellow monocrystal with clearly visible faces
MIM number 751
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32520 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Phenakite |
| Locality: | | Anjanabonoina, Ambohimanambola, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 2,0 x 2,0 x 4,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,1 cm
Intact, well formed crystal with a white lower part and a transparent, amber-colored upper part |
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32403 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Barite |
| Locality: | | Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 28,0 x 25,0 x 11,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 8,0 cm
Large, intact sheet of transparent tablets of amber-colored Baryte with small, lenticular white calcite crystals
MIM number 753
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32422 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Henmilite |
| Locality: | | Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 21,0 x 17,0 x 13,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 0,7 cm
Large block of white olshanskyite in thick strips, sprinkled with numerous small crystals of very well formed, dark blue henmilite
MIM number 754
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32403 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Ludlamite |
| Locality: | | Huanuni Mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | |
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| Dimensions: | 6,5 x 5,0 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 2,8 cm
Tufts of lustrous, dark green, diamond-shaped crystals on micro-crystallized pyrite
MIM number 755
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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| Mineral: | Magnetite |
| Locality: | | Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,0 x 6,0 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 1,9 cm
Perfect, very sharp-edged and shiny octahedron on a piece of granitic gangue
MIM number 756
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32386 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Ilvaïte |
| Locality: | | Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,5 x 7,0 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 6,3 cm
Sheaf of fine, very brilliant black crystals sprinkled with perfect, greenish crystals of beta-quartz (2.7cm maximum)
MIM number 757
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32423 Time(s) |
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| I can't find words for that, what a great collection! Some of the specimens are beyond any imagination, like the emeralds, the giant green cuprite and the insane euclase above ... and they even have superb specimens of minerals I never heard of ;-)
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| Mineral: | Microcline |
| Locality: | | Macarani, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 52,0 x 35,0 x 27,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 46,0 cm
Very well formed, bright green-blue single crystal with 2 faces selectively covered by microcrystals of black schorl and some very small topaz crystals
MIM number 758
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32235 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gold on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Mockingbird Mine, Colorado area, Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 6,5 x 11,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 2,8 cm
Very brilliant, sharp-edged polyhedric crystals on a white quartz matrix; a well terminated quartz crystal is partially imprisoned in the gold block.
MIM number 761 |
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32166 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,0 x 4,0 x 2,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,2 cm
Perfect hexagonal pyramid, transparent and blood red, with small side crystals at the base
MIM number 762
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32234 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Clinoclase |
| Locality: | | Wheal Muttrall (Wheal Muttrell), Wheal Gorland, Saint Day, Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,4 x 4,0 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 0,0 cm
Crust of dark blue crystals on liroconite
MIM number 764
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32187 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Witherite |
| Locality: | | Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Hexham, Tyne Valley, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 13,5 x 8,0 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,5 cm
Intact, white, double terminated, pseudo-hexagonal crystals
MIM number 765
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32184 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Galena on Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Mogul Mine, Silvermines District, County Tipperary, Ireland | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,5 x 6,0 x 4,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 3,1 cm
Lustrous gray crystal on cream-coloured, micro-crystallized dolomite
MIM number 766
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32149 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Fluorapatite and Bertrandite |
| Locality: | | Akchatau, Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,5 x 11,5 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 3,4 cm
Plate of opaque purple octahedrons with several transparent blue apatites (max 11mm) and tufts of white bertrandite
MIM number 767
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32249 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Adamite (variety cuprian adamite) |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,0 x 6,0 x 7,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 0,0 cm
Brilliant balls of apple green color
MIM number 768
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32190 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Herderite |
| Locality: | | Chhappu, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 6,0 x 7,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 6,4 cm
Perfect, very sharp-edged, smooth, green floating crystal; a little clevelandite
MIM number 769
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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32134 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorapatite (Apatite Group) |
| Locality: | | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,5 x 4,0 x 8,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,2 cm
Perfect purple crystals on a thin re-crystallized quartz section of 14.5cm
MIM number 770
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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31799 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Elbaïte with Quartz and Albite |
| Locality: | | Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 19,5 x 21,0 x 20,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 23,5 cm
4 intact crystals exhibiting the two types of polarities on an albite matrix with smoky quartz, lepidolite and an orthoclase crystal on the periphery
MIM number 771
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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31778 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Diamond |
| Locality: | | Dutoitspan Mine, Kimberley, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,0 x 4,0 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size : 4,7 cm
Intact, translucent, amber colored half-octahedron with corrosion patterns, crystallized lower portion and yellow gem points; 328 carats
MIM number 772
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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31840 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Mesolite |
| Locality: | | Pashan Hills, Khadakwasla Dam, Pashan, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 18,0 x 18,0 x 16,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 9,0 cm
Half-ball of well formed needles
MIM number 773
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31782 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Bornite |
| Locality: | | Carn Brea, Pool, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 10,5 x 7,0 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 0,9 cm
Block of cubic crystals with curved, interpenetrated faces
MIM number 774
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31821 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Goosecreekite |
| Locality: | | Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 15,0 x 12,5 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
White ball of 7.7cm in diameter on a gangue with pale green pseudo-cubic apophyllite
MIM number 775
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31884 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorapatite (Apatite Group) |
| Locality: | | Cerro de Mercado Mine, Cerro de los Remedios, Victoria de Durango, Municipio Durango, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 6,0 x 8,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 5,5 cm
Translucent yellow crystal with a well terminated upper part on a thin gangue
MIM number 776
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31784 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) |
| Locality: | | Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 21,0 x 10,0 x 30,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 25,0 cm
2 transparent double terminated crystals in a beautiful blue and in an X-shape
MIM number 777
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31824 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) on Albite |
| Locality: | | Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 29,0 x 24,0 x 14,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 12,5 cm
Crystals with a perfect, transparent upper portion on a sheet of albite that seems to be floating
MIM number 778
Photographer: James Elliott (Fine Minerals International) |
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31887 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Glove Mine, Glove Mine group , Devil's Cash Box Ridge, Cottonwood Canyon, Amado, Tyndall District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 21,0 x 19,0 x 14,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,1 cm
Intact, rounded tabular crystals in a mustard color
MIM number 779
Photographer: James Elliott (Fine Minerals International) |
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31880 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 21,0 x 19,0 x 14,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 27,8 cm
Sheaf of 3 transparent crystals with perfect terminations
MIM number 780
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31822 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite on Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,0 x 12,0 x 9,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 6,9 cm
Perfect, sharp-edged, transparent pink octahedron on a Muscovite gangue
MIM number 781
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31616 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan | |
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| Dimensions: | 18,0 x 10,0 x 5,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 7,8 cm
Black/dark purple polysynthetic octahedron on an intact gangue
MIM number 782
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31566 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,0 x 15,0 x 9,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 13,6 cm
Assembly of perfect, colorless and brilliant complex crystals becoming pink-orange under ultraviolet radiation
MIM number 783
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31551 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite with Aragonite inclusions and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 21,0 x 19,0 x 19,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 21,0 cm
Large, translucent, honey-colored complex crystal with inclusions of aragonite hairs, on a thin sheet of quartz
MIM number 784
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31633 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 7,5 x 11,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,8 cm Bush of crystals elongated into perfect, intact, brilliant hexagonal prisms
MIM number 785
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31607 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 11,0 x 9,0 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,7 cm
Ball of brilliant, short hexagonal prisms
MIM number 786
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31561 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite on Quartz and with Hübnerite |
| Locality: | | Huayllapon Mine (Huallapon Mine), Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,0 x 12,0 x 11,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 11,6 cm
Large, translucent red rhombohedron on quartz crystals; strips of hubnerite
MIM number 787
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31632 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Topaz on Albite and with Fluorite and Mica |
| Locality: | | Yuno, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 15,0 x 15,0 x 10,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 6,0 cm
Two perfect, transparent, champagne-colored crystals -- one crystal is not as well formed-- the whole on a white albite matrix with some more coarsely formed green fluorites and corroded mica crystals
MIM number 788
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31684 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Ilmenite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,5 x 7,0 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 6,3 cm
Sharp-edged tablets covered with an orange coating with a smoky quartz crystal
MIM number 790
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31626 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Ettringite with Calcite, Gaudefroyite and Hematite |
| Locality: | | N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 11,0 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,8 cm
Three lemon yellow crystals, one of them complete, on a matrix covered with calcite, gaudefroyite and hematite
MIM number 791
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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31574 Time(s) |
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| I can't believe my eyes ... the sizes of those specimens!!!!!!!!!! :o
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| Posted: Sep 02, 2015 00:13 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Hello Tobi
I am nearsighted, this is why I tried to collect large specimens :-)
Thank you for your comments: you should make it to Beirut to see all these minerals in person in the MIM museum!
Salim
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| Mineral: | Gold on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Mockingbird Mine, Colorado area, Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,5 x 6,0 x 6,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,5 cm
Large hoppered crystals --elongated, brilliant and sharp-edged-- some quartz crystals are more coarsely formed. Analysis showed the following composition: 88% Au, 12%Ag
MIM number 793
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30906 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gold on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Mockingbird Mine, Colorado area, Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 13,0 x 8,0 x 9,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,2 cm
Block in the form of a bonsai made up of sharp-edged and complex crystals on a little matrix at the base. Analysis showed the following composition: 88% Au, 12% Ag
MIM number 794
Photographer: James Elliott (FMI) |
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30958 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Platinum |
| Locality: | | Konder, Aldan shield, Ayan-Maya District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,0 x 5,0 x 3,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 6,7 cm
Large, elongated nugget with chromite inclusions
MIM number 795
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30957 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Polylithionite with Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,0 x 3,5 x 1,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,0 cm
Rosette toppped with a perfect equilateral triangle of rhodochrosite measuring 1.9cm
MIM number 796
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30825 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Sulphur |
| Locality: | | Agrigento (Girgenti) Province, Sicily, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,5 x 8,5 x 5,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 5,7 cm
Large, perfect, translucent brown crystal on a bituminous gangue
MIM number 797
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30939 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 12,0 x 12,0 x 12,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 10,9 cm
Large, pink, sharp-edged octahedron with smooth faces; with a small side crystal
MIM number 799
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30980 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,0 x 16,0 x 10,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 5,9 cm
Four light pink, perfectly sharp-edged and smooth octahedrons with “phantoms”
MIM number 800
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30882 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Vivianite |
| Locality: | | Cigana Mine (Jocão Mine), Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 16,0 x 15,0 x 9,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,7 cm
Translucent green lozenges developed on the base of a perfect quartz crystal
MIM number 801
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30886 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Anhydrite |
| Locality: | | Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 23,5 x 14,0 x 24,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 20,0 cm
Bluish fans, edges covered with calcite
MIM number 802
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30892 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 25,5 x 15,0 x 31,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 28,0 cm
Intact, translucent white Jacaré (or crocodile) quartz crystal with 2 side crystals
MIM number 803
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30883 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 17,0 x 17,0 x 23,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 21,0 cm
Large, transparent, slightly pinkish twinned crystal on brown quartz spur, becoming pink-orange under ultraviolet radiation
MIM number 804
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30739 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Franklinite with Calcite and Willemite |
| Locality: | | Furnace Quarry, Franklin Marble, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,5 x 9,0 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,2 cm
Rather well formed half-octahedron on massive calcite and willemite
MIM number 805
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30791 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aegirine with Orthoclase and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi | |
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| Dimensions: | 16,0 x 12,0 x 17,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 11,0 cm
Tangle of well terminated, intact, brilliant crystals with small crystals of orthoclase and quartz
MIM number 806
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30946 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Bere Alston Mines, Bere Ferrers, Tavistock, Devon, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,0 x 11,5 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,6 cm
Bright blue crystals on a matrix of white quartz
MIM number 807
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30838 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Kainosite |
| Locality: | | Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi | |
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| Dimensions: | 2,5 x 2,5 x 2,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,5 cm
Sheaf of fairly well terminated, widened, cream-colored crystals
MIM number 808
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30780 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Cleator Moor Iron Mines, Cleator Moor, Copeland, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 11,5 x 10,0 x 8,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 11,4 cm
Aggregates of brilliant black kidneys
MIM number 809
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30770 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Zoïsite (variety tanzanite) with Graphite |
| Locality: | | Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,5 x 10,0 x 7,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 5,3 cm
Translucent, intact crystal on a graphite matrix
MIM number 811
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30842 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Thomsonite, Natrolite and Inesite |
| Locality: | | Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 11,0 x 9,0 x 7,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,1 cm
Two balls of white scales, with natrolite epitaxy on inesite
MIM number 812
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30746 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Thomsonite |
| Locality: | | Aurangabad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 11,0 x 11,0 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,7 cm
Five cream-colored fibrous balls on basalt
MIM number 813
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30739 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 17,0 x 15,0 x 25,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 23,5 cm
Intact sheaf in the form of flowers and kidneys with brown-red coloration
MIM number 814 |
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30783 Time(s) |
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| Too great! I'm so in love with that blue fluorite on white matrix from England ♥♥♥
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Sep 19, 2015 10:46 Post subject: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon - Images of the Collection / 24 |
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| Mineral: | Galkhaite |
| Locality: | | Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 6,5 x 4,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 0,5 cm
Small, intact, sharp-edged red cubes on a gray gangue
MIM number 815
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30280 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Zoïsite (variety tanzanite) |
| Locality: | | Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,5 x 5,0 x 10,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 11,3 cm
Large, trichroic, gemmy crystal with a perfectly terminated upper part, the principal face violet, and the lateral face blue
MIM number 816
Photographer: James Elliott (FMI) |
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30324 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite and Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Jinchengjiang District, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 15,0 x 15,0 x 20,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 11,0 cm
Perfect, colorless, hexagonal prisms on a gangue made of cubes of pale fluorite
MIM number 817
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30189 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Huangpolong Mine, Shaft No. 884, Leiping, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 13,0 x 9,0 x 12,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 7,8 cm
Shiny, colorless, double terminated hexagonal prism with inclusion on a thin black gangue
MIM number 818
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30169 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 12,5 x 8,0 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,6 cm
Rounded, turquoise blue rhombohedrons on a white gangue
MIM number 819
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30247 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky) |
| Locality: | | Cavradi, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | 20,0 x 15,0 x 12,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 9,0 cm
Gwindel with good torsion angle and crystals of limpid smoky quartz
MIM number 820
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30251 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Powellite on Scolecite |
| Locality: | | Pandulena Hills, Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 17,0 x 15,0 x 12,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 5,8 cm
Perfect, pale yellow double terminated crystal on a bush of scolecite needles
MIM number 821
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30230 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Spessartite with Quartz and Schorl |
| Locality: | | Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,0 x 6,0 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 5,5 cm
Perfect dark red crystal without the cracks that one generally finds in crystals from this mine; developed on crystals of double terminated quartz, small crystals of schorl
MIM number 822
Photographer: James Elliott (FMI) |
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30241 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Anilite |
| Locality: | | Dzhezkazgan Mine, Shaft 55, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan | |
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| Dimensions: | 10,0 x 8,0 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,1 cm
Deformed, lustrous black pyramids on a gangue
MIM number 824
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30211 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cafarsite |
| Locality: | | Monte Cervandone, Devero Alp, Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,0 x 9,0 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,7 cm
Dull brown symmetrical crystal on the edge of a granitic rock
MIM number 826
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30205 Time(s) |
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Beautiful Tanzanite. Most impressive.
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| Posted: Sep 20, 2015 12:21 Post subject: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon - Images of the Collection / 25 |
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| Mineral: | Senarmontite |
| Locality: | | Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,0 x 6,0 x 6,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size:1,8 cm
Carpet of beige octahedrons on a gangue
MIM number 827
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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30008 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Eudidymite on Quartz (variety smoky) and with Aegirine |
| Locality: | | Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi | |
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| Dimensions: | 6,0 x 5,0 x 15,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 6,1 cm
Fan of blades crowning a quartz crystal measuring 14.7cm, with small crystals of aegirine
MIM number 829
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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29956 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 16,0 x 13,5 x 7,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,0 cm
Sheet of curved, intact, brilliant yellow and olive green-colored crystals
MIM number 830
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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29945 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Apatite (Group) |
| Locality: | | Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 7,5 x 25,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,0 cm
Stack of green hexagonal prisms
MIM number 831
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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29930 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Apatite (Group) |
| Locality: | | Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 19,0 x 16,0 x 12,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,9 cm
Stack of green prisms on an aggregate of apatite crystals
MIM number 832
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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29962 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Apatite (Group) |
| Locality: | | Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 18,5 x 13,0 x 15,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,5 cm
Aggregate of crystallized columns in beige and green, taking on a “Jacaré” (crocodile skin) aspect
MIM number 833
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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29972 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Stibiotantalite |
| Locality: | | Muiâne, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique | |
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| Dimensions: | 12,0 x 9,0 x 8,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 12,0 cm
Partially translucent, honey-colored pyramid with iridescence, in the shape of a beveled topaz
MIM number 834
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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29993 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Argyrodite |
| Locality: | | Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,5 x 4,0 x 2,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,5 cm
Aggregate of rather sharp-edged, metallic gray crystals
MIM number 835
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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29952 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Mordenite and Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
| Locality: | | Chakan, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 19,0 x 12,0 x 10,5 cm |
| Description: |
White balls in a basalt geode with calcite and chalcedony
MIM number 836
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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29956 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Chlorargyrite |
| Locality: | | Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 11,0 x 6,5 x 9,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 0,3 cm
Coral of green crystals that appear to be melted on a white kaolin matrix
MIM number 837
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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29971 Time(s) |
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