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Peter, there are 250 new rocks which have been added since you last made us the honor of your visit two years ago!
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Peter
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| Posted: Oct 11, 2015 16:02 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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I think those "rocks" are 250 incredible mineral specimens and it would certainly be a pleasure to visit again.
Best regards
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| Posted: Oct 12, 2015 08:03 Post subject: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon - Images of the Collection / 33 |
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| Mineral: | Pyrargyrite |
| Locality: | | Zacatecas, Mexico |  |
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| Dimensions: | 5,0 x 4,5 x 4,0 cm |
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Main crystal size: 2,0 cm
Aggregate of brown and red crystals with a trigonal appearance
MIM number 917
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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| Mineral: | Pyrargyrite and Calcite |
| Locality: | | San Luis shaft, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 6,5 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,1 cm
Large, translucent, dark crystals; some white calcite veins
MIM number 918
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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27101 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pyrargyrite |
| Locality: | | Santo Niño vein, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,0 x 5,5 x 3,5 cm |
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Main crystal size: 2,0 cm
Aggregate of short, dark, brilliant crystals
MIM number 919
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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27117 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pyrargyrite on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Taxco de Alarcón, Municipio Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,0 x 6,0 x 6,5 cm |
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Main crystal size : 0,5 cm
Tuft of small dark crystals on white quartz
MIM number 920
Photographer : Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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27118 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Silver |
| Locality: | | Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 10,0 x 4,5 x 4,5 cm |
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Block of thread-like silver folded at the ends
MIM number 921
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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27123 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Silver with Calcite |
| Locality: | | La Nevada Mine, Cerro San Antonio, San Miguel, Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,0 x 3,5 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 6,0 cm
Silver feathers set on a calcite gangue with an side crystal that looks like a fish bone
MIM number 922
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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27118 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,0 x 6,0 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,3 cm
Intact, orange tabular crystals on a limonite matrix
MIM number 923
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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27151 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite on Calcite |
| Locality: | | Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 10,5 x 4,5 x 4,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,9 cm
Thick cubic crystals of orange color on a white matrix
MIM number 924
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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27097 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 10,0 x 6,5 x 4,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,6 cm
Group of brown strips with a black core
MIM number 925
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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27118 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 5,0 x 7,0 cm |
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Main crystal size: 2,8 cm
Two-tone, thick, square tablets on a gangue
MIM number 926
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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27139 Time(s) |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 12, 2015 09:48 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Outstanding wulfenites from Los Lamentos (924.jpg and 926.jpg)!!!
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Les Presmyk
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| Posted: Oct 12, 2015 09:56 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| 918 Pyrargyrite is probably my favorite pyrargyrite from anywhere. The creedite is really something to behold as are the rest of the Mexican suite from Miguel Romero's collection. The boleite suite is really quite something as well.
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Jim
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| Posted: Oct 12, 2015 14:13 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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OK, now I'm motivated to comment on this particular thread. Based on the photos that Salim has kindly shared here, on the MIM Facebook page, and for the two MR articles about the Museum, adjectives like "incredible, amazing and spectacular" are inadequate to describe what Salim has done and is doing.
This is simply the most important reference and aesthetic collection extant, and it is noble work. Congrats and please do keep the photos/descriptions coming. They serve as an invaluable and inspirational repository unlike anything else!
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MIM Museum
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| Posted: Oct 12, 2015 23:55 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Jim wrote: | OK, now I'm motivated to comment on this particular thread. Based on the photos that Salim has kindly shared here, on the MIM Facebook page, and for the two MR articles about the Museum, adjectives like "incredible, amazing and spectacular" are inadequate to describe what Salim has done and is doing.
This is simply the most important reference and aesthetic collection extant, and it is noble work. Congrats and please do keep the photos/descriptions coming. They serve as an invaluable and inspirational repository unlike anything else! |
Jim, thank you for your very kind words. I hope that you can make it one day to Lebanon to visit the museum - and the country (you'll see, it is less wild than what media generally depict!)
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Jim
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| Posted: Oct 13, 2015 15:54 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| MIM Museum wrote: | | Jim wrote: | OK, now I'm motivated to comment on this particular thread. Based on the photos that Salim has kindly shared here, on the MIM Facebook page, and for the two MR articles about the Museum, adjectives like "incredible, amazing and spectacular" are inadequate to describe what Salim has done and is doing.
This is simply the most important reference and aesthetic collection extant, and it is noble work. Congrats and please do keep the photos/descriptions coming. They serve as an invaluable and inspirational repository unlike anything else! |
Jim, thank you for your very kind words. I hope that you can make it one day to Lebanon to visit the museum - and the country (you'll see, it is less wild than what media generally depict!)
Salim |
Salim,
It would be a wonderful honor to come see the collection in person. Also, I'm sure Bryan Swoboda of Blue Cap Productions would appreciate the chance to speak with you about a new film series idea that would be perfect to include MIM.
Thanks!
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| Posted: Oct 17, 2015 14:57 Post subject: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon - Images of the Collection / 34 |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 10,5 x 8,0 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,2 cm
Small, sharp-edged, brilliant, transparent squares
MIM number 927
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26595 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 6,5 x 4,5 x 4,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,3 cm
Transparent, brilliant, orange tablets
MIM number 928
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26579 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite with Mimetite |
| Locality: | | San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Municipio Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,0 x 4,5 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,8 cm
Thin orange crystals set with mimetite balls
MIM number 929
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26583 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite with Mimetite |
| Locality: | | San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Municipio Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 6,0 x 5,0 x 2,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 5,7 cm
Large, thin, shiny square crystal set with balls of mimetite
MIM number 930
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26579 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite with Quartz |
| Locality: | | Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 12,0 x 12,0 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,1 cm
Very elongated hexagonal crystals bent over the two faces of a sheet of microcrystalline quartz
MIM number 931
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26557 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Buergerite |
| Locality: | | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 16,5 x 11,5 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,3 cm
Radiating aggregates of lustrous brown crystals
MIM number 932
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26603 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Buergerite |
| Locality: | | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,0 x 3,0 x 2,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,5 cm
Lustrous brown crystals lying flat on a gangue
MIM number 933
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26541 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Boleite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 2,5 x 2,5 x 2,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,2 cm
Large, shiny, polysynthetic quasi-cubic crystal
MIM number 934
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26527 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Boleite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,5 x 1,5 x 1,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,2 cm
Perfect, sharp-edged, brilliant quasi-cubic crystal
MIM number 935
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26561 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Boleite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,0 x 1,0 x 1,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 0,9 cm
Several overlapping cubes giving a quasi-spherical appearance to the ensemble
MIM number 936
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26528 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Oct 18, 2015 17:26 Post subject: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon - Images of the Collection / 35 |
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| Mineral: | Boleite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,0 x 1,0 x 1,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 0,9 cm
Perfect, very well crystallized twinned crystal
MIM number 937
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26378 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Boleite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,0 x 1,0 x 1,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 0,6 cm
Twin of three perfect, interpenetrating crystals
MIM number 939
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26378 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Boleite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,0 x 1,0 x 1,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 0,9 cm
Perfect, sharp-edged, brilliant cube
MIM number 940
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26371 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pseudoboleite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,0 x 1,0 x 1,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,1 cm
Perfect, lustrous blue cube with tiered edges
MIM number 941
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26367 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pseudoboleite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,0 x 1,0 x 1,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 0,8 cm
Small, perfect, blue cube with tiered edges
MIM number 942
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26375 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 3,5 x 3,0 x 0,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,2 cm
Japan Law twin of practically intact amethyst, 3.5cm in width
MIM number 943
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26424 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Amatitlán, Municipio Zumpango del Río, Guerrero, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 17,0 x 3,5 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 16,8 cm
Sheaf of crystals laid out at 180° of one another with milky ends
MIM number 944
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26378 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Amatitlán, Municipio Zumpango del Río, Guerrero, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,0 x 12,5 x 19,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 14,4 cm
Sheaf of crystals with good coloring, one broken lateral crystal and impact marks on the back
MIM number 945
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26346 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,5 x 13,5 x 5,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,2 cm
Transparent, intact crystals set on a thin sheet, one crystal in the form of a scepter
MIM number 946
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26406 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Guanajuato, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 12,0 x 6,5 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 10,0 cm
Almost intact, white scalenohedron on quartz matrix
MIM number 947
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26376 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Scheelite |
| Locality: | | Santa Cruz, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 3,5 x 3,5 x 5,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 5,0 cm
Rather intact, honey-colored single crystal
MIM number 949
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26096 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Bournonite on Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Municipio Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,0 x 7,5 x 4,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,9 cm
Silvery tabular crystal on pyrite matrix
MIM number 950
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26086 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cumengeite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,5 x 1,5 x 1,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,5 cm
Crystals growing in epitaxy on a crystal of boleite, with 2 faces without cumengite
MIM number 951
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26085 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cumengeite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,5 x 1,5 x 1,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,4 cm
Crystal with 6 points developed in epitaxy on the faces of a crystal of boleite, of which some are naturally truncated
MIM number 952
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26099 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cumengeite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,5 x 1,5 x 1,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,2 cm
Crystal with 6 points developed in epitaxy on the faces of a crystal of boleite, with a slightly rough surface
MIM number 953
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26070 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cumengeite |
| Locality: | | Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleo), Boleo District, Municipio Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1,0 x 1,0 x 1,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 0,6 cm
Small perfect crystal with 6 terminated points developed in epitaxy on the faces of a crystal of boleite
MIM number 954
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26065 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Tennantite on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Concepción del Oro, Municipio Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 6,5 x 4,5 x 4,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,1 cm
Sharp-edged crystal on white quartz points
MIM number 955
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26091 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 14,5 x 8,5 x 8,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 5,7 cm
Polysynthetic, colorless and transparent octahedrons on a sphalerite matrix
MIM number 956
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26071 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 7,5 x 9,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 6,5 cm
Group of two colorless, brilliant twinned crystals -- violet at the edges-- with a bubble of liquid inside (spinel twin)
MIM number 957
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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26081 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Legrandite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 13,5 x 10,5 x 19,0 cm |
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Main crystal size: 16,5 cm
Large sheaf of very brilliant, yellow crystals in a V-shape, micro-crystallized scorodite and traces of limonite at the top
Mim number 958
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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26127 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Legrandite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 2,5 x 1,5 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 6,0 cm
Perfect sheaf of bright lemon yellow, double terminated crystals
MIM number 959
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25676 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Legrandite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 2,5 x 1,5 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,9 cm
Sheaf of dark yellow crystals, the lower part containing transparent crystals
MIM number 960
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25665 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Legrandite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 6,0 x 6,5 x 4,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,1 cm
Limonite geode in a sandwich with several yellow crystals
MIM number 962
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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| Mineral: | Jalpaite |
| Locality: | | Jalpa, Municipio Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,0 x 3,0 x 2,0 cm |
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Main crystal size: 3,6 cm
Perfect, sharp-edged hoppered crystal covered with green spots. This specimen was used by Dr. Fabregat in Mexico City to make a complete crystallographic study of the species in 1967.
Mim number 963
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Ainu) |
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25733 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 7,5 x 10,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,0 cm
Sharp-edged, pink-red gem crystals on a hard, black gangue
MIM number 964
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25703 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Pearceite |
| Locality: | | Guanajuato, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,0 x 2,5 x 2,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,7 cm
Rosette of two perfect, brilliant crystals
MIM number 965
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25675 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Paradamite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 6,5 x 4,0 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,2 cm
Perfect yellow-brown crystals in the shape of a chisel on limonite matrix
MIM number 966
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25678 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | San Carlos Mine (Apex Mine), San Carlos, Municipio Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,0 x 8,0 x 5,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,3 cm
Brown-orange crystals resembling pyromorphite on a calcite gangue
MIM number 967
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25692 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Ludlamite on Siderite |
| Locality: | | San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,0 x 4,0 x 3,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,7 cm
Thick, dark green tabular crystals with small siderite crystals
MIM number 968
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25704 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Mimetite |
| Locality: | | San Pedro Corralitos, Municipio Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 17,0 x 10,0 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
Yellow balls exhibiting a “wet” look in a limonite geode
MIM number 969
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25678 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Mimetite |
| Locality: | | San Pedro Corralitos, Municipio Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,0 x 6,0 x 4,0 cm |
| Description: |
Yellow balls covering two faces of a strip of limonite
MIM number 970
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25331 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 16,0 x 15,5 x 7,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,1 cm
Plate covered with intact, transparent and brilliant interpenetration twins, very dichroic in green and purple
MIM number 971
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25330 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Bastnäsite-(Ce) |
| Locality: | | Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,5 x 4,0 x 3,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,7 cm
Perfect amber-colored, hexagonal prism, with an side crystal
MIM number 972
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25234 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Monazite (Group) |
| Locality: | | Espinosa, Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,5 x 4,0 x 3,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,5 cm
Sharp-edged, amber-colored twinned crystal in an X-shape
MIM number 973
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25285 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rutile |
| Locality: | | Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,5 x 3,5 x 4,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,6 cm
Brilliant red, reticulated crystals on a group of small, intact quartz crystals (max 3.7cm)
MIM number 974
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25251 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Zircon |
| Locality: | | Astor Valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 20,0 x 16,0 x 10,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,8 cm
Small, sharp-edged, red, double terminated crystals on a cream-colored matrix
MIM number 975
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25232 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Brookite on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Thurdook (Thurdok), Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,0 x 4,0 x 6,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,3 cm
Sheaf of 7 brown crystals on quartz
MIM number 976
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25262 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Brookite on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Thurdook (Thurdok), Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 9,5 x 6,0 x 7,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,4 cm
Group of 2 perfect, transparent red crystals on a matrix with faden quartz
MIM number 977
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25267 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Brookite |
| Locality: | | Thurdook (Thurdok), Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 3,5 x 3,0 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,1 cm
Group of 3 transparent red crystals, including one that is double terminated
MIM number 978
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25246 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Brookite |
| Locality: | | Thurdook (Thurdok), Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 x 5,0 x 6,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,6 cm
Group of 4 transparent red crystals on an elongated cream-colored matrix
MIM number 979
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25259 Time(s) |
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Val
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| Posted: Nov 21, 2015 12:59 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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What a wonderful collection. Almost all of the specimens were chosen by the collector for their most aesthetic appearance, luster. color and high quality. Just truly amazing and stunning.
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Tony L. Potucek
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| Posted: Nov 22, 2015 12:23 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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I just only recently went through the multiple pages of your mineral photographs, Mr. Edde'. You are to be congratulated for your Herculean efforts in gathering such a wonderful mineral collection while running under the radar.
I was in communication with my good friend John White yesterday and both of us believe that not only are the selections of the common and the rare species so well represented in spectacular fashion, but, as John so eloquently pointed out, it is important that you "selected some very esoteric things, not just the super pretties". And, there is something else. We see a very rare phenomenon in you, Mr. Edde'. In our century plus experience of mineral collecting, we find it is a rare mineral collector indeed, who combines the ability to assemble such a collection, with an unbelievable sense of aesthetics and impact in almost all of the specimens shown. Thank you so much for sharing these photographs of the MIM collection. Personally, while I travel a lot, much of my travel is relegated to less populated areas where geologic exposures and birds rule. The chances of my seeing this amazing collection in person are remote, so I thank you for allowing me to view these exceptional pieces through the internet. The Jalpaite, by the way, is one of my personal favorites.
Tony L. Potucek
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| Posted: Nov 22, 2015 13:36 Post subject: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon - Images of the Collection / 39 |
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| Mineral: | Hibonite |
| Locality: | | Ambatomika, Tranomaro, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tuléar), Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,5 x 4,5 x 4,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 4,0 cm
Lustrous, black, double terminated, hexagonal crystal in a barrel shape on a cream-colored feldspar matrix
MIM number 981
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25024 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Zircon |
| Locality: | | Ambalarano, Ikalamavony District, Matsiatra Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 3,5 x 3,0 x 9,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 8,9 cm
Sharp-edged, opaque, brown pegmatite crystal
MIM number 982
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25060 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Annabergite |
| Locality: | | Lavrion Mines, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,5 x 4,5 x 3,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 1,0 cm
Cavity full of small, brilliant green crystals
MIM number 990
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25094 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | El Infierno Mine, Icabarú river placers, Santa Elena de Uairen, Gran Sabana, Bolívar State, Venezuela | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,5 x 4,0 x 12,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 11,9 cm
Light yellow crystals in the shape of a ram's horns, with quartz traces at the base. Analysis showed the following composition: 84.5% Au, 15.4% Ag
MIM number 991
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | Talbot Mine, Big Blow - Bardoc, Broad Arrow, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,5 x 2,5 x 5,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 5,1 cm
Alluvial nugget in a hopper habit with traces of quartz
MIM number 992
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25054 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | Round Mountain Mine, Round Mountain, Round Mountain District, Nye County, Nevada, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8,5 x 7,5 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 3,2 cm
Group of brilliant crystals in a spinel twin
MIM number 994
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25077 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | Round Mountain Mine, Round Mountain, Round Mountain District, Nye County, Nevada, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6,5 x 8,0 x 5,0 cm |
| Description: |
Fine crystal lace in the shape of fish bones and very sharp-edged cubic crystals
MIM number 995
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25093 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Uraninite |
| Locality: | | Swamp No. 1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2,5 x 2,5 x 1,5 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 2,4 cm
Lustrous, black cubo-octahedron with a sharp-edged upper portion and contacted bottom
MIM number 996
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25055 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Samarskite |
| Locality: | | Divinésia (Divino de Ubá), Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 6,0 x 3,5 x 6,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 6,4cm
Group of relatively well formed, sub-parallel, brown, lanceolate crystals
MIM number 997
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25041 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: | 3,0 x 3,0 x 9,0 cm |
| Description: |
Main crystal size: 7,9 cm
Complex, very pale blue single crystal with an inclusion at the base in the form of a spiral with 9 steps
MIM number 998
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu) |
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25071 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Nov 23, 2015 01:01 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Dear Mr. Potucek
Thank you for your very kind words. Pictures will unfortunately convey only partially the beauty of these marvels of nature.
I know that my country, Lebanon, is not one of the most popular destinations nowadays, but it is a country that is 3 hours 45 min away from Paris, for instance, that does not require visas for Europeans or Americans, and that is far less wild than what is inferred by reading newspapers!
If you decide to make it to Beirut, please let me know: it will be my pleasure to tour you around the museum!
Salim
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| Posted: Nov 23, 2015 03:39 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Beirut is "the Paris of the Middle East" !
Having been in Paris so many times, but not yet in Beirut, is a shame on me.
Lebanon has so many beautiful places to see, people to meet, nice food to eat, wines to drink, we can dance, look at minerals, go to the beach, ski in the mountains, walk in the cedar forests, visit Baalbek, Byblos, Tyre, et cetera, so much beauty.
I would love so much to go to Lebanon. If one day we have again some money to travel, we will come, with my wife and now two children. We will walk, feel safe and have a good time.
Kesak! Frank
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| Posted: Nov 23, 2015 04:05 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Frank, you will be most welcome! Please let me know when you plan to make us the honor of a visit!
Salim
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| Posted: Nov 23, 2015 05:21 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Mr. Potucek
I should add that we have several bird watch posts in the Bekaa valley (Kfarzabad, Ammiq among others in the various swamps of the region where birds migrating between Africa and Europe make periodic stops).
You could thus combine bird watching with minerals !
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