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Tobi
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As you've seen in several posts before, the minerals from Germany were also outstanding ...
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2015 03:20 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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| Tobi wrote: | | As you've seen in several posts before, the minerals from Germany were also outstanding ... |
Speaking of outstanding minerals from Germany: In the next post you'll find cute tiny specimens of Rottleberode fluorite, Bad Ems pyromorphite aaaaaand ... NEUDORF GALENA ♥♥♥♥♥
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2015 03:39 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2015 03:49 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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In this next-to-last post you'll see some extraordinary specimens from Saxony. Speaking of Saxon minerals, many of you may think of typical things like fluorite, galena, silver or baryte ... but here are things like colourful calcite sinter, gemmy blue topaz (no, not Minas Gerais or Ural Mts, really Saxony) and elbaite on quartz (also not Minas Gerais but Saxony) ;-)
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2015 03:54 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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That's it, guys, these are my last four photos. I think the last one is a good ending for this wonderful journey around the world, but actually only to Saxony. And so the very last photo shows a wonderful pyromorphite from its type locality - which is also in Saxony :-)
I hope you had fun with my report from one of the world's best mineral collections!
Tobi
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2015 10:36 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Thanks again, Tobi. Great report. I like the "little" native arsenic nodule :-)
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Fiebre Verde
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2015 11:40 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Thanks for sharing Tobi.
I thought the best German minerals museum of the weekend was in Munich but your photos prove that I was wrong.
Gérard
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2015 11:45 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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| Very nice Tobi, thanks. World class collection in every way.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2015 12:19 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | Thanks again, Tobi. Great report. I like the "little" native arsenic nodule :-) |
That ugly chunk? Well, that would be the last specimen I'd choose if I'd get one for free ;-)
| Fiebre Verde wrote: | | Thanks for sharing Tobi. I thought the best German minerals museum of the weekend was in Munich but your photos prove that I was wrong. Gérard |
As I said in my introducing words on page 1, it's hard to compete with this collection, at least within Germany there's nothing like it. And you should keep in mind the dimensions of this collection: I only took photos of 10 percent of the display collection ... and the display collection is only a small part of Erika Pohl-Ströher's former private collection, she assembled 80,000 specimens. Yes, eighty thousand mineral specimens ... any further questions? :o
| vic rzonca wrote: | | Very nice Tobi, thanks. World class collection in every way. |
I'm glad you enjoyed the gallery :-)
Some bonus pictures: I tried to "infect" my son with the mineral passion by taking him to this crystal paradise ... he first seemed to have fun, but became bored rather quick ... maybe too young for this passion ;-)))
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2015 17:35 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Some bonus pictures: I tried to "infect" my son with the mineral passion by taking him to this crystal paradise ... he first seemed to have fun, but became bored rather quick ... maybe too young for this passion ;-))) |
Give your son a few more months to develop his love of minerals, he only has to observe his father...and should be well on his way by the time he is 2 or 3. :)
Thanks for sharing this amazing collection.
- Tracy
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 01, 2015 07:51 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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| I think there's even more time - I myself started at the age of 8 or 9 ;-)
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 01, 2015 08:10 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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| Tobi wrote: | | I think there's even more time - I myself started at the age of 8 or 9 ;-) |
The interest for minerals is not usually hereditary. But of course some exceptions exist.
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2015 14:06 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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| Thank you SO MUCH Tobi!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 03, 2015 11:40 Post subject: Re: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | | I think there's even more time - I myself started at the age of 8 or 9 ;-) |
The interest for minerals is not usually hereditary. But of course some exceptions exist. |
I'll do my very best to pass it on to him ;-)
| Jordi Fabre wrote: | | Thank you SO MUCH Tobi! |
You're welcome, Jordi :-)
| GneissWare wrote: | | Excellent overview Tobi! Can we have more?!? |
Unfortunately not, these were all the photos I made :-(
??? Your garnet?!
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