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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
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Location: Normandie
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 Posted: May 11, 2016 14:20 Post subject: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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Hello,
I will present here. from time to time, my minerals (those that can be shown).
Some are nice (almost all to me), others are not so; and the pictures could really be better.
So now let's go. For my first attempt.
| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Brézouard, Les Vosges Massif, Lapoutroie, Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France |  |
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| Dimensions: | 85mm |
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| The largest crystal is 10 mm wide. The crack you see seems to be recrystallized. There is no crack on the matrix. |
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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
Posts: 653
Location: Normandie
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| Posted: May 11, 2016 14:30 Post subject: Re: collection of Philippe Durand |
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Another Hematite
| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 130mm wide |
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| I am not sure of the locality, it is an old specimen |
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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
Posts: 653
Location: Normandie
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| Posted: May 12, 2016 09:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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So now new hematites
| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 60 mm by 60mm |
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very shinny specimen difficult to photograph
the cristals are lamelar; up to 25mm |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina | |
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| Dimensions: | 70mm by 30mm |
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| Hematite after octhaedral crystals of Magnetite |
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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
Posts: 653
Location: Normandie
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| Posted: May 12, 2016 10:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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Other specimens.
| Mineral: | Magnetite |
| Locality: | | Cerro Huañaquino, Paco Grande, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm by 40 mm |
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| Mineral: | Rhodonite |
| Locality: | | Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 50mm by 35mm |
| Description: |
| reddish gemmy crystals on galena matrix |
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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
Posts: 653
Location: Normandie
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| Posted: May 13, 2016 12:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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I can now present other minerals
| Mineral: | Siderite with Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Chojñacota Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia | |
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| Dimensions: | 65mm x 55mm |
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| Siderite with small pyrites formerly in the Richard Kosnar collection |
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| Mineral: | Siderite with Chalcopyrite |
| Locality: | | Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 80mm x 70mm |
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| Siderite with chalcopyrite |
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| Mineral: | Pyrrhotite with Quartz |
| Locality: | | Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 80mm x 50mm |
| Description: |
| it is sad that Dal'negorsk minerals are now so scarce on the market. |
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Roger Warin
Joined: 23 Jan 2013
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| Posted: May 13, 2016 16:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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Hi,
Fine specimens, but I enjoyed hematite from Lapoutroie, a locality where you eat well. It’s a specimen that I did not know.
Is it an old specimen?
Roger.
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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
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Location: Normandie
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| Posted: May 14, 2016 00:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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Thank you Roger
I bought this specimen one month ago from a French internet dealer. I do not have any information about when it was collected, but I suppose that it is from a previous collection.
Although, I know that some collectors visit the now closed iron mines of the Vosges and find nice specimens, from time to time.
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 14, 2016 02:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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| Philippe Durand wrote: | | It is sad that Dal'negorsk minerals are now so scarce on the market |
In my experience, they are not that scarce. Sure, they are not omnipresent, but it depends on what you are searching for. I don't collect rare species or uncommon paragenesises (is that a correct plural form? ;-)), only "common" stuff like fluorite, galena, quartz or calcite. And (at least on the German market) there are always some nice Dal'negorsk specimens of that species in each price range to find. But you're also right that they are becoming more scarce than in the past. And if one doesn't collect the really common things (fluorite, galena, quartz, calcite) but some rarer species from Dal'negorsk (e.g. datolite, pyrrhotite and other sulfides, andradite, axinite, ilvaite etc.) there's not an excessive supply on the market.
But I can't complain, these are my three current Dalnegorsk specimens, and all of them were purchased during the last years:
https://www.mindat.org/photo-729504.html
https://www.mindat.org/photo-710782.html
https://www.mindat.org/photo-601686.html
Cheers!
Tobi
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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
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Location: Normandie
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| Posted: May 16, 2016 07:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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Thank you for your precision Tobi.
Now I am shifting photos to some of my pyrites.
| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 150mm x 80mm x 60mm |
| Description: |
| The main crystal is 30 mm wide |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 150mm x 80mm x 60mm |
| Description: |
| The main crystal is 30 mm wide |
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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
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Location: Normandie
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| Posted: May 16, 2016 07:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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We now go to Italy
| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 35mm x 50mm |
| Description: |
| with a flat tabular crystal of 40mm |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 35mm x 50mm |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 35mm x 50mm |
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Philippe Durand
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Location: Normandie
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| Posted: May 16, 2016 07:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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The Peruvian pyrites are a must.
| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 100mm X 65mm x 50mm |
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| The greatest crystal is 40mm wide |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 100mm X 65mm x 50mm |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 80mm x 65mm x 60mm |
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| Pentagonal dodecahedrons from the same mine. |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 80mm X 65mm x 60mm |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 65mm x 55mm x 55mm |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 65mm x 55mm x 55mm |
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Philippe Durand
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Location: Normandie
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| Posted: May 16, 2016 07:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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I forgot Elba Island
Now I have finished my pyrite.
| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Rio Mine (Rio Marina Mine), Valle Giove stope, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 45mm x 40mm x 40mm |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Rio Mine (Rio Marina Mine), Valle Giove stope, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 45mm x 40mm x 40mm |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: May 16, 2016 09:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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| Philippe Durand wrote: | | Now I am shifting photos to some of my pyrites. |
Concerning your Navajún pyrite above I think the main crystal cannot be 20mm wide given the size of the specimen. Either the cristal is bigger or the whole specimen must be smaller.
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Philippe Durand
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| Posted: May 16, 2016 10:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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I think you are right. I had theese dimensions in my database.
But after checking both are wrong : 150mm is the max dimension of the specimen, and 30mm the max crystal.
How can I correct that ?
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Corrected
Carles M.
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chris
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| Posted: May 16, 2016 11:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Philippe Durand |
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Hello Philippe,
There is an "edit" button at the bottom right of your post. You can use it to edit it and change the data.
Christophe
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