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Gail's collection
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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 4235
Location: Germany

Posted: May 25, 2016 10:17 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Gail wrote:

Ajoite in Quartz
Messina Mine, Musina (Messina), Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
18 cm

What an awesome museum piece, wow!
And again: Tom is really a good photographer :-)

Gail

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 5839
Location: Texas, Lone Star State.

Posted: May 25, 2016 15:37 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Thanks Enrique and Tobi.
Here is a real beauty, as I love Hematite from Egremont!

4268-A Hematite Quartz-Egremont England-74mm-Spann-TSpann photo-IMG_4568.jpg

Mineral:

Hematite with Quartz

Locality:

Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom

Dimensions:

74 mm

Description:

Thomas Spann photo

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Gail

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 5839
Location: Texas, Lone Star State.

Posted: May 25, 2016 15:45 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Apatite...

4295 Apatite on Siderite - Panasqueira Portugal - 10pt3cm - J and G Spann - Thomas Spann photo 4295.jpg

Mineral:

Apatite on Siderite

Locality:

Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal

Dimensions:

10.3 cm

Description:

Thomas Spann photo

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Carles Millan
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Joined: 05 May 2007
Posts: 1532
Location: Catalonia

Posted: May 25, 2016 16:19 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Gail wrote:

Apatite...

Incredibly beautiful!

Gail

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 5839
Location: Texas, Lone Star State.

Posted: May 25, 2016 17:10 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Thank you Carles, that means a lot to me.

5287 Heliodor Beryl - Befotaka District Madagascar 17pt4cm - J and G Spann Inv 5287 - Thomas Spann photo_SPA7243.jpg

Mineral:

Beryl (variety heliodor)

Locality:

Befotaka Sud District, Atsimo-Atsinanana Region, Madagascar

Dimensions:

17.4 cm

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Enrique Llorens

Joined: 02 Jun 2011
Posts: 406

Posted: May 26, 2016 02:09 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Balanced and aesthetic fantastic apatite !

VRigatti

Joined: 19 Dec 2009
Posts: 81
Location: Denver, CO

Posted: May 26, 2016 09:30 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Stunning specimens and wonderful photos. Can't pick out a favorite, they are all masterpieces. Thanks for sharing

Gail

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 5839
Location: Texas, Lone Star State.

Posted: May 27, 2016 13:06 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Thank you very much, it's amazing what comes out of the earth.

5131-Azurite-Copper Queen Bisbee-104mm-Spann-TSpann photo-IMG_6242s.jpg

Mineral:

Azurite and malachite

Locality:

Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Dimensions:

104 mm

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Gail

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 5839
Location: Texas, Lone Star State.

Posted: Jun 06, 2016 20:57 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Here's to cancer survivor day, yesterday! Something pink.

8370 Marshallsussmanite v1- Wessels, S Africa - 6pt5cm Jon Veevaert photo103_7237.jpg

Mineral:

Marshallsussmanite

Locality:

Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Dimensions:

6.5 cm

Description:

John Veevaert photo.

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Gail

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 5839
Location: Texas, Lone Star State.

Posted: Jun 06, 2016 21:48 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

And one I love because I am British by birth...

3642 closeup-Witherite-Fallowfield Mine England-80mm-Spann-TSpann photo-IMG_6368.jpg

Mineral:

Witherite

Locality:

Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Hexham, Tyne Valley, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom

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80mm

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Gail

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 5839
Location: Texas, Lone Star State.

Posted: Jun 06, 2016 21:51 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

...

3471-Moschellandsbergite-Moschellandsberg Germany-54mm-Spann-TSpann photo-IMG_4673.jpg

Mineral:

Moschellandsbergite

Locality:

Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Dimensions:

54mm

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Gail

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 5839
Location: Texas, Lone Star State.

Posted: Jun 06, 2016 21:54 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Aesthetic!

5199-Fluorite-Boltsburn Mine England-113mm-Spann-TSpann photo-IMG_4642.jpg

Mineral:

Fluorite with siderite

Locality:

Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom

Dimensions:

113 mm

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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 4235
Location: Germany

Posted: Jun 06, 2016 23:32 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Excellent Boltsburn specimen!

Gail

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 5839
Location: Texas, Lone Star State.

Posted: Jul 05, 2016 11:48 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

Thank you Tobi!

5712 Hematite w Calcite - Wessels Mine South Africa - 5pt3cm - J and G Spann - Thomas Spann photo.jpg

Mineral:

Hematite on Calcite

Locality:

Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Dimensions:

5.3 cm

Description:

Tom Spann photo

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Gail

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 5839
Location: Texas, Lone Star State.

Posted: Jul 05, 2016 11:52 Post subject: Re: Gail's collection

I keep pretty busy these days, well...all days, so excuse me as I add some sporadically?

Tom Spann photo..

6086-Hessite-Anna Mine Romania-81mm-Spann-TSpann photo-IMG_6481.jpg

Mineral:

Hessite

Locality:

Anna Mine, Botes (Botești), Zlatna, Alba, Transylvania, Romania

Dimensions:

81mm

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