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Fiebre Verde
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Location: Paris Area
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 Posted: Sep 09, 2016 04:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - La Pita (#319) |
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Crystals with pointed terminations are only found in La Pita.
They are called locally "Botella" (bottle).
Matrix specimens are rarely seen.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
| Locality: | | La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia |  |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
| Locality: | | La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
| Locality: | | La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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Pierre Joubert
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Location: Western Cape
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| Posted: Sep 09, 2016 06:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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Hi Gérard, the last specimen is fantastic!
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Fiebre Verde
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Location: Paris Area
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| Posted: Sep 09, 2016 08:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Hi Gérard, the last specimen is fantastic! |
Hello Pierre!
Thanks for showing your appreciation for this... single crystal or aggregate (am not too sure what this form should be called!).
It's definitely an oddity in the world of emerald.
A remote variety of this form is shown in the attached image - that's also from La Pita.
Although the crystal has the usual flat basal pinacoid termination, the faces parallel to the c-axis... are not parallel! Instead they are slightly curved. I have seen this feature only in La Pita.
Gérard
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Parisite |
| Locality: | | La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | Beryl xl=8mm |
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Fiebre Verde
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| Posted: Sep 14, 2016 06:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - La Pita (#318) |
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Another 'botella' from La Pita.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
| Locality: | | La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 20x5mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
| Locality: | | La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 20x5mm |
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Sep 14, 2016 07:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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Hi Gérard. I find this last emerald specimen, as the other similar one, VERY interesting. I want to say lots of nice things about these specimens but words fail me:-)
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Fiebre Verde
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| Posted: Sep 14, 2016 09:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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Hello Pierre
Thanks for your words (or rather the lack of them!).
When I first saw these 2 specimens, I was speechless. I just could not imagine that such forms could exist.
But 7 years and many more trips later, I am yet to see a similar specimen.
Gérard
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Sep 14, 2016 10:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Fiebre Verde wrote: | Hello Pierre
Thanks for your words (or rather the lack of them!).
When I first saw these 2 specimens, I was speechless. I just could not imagine that such forms could exist.
But 7 years and many more trips later, I am yet to see a similar specimen.
Gérard |
WOW!!! So they really are as special as I thought. Fantastic! One of the highlights of all the collections I have seen on FMF.
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Fiebre Verde
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Location: Paris Area
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| Posted: Sep 14, 2016 12:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Fiebre Verde wrote: | Hello Pierre
Thanks for your words (or rather the lack of them!).
When I first saw these 2 specimens, I was speechless. I just could not imagine that such forms could exist.
But 7 years and many more trips later, I am yet to see a similar specimen.
Gérard |
WOW!!! So they really are as special as I thought. Fantastic! One of the highlights of all the collections I have seen on FMF. |
Thanks Pierre!
They are indeed special but I am not sure I deserve the compliments.
I am just very happy to expose those oddities to the view of all the mineral lovers of this forum.
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Fiebre Verde
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Location: Paris Area
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2016 12:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - Chivor (#473) |
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Rare combination of beryl and cubic colorless fluorite.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25x24x21mm, main xl=10mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25x24x21mm, main xl=10mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25x24x21mm, main xl=10mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25x24x21mm, main xl=10mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25x24x21mm, main xl=10mm |
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Philippe Durand
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2016 13:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| wow ! nice combination, never seen before
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Fiebre Verde
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2016 14:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde |
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| Philippe Durand wrote: | | wow ! nice combination, never seen before |
Thank you Philippe.
Although rare, this association is seen in both belts, Eastern and Western.
The locality of Peñas Blancas is not only known for its clear quartz often associated with emeralds but also for its phantom fluorite.
These phantoms are due to the presence of chromium which maybe explains why the Peñas Blancas fluorites are never associated with emeralds.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Peñas Blancas Mine, Municipio San Pablo de Borbur, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 75x75x51mm |
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Fiebre Verde
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| Posted: Sep 29, 2016 14:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - Chivor (#286) |
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A classic specimen from Chivor.
Large beryl crystal, with smaller crystals intergrown at different angles to the main one.
Pyrite dodecahedrons.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | xl=19x7.5mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | xl=19x7.5mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | xl=19x7.5mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | xl=19x7.5mm |
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Fiebre Verde
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Location: Paris Area
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| Posted: Oct 08, 2016 12:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - Calcite with emerald inclusions (#14) |
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Calcite rhomb with unusual inclusions - Muzo.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25x23x21mm, main xl=12mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25x23x21mm, main xl=12mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25x23x21mm, main xl=12mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25x23x21mm, main xl=12mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Calcite, Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25x23x21mm, main xl=12mm |
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Fiebre Verde
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Location: Paris Area
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| Posted: Oct 13, 2016 12:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - Chivor (#412) |
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Etched emerald on a bed of stained coarse-grained aggregate of laminar albite crystals.
Host rock is black shale.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Albite (variety cleavelandite) |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 29x31x21mm, xl=11mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Albite (variety cleavelandite) |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 29x31x21mm, xl=11mm |
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Fiebre Verde
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Location: Paris Area
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2016 13:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Fiebre Verde - Chivor (#224) |
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Beryl, dolomite and pyrite, on gray shale.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Dolomite, Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 29x27x19mm, xl=22mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald), Dolomite, Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 29x27x19mm, xl=22mm |
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