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am mizunaka

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Posted: Apr 19, 2017 23:19 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | Great material, as usual. That Homestake fluorite is simply perfect, I love that "frosted" octahedrons scattered over the matrix, and they also show colour-zoning, wow. Many reasons for a fluorite connoisseur to love this specimen!
And the afghanite, aside from its elegant shape, it looks translucent, right? |
Thanks Tobi. The afghanite is translucent. Maybe I will try to post a back lighted photograph of it.
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Posted: Apr 20, 2017 01:27 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - rhodochrosite |
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Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
Locality: | N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa |  |
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Dimensions: | 4.8 x 2.4 cm |
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Posted: Apr 20, 2017 15:49 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz with epidote |
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Mineral: | Quartz, Epidote |
Locality: | Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan |  |
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Dimensions: | 7.0 x 5.9 cm |
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Posted: Apr 21, 2017 16:43 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - rhodochrosite with calcite |
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Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Calcite |
Locality: | Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania |  |
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Dimensions: | 5.9 x 4.5 cm |
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Mineral: | Afghanite |
Locality: | Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan |  |
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Dimensions: | 3.9 x 4.1 cm |
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Posted: Apr 22, 2017 18:55 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Bastnäsite |
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Mineral: | Bastnäsite-(Ce) |
Locality: | Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |  |
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Dimensions: | 3.0 x 2.0 cm |
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Posted: Apr 24, 2017 17:16 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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Mineral: | Quartz, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Pyrite |
Locality: | Huaron mining district, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru |  |
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Dimensions: | 24.5 x 6.5 cm |
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Posted: Apr 25, 2017 16:25 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - calcite |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 12.9 x 9.8 cm |
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Posted: Apr 26, 2017 16:39 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - fluorite with pyrite |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, Pyrite |
Locality: | Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain |  |
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Posted: Apr 27, 2017 16:10 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - fluorapatite |
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Mineral: | Fluorapatite, Quartz, Siderite |
Locality: | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal |  |
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Dimensions: | 4.7 x 2.6 cm |
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Posted: Apr 28, 2017 16:58 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - rhodochrosite with quartz |
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Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Quartz |
Locality: | Los Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Municipio Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico |  |
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Dimensions: | 14.7 x 8.7 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 29, 2017 02:39 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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The Panasqueira apatite is simply perfect!
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Posted: Apr 29, 2017 14:57 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | The Panasqueira apatite is simply perfect! |
Thanks Tobi!
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James Catmur
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Posted: Apr 29, 2017 15:49 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Is that a modern Villabona piece? I have some old ones but none of the recent ones.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2017 16:29 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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James wrote: | Is that a modern Villabona piece? I have some old ones but none of the recent ones. |
This is an older piece.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2017 16:48 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - pyromorphite |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 8.6 x 5.4 cm |
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