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Roger Warin

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Posted: Jun 28, 2017 03:37 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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It is logical that the Museum of Natural History of Paris recalls its illustrious ancestors, like R. J. Haüy and Alfred Lacroix.
Here is the Abbe René Just Haüy (1743-1822), the Father of Mineralogy with some specimens of his collection.
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Mineral: | Analcime |
Locality: | Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy |  |
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Mineral: | Stilbite, laumontite |
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Roger Warin

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Posted: Jun 28, 2017 08:47 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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Alfred Lacroix was a very great mineralogist and crystallograph (1863-1948). His book "Minéralogie de la France" is a reference, combining the various crystallographic notations.
But he was also the first great French vulcanologist. He went to the island of Martinique when the volcano "La Montagne Pelée" exploded (May 1902). He is the father of French vulcanology.
The Museum of Natural History of Paris exhibited several crystalline species associated with volcanism or the geology of the deep mantle.
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Mineral: | Scolecite |
Locality: | Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India |  |
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Mineral: | Scolecite |
Locality: | Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India |  |
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Mineral: | Diamond |
Locality: | Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa |  |
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Locality: | Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa |  |
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Mineral: | Prehnite, chamosite |
Locality: | Jebel Melh, Bou Arfa, Figuig Province, Oriental Region, Morocco |  |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
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Mineral: | Apophyllite, scolecite, stilbite, quartz |
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Roger Warin

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Posted: Jun 29, 2017 10:54 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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Marco Tironi operates the Las Deliciosas Mine, La Bolsa, Artigas, Uruguay, known for its beautiful amethysts associated with large calcite crystals. We are surprised to see these very aesthetic associations.
Mineral: | Calcite on amethyst |
Locality: | Las Delicias Quarry, Artigas Department, Uruguay |  |
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Mineral: | Calcite on amethyst |
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Mineral: | Calcite on amethyst |
Locality: | Las Delicias Quarry, Artigas Department, Uruguay |  |
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Mineral: | Calcite on amethyst |
Locality: | Las Delicias Quarry, Artigas Department, Uruguay |  |
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Mineral: | Calcite on amethyst |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Jun 29, 2017 12:45 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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WOW!!! What an amazing specimen! (043-Calcite-améthyste-00516_R.jpg)
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Roger Warin

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Posted: Jun 29, 2017 13:20 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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Many thanks. I think so.
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Roger Warin

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Posted: Jun 29, 2017 13:33 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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And vesuvianites
Mineral: | Vesuvianite |
Locality: | Fosso Attici, Caldera di Sacrofano, Magliano Romano, Roma Province, Lazio, Italy |  |
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Fiebre Verde

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Posted: Jun 29, 2017 13:53 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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more on those "delicious" amethysts...
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Posted: Jun 29, 2017 14:02 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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The Vosges mountains where the famous Triassic rose sandstone comes from...
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Posted: Jun 29, 2017 14:42 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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And Sulfur in Volcanic Rocks
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Posted: Jun 29, 2017 15:59 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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A fine cross-section of a manganese nodule is not often seen.
Polymetallic nodules, also called manganese nodules, are rock concretions on the sea bottom formed of concentric layers of iron and manganese hydroxides and other rare minerals.
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Posted: Jul 01, 2017 14:35 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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Some fluorites
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China |  |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
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Joshua Chong
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Posted: Jul 01, 2017 21:05 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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Hi! Beautiful specimens and I may be a tad too late. But I just wanted to clarify the slight error in locality. The sulfur specimens were indeed from Kawah Ijen (Crater of Ijen), on Gunong Ijen (Mount Ijen), from Java, Indonesia and not Malaysia. Malaysia is a different country and as far as I know, does not have any local mountains or any active volcanism with sulfur mining carried on. Kawah Ijen's exact coordinates are as such: 8.058°S 114.242°E. For some layman reference, it is slightly west of Bali, Indonesia, and south east of the city Surabaya in Indonesia.
Just wanted to shed some light on this side of the world as I live in Singapore, an island sandwiched between these two countries: Indonesia and Malaysia. I have also been to Kawah Ijen myself. Though I have not seen such spectacular specimens as those, I have personally seen the sulfur mining being carried out in the crater beside the acid sulfur lake and the famous sulfur blue fires some years ago (2012).
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Posted: Jul 02, 2017 00:07 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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Thank you for this essential correction. There was an error on the label.
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Posted: Jul 02, 2017 00:15 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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More Gwindels
Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Galenstock Mountain, Tiefenbach, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland |  |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Les Droites (north face), Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |  |
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Posted: Jul 02, 2017 00:31 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2017 |
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and others
Mineral: | Vanadian Grossular |
Locality: | Merelani mines, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania |  |
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Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA |  |
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Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Antsira, Sahatany Valley (Mt. Ibity), Vakinankaratra Region, Madagascar |  |
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