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Philippe Durand
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 Posted: May 28, 2017 01:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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congratulations TOBI
well done
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 28, 2017 07:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thanks Philippe
... und danke Heimo ;-)
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GneissWare
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| Posted: May 28, 2017 10:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Congratulations Tobi. You have some very fine minerals worthy of all the viewings!
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: May 28, 2017 14:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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From me also, well done Tobi. I have enjoyed viewing your collection.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 12, 2017 10:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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My first specimen of the "500,000 view blue star era" - a classic from England:
| Mineral: | Galena, Fluorite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom |  |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 10 cm, largest galena 2,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 13, 2017 11:00 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Fluorite from southern Germany:
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 8 cm, largest fluorite 2,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2017 03:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Sphalerite from Russia (it was a horror trip to take a photo of the black lustrous sphalerite on the colourless lustrous rock crystals ...). The sphalerite is not damaged, it looks somehow etched, maybe re-healed during growth (?):
| Mineral: | Sphalerite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 9,5 cm, large sphalerite 4 cm, largest quartz 2,5 cm |
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Fiebre Verde
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2017 04:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Sphalerite from Russia (it was a horror trip to take a photo of the black lustrous sphalerite on the colourless lustrous rock crystals ...). : |
Tobi, have you tried using a dark background?
Since the sphalerite is lustrous, it might show up nicely and the overall appearance with the surrounding quartz could somehow be improved.
Hopefully not another horror trip :-)
Gérard
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2017 05:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Fiebre Verde wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | | Sphalerite from Russia (it was a horror trip to take a photo of the black lustrous sphalerite on the colourless lustrous rock crystals ...). : |
Tobi, have you tried using a dark background? |
Yes ;-) | Fiebre Verde wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | | Sphalerite from Russia (it was a horror trip to take a photo of the black lustrous sphalerite on the colourless lustrous rock crystals ...). : |
Since the sphalerite is lustrous, it might show up nicely and the overall appearance with the surrounding quartz could somehow be improved. |
No, the result was much worse than the photo above :-( | Fiebre Verde wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | | Sphalerite from Russia (it was a horror trip to take a photo of the black lustrous sphalerite on the colourless lustrous rock crystals ...). : |
Hopefully not another horror trip :-) |
Fortunately not because I soon realized these photos were rubbish and I stopped the dark background experience ;-)
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2017 12:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi Tobi, try sky blue background with tracing paper over it. I use this for most of my specimens, except blue specimens and a few other mineral species that looks better with darker blue or white.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 23, 2017 04:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Smoky Quartz from the Alps:
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky) |
| Locality: | | Ferret Valley, Les Grandes Jorasses Massif, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 14 cm, largest smoky quartz crystal 6,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 23, 2017 06:00 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Fluorite from Sardinia:
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite, Marcasite, Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Silius, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 15 cm, largest fluorite crystal 2 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 23, 2017 13:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Very nice fluorite plate from Sardinia.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2017 04:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| am mizunaka wrote: | | Very nice fluorite plate from Sardinia. |
Thanks, I also like it a lot ;-) It's the first specimen from Sardinia I've ever had in my collection. I think this Italian island is sometimes underrated as a source of really beautiful specimens.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 24, 2017 10:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen - new photo after trimming:
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Galena |
| Locality: | | Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 6 cm, main fluorite crystal 3,5 cm |
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