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Tobi
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Location: Good Old Germany
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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
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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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, Cagliari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 15 cm, largest fluorite crystal 2 cm |
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am mizunaka
Joined: 09 Apr 2010
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Location: California
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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
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Good Old Germany
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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
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Good Old Germany
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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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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 22, 2017 06:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Fluorite coated with calcite from the U.S.:
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Denton Mine, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 13 cm, largest fluorite crystal 3,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 22, 2017 07:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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The largest piece of my collection (it was a horror to take a photo, the specimen looks much better in person) - clear quartz from the U.S.:
| Mineral: | Quartz (var. Rock Crystal) |
| Locality: | | Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 20,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2017 09:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen, better photo - fluorite from Germany:
| Mineral: | Fluorite on calcite |
| Locality: | | Artenberg Quarry, Haslach im Kinzigtal, Steinach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 5 cm, largest fluorite crystal 1 cm |
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Tobi
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2017 13:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen, better photo - mimetite from Germany:
| Mineral: | Mimetite |
| Locality: | | Haus Baden Mine, Sehringen, Badenweiler mining area, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 10 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
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Location: Oklahoma
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2017 13:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| I liked it the first time you showed it - thanks for the better photo. Lovely mimetite.
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Tobi
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Nov 08, 2017 14:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimens, better photos:
| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 5 cm, largest dioptase crystal 1,3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Smoky Quartz, Bertrandite |
| Locality: | | Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 13 cm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite, Stilbite |
| Locality: | | Sarbaiskoe deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 7,5 cm, calcite crystal 2,5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 12 cm, largest fluorite crystal 2,5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 3 cm, largest wulfenite crystal 1,8 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 10 cm, largest fluorite crystal 2,5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorapatite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 7 cm, apatite crystal 3,3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Hilton Mine, Scordale, Hilton, North Pennines Orefield, former Westmorland, Cumbria, United Kingdom England | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 4,5 cm, largest fluorite crystal 1,2 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 11,5 cm, largest fluorite crystal 1,5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Heilige Dreifaltigkeit Mine, Zschopau, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 5 cm, largest pyromorphite crystal 1,5 cm |
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Tobi
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Nov 10, 2017 12:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimens, better photos:
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 9 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Rottleberode, Stolberg, Mansfeld-Südharz District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 3,5 cm, largest fluorite crystal 8 mm |
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| Mineral: | Beryl, Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 2,5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Aquamarine |
| Locality: | | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Galena, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 6 cm, largest galena crystal 1,5 cm |
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Benj
Joined: 03 Mar 2013
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Location: Nantes City, FRANCE.
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| Posted: Nov 11, 2017 09:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Fantastic collection Tobi ;-)
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 28, 2017 12:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Benj wrote: | | Fantastic collection Tobi ;-) |
I think it is several levels below fantastic, but thank you ;-)
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Tobi
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2017 14:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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New specimen - galena from Poland:
| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Trzebionka Mine, Trzebinia, Chrzanów District , Małopolskie, Poland | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 9,5 cm, largest galena crystal 3 cm |
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Tobi
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Dec 13, 2017 07:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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New specimen - siderite from Germany:
| Mineral: | Siderite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 6 cm, largest siderite crystal 2,5 cm |
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Tobi
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Dec 13, 2017 08:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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New specimen - galena from Germany:
| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Antonius Mine, Markelsbach, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Bergische Land, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 6 cm, longest crystal edge 3 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jan 06, 2018 10:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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New specimen - fluorite from the U.S.:
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 7,5 cm, largest fluorite 3 cm |
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Carles Millan
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Posts: 1297
Location: Catalonia
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| Posted: Jan 06, 2018 11:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Nice contrast with the sphalerite dark color!
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Michael Shaw
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Location: Oklahoma
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| Posted: Jan 06, 2018 12:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Nice addition Tobi. An aesthetic and classic combination from Elmwood.
Michael
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