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Tobi
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 Posted: Nov 02, 2012 12:10 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Missouri |
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A small collage with some of my Missouri specimens ...
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Galena - West Fork - 5 cm width,
Calcite - Buick - 6,5 cm height,
Galena - Sweetwater - 9 cm width |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 07, 2015 04:22 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Missouri |
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Another massive galena specimen from Sweetwater Mine:
| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 7 cm |
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Bob Harman
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| Posted: Jun 15, 2016 14:16 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Missouri |
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From my U.S.A. sub-collection, the following are 3 Missouri examples.
The 2 examples from Sheffler's geode mine in Alexandria Missouri have the interesting phenomenon of calcites with pinkish bases and off white terminations. Mined in the 1980s
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | doubly terminated calcite is 6.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Sheffler's Rock Shop and Geode Mine, Alexandria, Clark County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | the geode cavity is about 18 cm and the largest calcites are about 3.5 cm |
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| mined in the early 1980s at the old mine location |
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| Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Sheffler's Rock Shop and Geode Mine, Alexandria, Clark County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | the 2 chambered geode is 12 cm. each cavity is about 4 cm |
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| A double chambered geode shows pink bases to the calcites |
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2016 21:49 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Missouri |
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A few historical images for Missouri.
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| _Webb City Lead Mine. MO. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 12, 2016 07:26 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Missouri |
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More specimens from Missouri:
| Mineral: | Galena, chalcopyrite, calcite, dolomite |
| Locality: | | Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | ~ 20 cm |
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| Private collection, on display in the Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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| Mineral: | Galena, dolomite |
| Locality: | | West Fork Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite on galena |
| Locality: | | Buick Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7,5 cm |
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Bob Harman
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2016 11:10 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Missouri |
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A full cabinet size example of galena, chalcopyrite, and dolomite mined in the 1980s.
| Mineral: | Galena, Chalcopyrite and Dolomite |
| Locality: | | West Fork Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen is 17 cm x 12 cm x 5cm. Octahedral Galenas are up to 1.3 cm |
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| This example is probably from the West Fork Mine. If anyone has definitive info on another Missouri locality, please add it to this post. |
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| Mineral: | Galena, Chalcopyrite and Dolomite |
| Locality: | | West Fork Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen is 17 cm x 12 cm x 5cm. Octahedral Galenas are up to 1.3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Galena, Chalcopyrite and Dolomite |
| Locality: | | West Fork Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Galena is up to 1.3 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 27, 2016 05:49 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Missouri |
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| Bob Harman wrote: | | This example is probably from the West Fork Mine. If anyone has definitive info on another Missouri locality, please add it to this post. |
I'm quite sure it IS from West Fork Mine. I have a West Fork galena specimen that has exactly the same crystals, quite distinctive material for that mine (though also "normal" cubes occur there).
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Turbo
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2017 19:16 Post subject: Bayley Viburnum Trend Calcite Collection |
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I have been working on a comprehensive collection of Viburnum Trend Calcite. Over the next few days I will share some of my pieces.
The mines of the Viburnum Trend from North to South are:
Viburnum No. 29 Mine
Viburnum No. 27 Mine
Viburnum No. 28 Mine
Casteel Mine
Magmont Mine
Buick Mine
Brushy Creek Mine
West Fork Mine
Fletcher Mine
Sweetwater Mine
It may be accurate to include Magmont West and Indian Creek Mine in the list as well.
Enjoy,
Ed Bayley
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 14 cm x 6.5 cm x 5.5 cm |
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| From the Watercourse Deposit around the time of initial discovery of the Drift 106 solution cavity in 1979. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 cm x 7 cm x 5 cm |
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| A specimen from the initial discovery that also came out in 1979. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 3.5 cm |
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| Another specimen from the watercourse deposit. This one is an etched twin from Drift 106. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite and Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Viburnum No. 28 Mine, Courtois, Viburnum Trend District, Washington County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.4 cm x 7.5 cm x 3 cm |
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| I have not seem many specimens from No. 28 Mine and none from No. 27 Mine. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Fletcher Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 cm x 7 cm x 9 cm |
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| Fletcher Mine. Dickite inclusions. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Fletcher Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 cm x 4.7 cm x 3 cm |
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| Calcite with hematite inclusions from the "Red Phantom Pocket" of 1998. |
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Turbo
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| Posted: Sep 27, 2017 17:44 Post subject: Re: Bayley Viburnum Trend Calcite Collection |
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Collection continued.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Casteel Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 11 cm x 10 cm x 6 cm |
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| This is from a small find from the spring of this year where the crystals had excellent vibrant color. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Fletcher Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 14.5 cm x 12 cm x 10 cm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Fletcher Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 23.5 cm x 15.2 cm x 15.9 cm |
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| From the 2015 pillar pockets. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Viburnum No. 29 Mine, Courtois, Viburnum Trend District, Washington County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 20 cm x 9 cm x 15 cm |
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| From the 1995 discovery of a large solution cavity that rivaled that of Brushy Creek's Drift 106. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 26 cm x 13 cm |
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Pete Richards
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| Posted: Sep 27, 2017 17:59 Post subject: Re: Bayley Viburnum Trend Calcite Collection |
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What a comprehensive collection! Keep at it!
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Collecting and studying crystals with interesting habits, twinning, and epitaxy |
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Turbo
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| Posted: Sep 27, 2017 18:01 Post subject: Re: Bayley Viburnum Trend Calcite Collection |
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| Pete Richards wrote: | | What a comprehensive collection! Keep at it! |
Thanks Pete! More to come. That Brushy Creek twin is debatable. It's one you'd have to handle to be sure of. The etching complicates identification.
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Pete Richards
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| Posted: Sep 27, 2017 20:40 Post subject: Re: Bayley Viburnum Trend Calcite Collection |
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| Turbo wrote: | | .... That Brushy Creek twin is debatable. It's one you'd have to handle to be sure of. The etching complicates identification. |
If you mean the image Brushy Creek 3, already posted, I would agree that it appears to be a twin. I would say it is a twin on {0001} (of course with the standard caution that it's hard to tell from a single photo); {0001} is probably the most common kind of twin. I think the specimen is more interesting for its etched overall form; the twinning is kind of an extra treat!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2017 10:57 Post subject: Re: Bayley Viburnum Trend Calcite Collection |
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Ed, your collection of calcites is incredibly beautiful, thank you so much for presenting them in such good pictures! Hard to pick a favourite among these beauties, but to me, the one from Fletcher Mine (Fletcher Mine.JPG) is the greatest of these great specimens. I guess the combination with galena makes it my special favourite ;-)
I hope you'll show us a lot more of these treasures :-)
Thanks in advance
Tobi
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Turbo
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2017 19:41 Post subject: Re: Bayley Viburnum Trend Calcite Collection |
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| Pete Richards wrote: | | Turbo wrote: | | .... That Brushy Creek twin is debatable. It's one you'd have to handle to be sure of. The etching complicates identification. |
If you mean the image Brushy Creek 3, already posted, I would agree that it appears to be a twin. I would say it is a twin on {0001} (of course with the standard caution that it's hard to tell from a single photo); {0001} is probably the most common kind of twin. I think the specimen is more interesting for its etched overall form; the twinning is kind of an extra treat! |
Yes, that's the one I am referring too. The {001} twins were much more common there than {012}, which to my knowledge is the only other occurrence in the Viburnum Trend.
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Turbo
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2017 19:42 Post subject: Re: Bayley Viburnum Trend Calcite Collection |
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| Tobi wrote: | Ed, your collection of calcites is incredibly beautiful, thank you so much for presenting them in such good pictures! Hard to pick a favourite among these beauties, but to me, the one from Fletcher Mine (Fletcher Mine.JPG) is the greatest of these great specimens. I guess the combination with galena makes it my special favourite ;-)
I hope you'll show us a lot more of these treasures :-)
Thanks in advance
Tobi |
Thank you! More to come. That Fletcher specimen I call "The Trio." I found that in Tucson.
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