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Pierre Joubert
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Location: Western Cape
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Posted: Dec 20, 2017 10:57 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Interesting azurite specimen (IMG_5167.JPG)
_________________ Pierre Joubert
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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Posted: Dec 22, 2017 05:48 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Hi Pierre, nice to hear from you and thanks for the message.
I take advantage of your post to share a rock of your continent, some kilometers to the north of your country.
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Dolomite-(Co) from Katanga, Congo D.R.
Shiny and intense pink crust of Dolomite-(Co) covering the matrix rock.
Ex J. Muizebelt (NL). Mined before 1.999.
Mineral: | Dolomite (variety cobaltoan dolomite) |
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Dimensions: | 96mm x 74mm x 56mm |
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Shiny and intense pink crust of Dolomite-(Co) covering the matrix rock. Ex J. Muizebelt (NL). Mined before 1.999. |
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Mineral: | Dolomite (variety cobaltoan dolomite) |
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Shiny and intense pink crust of Dolomite-(Co) covering the matrix rock. Ex J. Muizebelt (NL). Mined before 1.999. |
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Bob Harman
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Posted: Dec 22, 2017 07:31 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Nice specimen FRANJUNGLE !,
Like you alluded to in your posting, the example is COBALTOAN DOLOMITE. BOB
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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Posted: Dec 24, 2017 10:26 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Hi Bob, also nice to see you here. Thank you for the clarify.
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Quartz from Boyacá, Colombia.
Crazy Tessin habit Quartz, acquired in September 2017 in Medellín downtown, assuming that it is a Tessin.
This is the first Peñas Blancas specimen I´ve purchased, and I´m becoming a great follower of these Tessin. It´s the beginning of my small reservation of Peñas Blancas quartzes. I also try to study about these special crystals which delight me with their interesting habit.
It has a so aleatorial form with diverses kinds of horizontal growth lines and many faces at the top. There is a face absolutely different than the rest: is clearly translucent and very smooth all along. There is another curious face with some natural notches that look like white stars.
I post more pics of this crystal than usual trying to extract all its corners, cause I think it´s a good example from Peñas Blancas Mine.
Mineral: | Quartz |
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Dimensions: | 29mm x 93mm x 18mm |
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Crazy Tessin habit Quartz. Backside. It has a so aleatorial form with diverses kinds of horizontal growth lines and many faces at the top. |
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This is the face with some natural notches that look like white stars. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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Posted: Dec 27, 2017 12:08 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Celestine from Sakoany, Majunga, Madagascar.
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Calcite from Hunan, China.
Mineral: | Celestine |
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Dimensions: | 74mm x 54mm x 62mm |
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Mineral: | Celestine |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
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Dimensions: | 35mm x 44mm x 40mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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Posted: Dec 30, 2017 12:57 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Pyrite from Boyacá, Colombia.
Octahedral Pyrite cluster from the Muzo mining district.
Mineral: | Pyrite |
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Dimensions: | 42mm x 31mm x 62mm |
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Octahedral Pyrite cluster from the Muzo mining district. |
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Dimensions: | 42mm x 31mm x 62mm |
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Octahedral Pyrite cluster from the Muzo mining district. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 01, 2018 15:09 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Geode of sparkling quartz from Smara, Western Sahara, Morocco.
Both halves of this geode have sparkling brightness of white quartz crystals. The two halves fit perfectly together, and there is a hole.
I like the contrast between the beauty inside and the unattractive outside.
Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Smara (Esmara), Western Sahara, Morocco | |
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Dimensions: | 66mm x 56mm x 57mm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Smara (Esmara), Western Sahara, Morocco | |
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Dimensions: | 66mm x 56mm x 57mm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Smara (Esmara), Western Sahara, Morocco | |
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Dimensions: | 66mm x 56mm x 57mm |
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The two halves fit perfectly together, and there is a hole. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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Posted: Jan 03, 2018 07:21 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Quartz from San Cristobal, Santander, Colombia.
Large crystal showing like a sword.
It has two very wide parallel faces, and a pearly interior that is not quite clear at the base.
The clarity is increasing to the top, where we see an interesting curvy sculpture of milky smoke.
With some Goethite in the corner.
Perfectly cut to look inclined.
Mineral: | Quartz |
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Dimensions: | 86mm x 60mm x 35mm. Main crystal size: 93mm x 26mm x 11mm. |
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Large crystal showing like a sword. It has two very wide parallel faces, and a pearly interior that is not quite clear at the base. The clarity is increasing to the top, where we see an interesting curvy sculpture of milky smoke. With some Goethite in the corner. Perfectly cut to look inclined. |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
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Dimensions: | 86mm x 60mm x 35mm. Main crystal size: 93mm x 26mm x 11mm. |
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Large crystal showing like a sword. It has two very wide parallel faces, and a pearly interior that is not quite clear at the base. The clarity is increasing to the top, where we see an interesting curvy sculpture of milky smoke. With some Goethite in the corner. Perfectly cut to look inclined. |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
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Dimensions: | 86mm x 60mm x 35mm. Main crystal size: 93mm x 26mm x 11mm. |
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Large crystal showing like a sword. It has two very wide parallel faces, and a pearly interior that is not quite clear at the base. The clarity is increasing to the top, where we see an interesting curvy sculpture of milky smoke. With some Goethite in the corner. Perfectly cut to look inclined. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 05, 2018 10:30 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Gypsum from Cádiz, Spain.
Siderite from Almería, Spain.
Mineral: | Gypsum |
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Dimensions: | 50mm x 45mm x 40mm |
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Mineral: | Siderite |
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Mineral: | Siderite |
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Dimensions: | 50mm x 42mm x 33mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 07, 2018 05:58 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Quartz from Boyacá, Colombia.
Crystal Quartz point complex at the tip, with horizontal striations and what could be a secondary growth in one of its faces.
Mineral: | Quartz |
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Dimensions: | 27mm x 60mm x 18mm |
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Crystal Quartz point complex at the tip, with horizontal striations and what could be a secondary growth in one of its faces. |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 09, 2018 07:04 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Calcite from Málaga, Spain.
Calcite colorless cubes with white phantoms on intense yellow limonite matrix.
Mineral: | Calcite |
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Dimensions: | 112mm x 76mm x 33mm |
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Calcite colorless cubes with white phantoms on intense yellow limonite matrix. |
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Dimensions: | 112mm x 76mm x 33mm |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
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Dimensions: | 112mm x 76mm x 33mm |
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Calcite colorless cubes with white phantoms on intense yellow limonite matrix. |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
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Dimensions: | 112mm x 76mm x 33mm |
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Here we see the intense yellow limonite matrix. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 11, 2018 10:26 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Spodumene (variety kunzite) from North West Frontier, Pakistan.
Bicolor Spodumene (kunzite) crystal with a complete termination at the tip.
Lilac and soft pink at the base and to the top, and pale yellow almost colorless in the middle.
The top and low part of the crystal reveals the deepest lilac color.
Mineral: | Spodumene (variety kunzite) |
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Dimensions: | 38mm x 33mm x 17mm |
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Bicolor Spodumene (kunzite) crystal with a complete termination at the tip. Lilac and soft pink at the base and to the top, and pale yellow almost colorless in the middle. The top and lower part of the crystal reveals the deepest lilac color. |
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Mineral: | Spodumene (variety kunzite) |
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Dimensions: | 38mm x 33mm x 17mm |
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Backside. Here we see better the bicolor condition. |
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Mineral: | Spodumene (variety kunzite) |
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Dimensions: | 38mm x 33mm x 17mm |
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Bicolor Spodumene (kunzite) crystal with a complete termination at the tip. Lilac and soft pink at the base and to the top, and pale yellow almost colorless in the middle. The top and lower part of the crystal reveals the deepest lilac color. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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Posted: Jan 13, 2018 12:03 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Spodumene (variety kunzite) from Afghanistan.
This is the cousin of the previous post. From that one stone this gem is born.
The use of the kunzite in jewelry is recent. It is a brilliant crystal that presents delicate tones lilac, pink or violet.
Cut and polished lilac gem kunzite crystal that exhibits a vitreous luster.
Clearly a Colombian purchase cause they write kunsite with “s” instead of the “z”.
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Magnetite from Badajoz, Spain.
Octahedral Magnetite crystals of 2/3mm length on black rock matrix.
In memory of Juan Carlos Agua who gave me this specimen and who passed away too young perhaps two years ago.
Mineral: | Spodumene (variety kunzite) |
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Dimensions: | 11mm x 5´5mm x 3mm |
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Cut and polished lilac gem kunzite crystal that exhibits a vitreous luster. Clearly a Colombian purchase cause they write kunsite with “s” instead of the “z”. |
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Mineral: | Spodumene (variety kunzite) |
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Dimensions: | 11mm x 5´5mm x 3mm |
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Mineral: | Magnetite |
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Dimensions: | 62mm x 51mm x 30mm |
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Octahedral Magnetite crystals of 2/3mm length on black rock matrix. In memory of Juan Carlos Agua who gave me this specimen and who passed away too young perhaps two years ago. |
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Mineral: | Magnetite |
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Dimensions: | 62mm x 51mm x 30mm |
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Octahedral Magnetite crystals of 2/3mm length on black rock matrix. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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Posted: Jan 15, 2018 07:39 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Quartz from Boyacá, Colombia.
I think it may be a Muzo habit Quartz rather than Tessin habit, acquired in December 2017 in Medellín downtown.
In a crystal with Muzo habit the m prism faces consist of alternating z and m faces. These alternating types of faces can be well visible but also almost absent.
Muzo habit Quartz with the cross section of the upper half presenting four faces, while the lower part remains six sided though very two of them are narrow.
This piece has growth with very defined striations all along the three faces.
Mineral: | Quartz |
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Dimensions: | 27mm x 86mm x 20mm |
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Muzo habit Quartz with the cross section of the upper half presenting four faces, while the lower part remains six sided though very narrow two of them. This piece has growth with very defined striations all along the three faces. |
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Muzo habit Quartz with the cross section of the upper half presenting four faces, while the lower part remains six sided though very narrow two of them. This piece has growth with very defined striations all along the three faces. |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
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Dimensions: | 27mm x 86mm x 20mm |
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Muzo habit Quartz with the cross section of the upper half presenting four faces, while the lower part remains six sided though very narrow two of them. This piece has growth with very defined striations all along the three faces. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 17, 2018 07:36 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Quartz (variety agate) from Almería, Spain.
Field collected in summer 2015.
Mineral: | Quartz (variety agate) |
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Dimensions: | 42mm x 30mm x 34mm |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety agate) |
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Dimensions: | 42mm x 30mm x 34mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 19, 2018 07:29 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Gypsum from Cuenca, Spain.
A gift from me presiding a large table in my sister´s home. It´s one of the biggest specimen that I got in the deposit.
Mineral: | Gypsum |
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Dimensions: | 33cm x 24cm x 30cm |
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A gift from me presiding a large table in my sister´s home. It´s one of the biggest specimen that I got in the deposit. |
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Dimensions: | 33cm x 24cm x 30cm |
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It´s one of the biggest specimen that I got in the deposit. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 21, 2018 08:42 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Quartz from Boyacá, Colombia.
It has a hexagonal elongated cross section with two main faces.
Mineral: | Quartz |
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Dimensions: | 32mm x 57mm x 11mm |
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It has a hexagonal elongated cross section with two main faces. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 23, 2018 16:19 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Beryl from Muzo, Colombia.
Massive emerald specimen with a vitreous crystal and Pyrite points.
Acquired in Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca Department, in winter 2014. In the deepest jewelry in the world, 180 meters under the Cundinamarca´s green ground.
Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
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Dimensions: | 38mm x 34mm x 28mm |
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Massive emerald specimen with a vitreous crystal and Pyrite points. |
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Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
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Dimensions: | 38mm x 34mm x 28mm |
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Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
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Dimensions: | 38mm x 34mm x 28mm |
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Massive emerald specimen with a vitreous crystal and Pyrite points. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 25, 2018 12:16 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Blue Baryte from Cartagena (Murcia), Spain.
Azurite from Almería, Spain.
Mineral: | Baryte |
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Dimensions: | 73mm x 62mm x 36mm |
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Mineral: | Baryte |
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Mineral: | Azurite |
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Dimensions: | FOV 7 mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 27, 2018 13:42 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Quartz from Peñas Blancas, Colombia.
A very defined growth lines in this copy.
Mineral: | Quartz |
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Dimensions: | 32mm x 56mm x 32mm |
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