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am mizunaka
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 Posted: Jul 08, 2018 17:45 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz with calcite |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Municipio Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico |  |
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| Dimensions: | 10.3 x 9.0 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 10, 2018 16:56 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky quartz) |
| Locality: | | Cap-Chat, La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.6 x 5.2 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2018 17:32 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - rhodochrosite |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Grand Rapids, Mesabi Iron Range, Itasca County, Iron Range of Minnesota Region, Minnesota, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.9 x 6.8 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 16, 2018 18:40 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Charcas, Municipio Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 12.7 x 5.0 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 18, 2018 16:00 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Mimetite |
| Locality: | | Gottesehre Mine, Urberg, Dachsberg (Südschwarzwald), Waldshut, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.7 x 5.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Mimetite |
| Locality: | | Gottesehre Mine, Urberg, Dachsberg (Südschwarzwald), Waldshut, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 20, 2018 14:12 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - orthoclase |
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| Mineral: | Orthoclase |
| Locality: | | Pitwak Mine, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.1 x 3.7 cm |
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franjungle
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jul 22, 2018 17:07 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Hi AM.
I had never seen a blue Orthoclase.
Awesome specimen.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 23, 2018 02:15 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| franjungle wrote: | Hi AM.
I had never seen a blue Orthoclase.
Awesome specimen. |
Thanks Franjungle. There was a discussion on Mindat about what caused the blue color. I don’t think they ever resolved the issue.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 24, 2018 16:51 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - rhodochrosite |
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What appears to be a rhodochrosite cast with pyrite. Unidentified thin clear blade like crystals are also present.
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Oppu Mine, Nishimeya-mura, Naka-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.1 x 4.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Oppu Mine, Nishimeya-mura, Naka-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.1 x 4.0 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 30, 2018 14:33 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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Apophyllite crystals coating quartz.
| Mineral: | Quartz, Fluorapophyllite-(K) |
| Locality: | | Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.5 x 9.5 cm |
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Tobi
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Jul 31, 2018 10:14 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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| am mizunaka wrote: | Quartz, Mimetite
Gottesehre Mine, Urberg, Dachsberg (Südschwarzwald), Waldshut, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.0 cm |
Nice classic from Black Forest, specimens from Gottesehre Mine are desired by German collectors
... And the Oppu Mine rhodo ... beautiful as usual ;-)
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 31, 2018 17:17 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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| Tobi wrote: | | am mizunaka wrote: | Quartz, Mimetite
Gottesehre Mine, Urberg, Dachsberg (Südschwarzwald), Waldshut, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.0 cm |
Nice classic from Black Forest, specimens from Gottesehre Mine are desired by German collectors
... And the Oppu Mine rhodo ... beautiful as usual ;-) |
Thanks Tobi!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 02, 2018 18:47 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz with calcite |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst), Calcite |
| Locality: | | Potosí Department, Bolivia | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.6 x 5.1 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 04, 2018 14:43 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - rhodochrosite |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Black Rock Mine, Black Rock, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.3 x 4.4 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 06, 2018 17:49 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Cap-Chat, La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.2 x 6.9 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2018 07:50 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - rhodochrosite |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Dshairem Mine, Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.9 x 2.2 cm |
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