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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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 Posted: Aug 23, 2018 04:28 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Quartz from Peñas Blancas, Boyacá Department, Colombia.
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Brackebuschite from Almería, Spain.
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Almandine in matrix from Almería, Spain.
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Aragonite from Guadalajara, Spain.
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Opal from Albacete, Spain.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Peñas Blancas Mine, Municipio San Pablo de Borbur, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia |  |
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| Dimensions: | 26mm x 56mm x 21mm |
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| Mineral: | Brackebuschite |
| Locality: | | María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 9 mm |
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25266 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Almandine |
| Locality: | | Rambla de las Granatillas, El Hoyazo, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | Crystal size: 3mm |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Keuper outcrop, Los Frailes, Luzón, Comarca Señorío de Molina-Alto Tajo, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 28mm x 23mm x 14mm |
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Opal outcrop, Camarillas reservoir, Agramón, Hellín, Comarca Campos de Hellín, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 17mm x 43mm x 12mm |
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25236 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Opal outcrop, Camarillas reservoir, Agramón, Hellín, Comarca Campos de Hellín, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 17mm x 43mm x 12mm |
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25244 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Aug 29, 2018 16:06 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Aragonite from Almería, Spain.
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Lavendulan from Almería, Spain.
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Aragonite from Guadalajara, Spain.
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Opal from Albacete, Spain.
| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | La Cena del Depósito Claim, Huércal-Overa, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 30mm x 32mm x 44mm |
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25205 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | La Cena del Depósito Claim, Huércal-Overa, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 14 mm |
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25176 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Lavendulan |
| Locality: | | María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 8 mm |
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25193 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Keuper outcrop, Los Frailes, Luzón, Comarca Señorío de Molina-Alto Tajo, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 28mm x 22mm x 14mm |
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25115 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Keuper outcrop, Los Frailes, Luzón, Comarca Señorío de Molina-Alto Tajo, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 28mm x 22mm x 14mm |
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25122 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Opal outcrop, Camarillas reservoir, Agramón, Hellín, Comarca Campos de Hellín, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 40mm x 68mm x 15mm |
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25145 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Sep 04, 2018 10:15 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Goethite from Tadaout, Er Rachida, Morroco.
Lustrous silvery Goethite with botryoidal habit. It stands out for the weight.
A Carles Manresa´s present, site admin in the Spanish side, from Sainte Marie Aux Mines 2018.
| Mineral: | Goethite |
| Locality: | | Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 52mm x 67mm x 50mm |
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| Lustrous silvery Goethite with botryoidal habit. It stands out for the weight. |
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25098 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Goethite |
| Locality: | | Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 52mm x 67mm x 50mm |
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25064 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Goethite |
| Locality: | | Tadaout, vein 12, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 52mm x 67mm x 50mm |
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25054 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Sep 11, 2018 15:52 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Quartz from San Cristobal, Suaita, Santander Department, Colombia.
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Aragonite from Guadalajara, Spain.
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Opal from Albacete, Spain.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | San Cristobal, Municipio Suaita, Santander Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 18mm x 45mm x 15mm |
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25040 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Keuper outcrop, Los Frailes, Luzón, Comarca Señorío de Molina-Alto Tajo, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 28mm x 35mm x 18mm |
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25012 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Opal outcrop, Camarillas reservoir, Agramón, Hellín, Comarca Campos de Hellín, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 28mm x 33mm x 11mm |
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25055 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Sep 14, 2018 09:32 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Stibnite from Herja Mine, Maramures, Baia Mare, Romania.
A cluster of sprays of well-terminated Stibnite. The individual crystals are up to 4cm long. There are some white crystals in the tops, perhaps Calcite.
| Mineral: | Stibnite |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 39mm x 22mm |
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| A cluster of sprays of well-terminated Stibnite. The individual crystals are up to 4cm long. |
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24900 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Stibnite |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 39mm x 22mm |
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| There are some white crystals in the tops, perhaps Calcite. |
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24870 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Stibnite |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 39mm x 22mm |
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| There are some white crystals in the tops, perhaps Calcite. |
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24924 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Sep 19, 2018 05:27 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Aragonite from Almería, Spain.
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Aragonite from Guadalajara, Spain.
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Opal from Albacete, Spain.
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Azurite from Almería, Spain.
| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | La Cena del Depósito Claim, Huércal-Overa, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 107mm x 155mm x 46mm |
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24878 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | La Cena del Depósito Claim, Huércal-Overa, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 70 mm |
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24860 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Keuper outcrop, Los Frailes, Luzón, Comarca Señorío de Molina-Alto Tajo, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 34mm x 23mm x 18mm |
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24826 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Opal outcrop, Camarillas reservoir, Agramón, Hellín, Comarca Campos de Hellín, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 28mm x 40mm x 20mm |
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24826 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Reformada Mine, El Pinar de Bédar, Bédar, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 8 mm |
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24869 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Sep 22, 2018 14:51 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Quartz from Peñas Blancas, Boyacá Department, Colombia.
This is a very thin and clear crystal.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Peñas Blancas Mine, Municipio San Pablo de Borbur, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25mm x 49mm x 9mm |
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| This is a very thin and clear crystal. |
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24739 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Peñas Blancas Mine, Municipio San Pablo de Borbur, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25mm x 49mm x 9mm |
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24726 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2018 15:54 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Nontronite (variety Ca-rich Nontronite) from Gerona, Spain.
Yellow Nontronite coating white Calcite spheres, on volcanic rock vacuoles.
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Aragonite from Guadalajara, Spain.
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Baryte from Murcia, Spain.
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Opal from Albacete, Spain.
| Mineral: | Nontronite (variety Ca-rich Nontronite) |
| Locality: | | Can Súria Quarry (Guixeres Quarry), Maçanet de la Selva, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 8 mm |
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| Yellow Nontronite coating white Calcite spheres, on volcanic rock vacuoles. |
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24698 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Nontronite (variety Ca-rich Nontronite) |
| Locality: | | Can Súria Quarry (Guixeres Quarry), Maçanet de la Selva, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 7 mm |
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24657 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Nontronite (variety Ca-rich Nontronite) |
| Locality: | | Can Súria Quarry (Guixeres Quarry), Maçanet de la Selva, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 7 mm |
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| Yellow Nontronite coating white Calcite spheres, on volcanic rock vacuoles. |
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24700 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Keuper outcrop, Los Frailes, Luzón, Comarca Señorío de Molina-Alto Tajo, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 27mm x 32mm x 16mm |
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24659 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Baryte |
| Locality: | | Obdulia Mine, El Laberinto, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 65mm x 68mm x 33mm |
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24674 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Opal outcrop, Camarillas reservoir, Agramón, Hellín, Comarca Campos de Hellín, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 58mm x 35mm x 22mm |
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24610 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Oct 01, 2018 10:53 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Pyrite from Antioquia, Colombia.
Small cubic crystals 2-3mm size, from a gold mine. Self collected in 2014.
You can see the miners at work in the link of the spanish message board:
Mina de oro El Bosque, Andes, Antioquia, Colombia - (94)
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Baryte sprays from Almería, Spain.
| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | El Bosque Mine, Corregimiento Santa Rita, Andes Municipality, Antioquia Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 28mm x 37mm x 42mm |
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| Small cubic crystals 2-3mm size, from a gold mine. Self collected in 2014. |
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24570 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Baryte |
| Locality: | | Reformada Mine, El Pinar de Bédar, Bédar, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 133mm x 87mm x 58mm |
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24577 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Baryte |
| Locality: | | Reformada Mine, El Pinar de Bédar, Bédar, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 12 mm |
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24570 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2018 07:03 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Vanadinite from Mibladen, Morocco.
Vanadinite on matrix with stripy alternating colours in the hexagonal prisms.
| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 74mm x 65mm x 26mm |
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24478 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 9 mm |
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| Vanadinite on matrix with stripy alternating colours in the hexagonal prisms. |
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24457 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 8 mm |
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24440 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 30 mm |
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24446 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | ACF Mine, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 9 mm |
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24420 Time(s) |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 07, 2018 04:00 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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| A very interesting and unusual shape on these vanadinites! It looks as if many tabular crystals were piled and glued together to build these long-prismatic ones ;-)
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Oct 08, 2018 04:08 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Thank you so much Tobi.
You are a good observant and always have nice talk.
Best regards.
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Oct 10, 2018 21:42 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Calcite from Segovia, Spain.
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Opal from Albacete, Spain.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Eficacia Quarry, Las Arroyadas, Arcones, Comarca Villa y Tierra de Sepúlveda, Segovia, Castile and León, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 124mm x 115mm x 78mm |
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24376 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Eficacia Quarry, Las Arroyadas, Arcones, Comarca Villa y Tierra de Sepúlveda, Segovia, Castile and León, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 124mm x 115mm x 78mm |
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24310 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Eficacia Quarry, Las Arroyadas, Arcones, Comarca Villa y Tierra de Sepúlveda, Segovia, Castile and León, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 124mm x 115mm x 78mm |
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24361 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Opal outcrop, Camarillas reservoir, Agramón, Hellín, Comarca Campos de Hellín, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 42mm x 30mm |
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24284 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posts: 777
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Oct 14, 2018 21:00 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Gypsum from Granada, Spain.
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Baryte from Almería, Spain.
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Opal from Albacete, Spain.
| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Gypsum outcrop, Baza, Comarca Baza, Granada, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 68mm x 59mm x 32mm |
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24287 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Gypsum outcrop, Baza, Comarca Baza, Granada, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 68mm x 59mm x 32mm |
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24263 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Baryte |
| Locality: | | Reformada Mine, El Pinar de Bédar, Bédar, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 87mm x 23mm x 17mm |
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24244 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Opal outcrop, Camarillas reservoir, Agramón, Hellín, Comarca Campos de Hellín, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 17mm x 25mm x 12mm |
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24241 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Oct 17, 2018 14:37 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Wulfenite from Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, México.
Cluster of chocolate sándwiches or toffee-tastees Wulfenite crystals from Ojuela Mine.
They have a dark core, with a mustard colored growth of later generation Wulfenite on both sides of the dark crystal.
| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 52mm x 67mm 29mm |
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| Cluster of chocolate sándwiches or toffee-tastees Wulfenite crystals. |
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24155 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 52mm x 67mm 29mm |
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| They have a dark core, with a mustard colored growth of later generation Wulfenite on both sides of the dark crystal. |
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24174 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 52mm x 67mm 29mm |
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24177 Time(s) |
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