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Don Lum
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 Posted: May 22, 2019 10:13 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| crosstimber wrote: | Don,
Very nice elbaite from Malkhan. After reading the article on this locality in the most recent Min. Rec. it will no doubt make those of us who have such specimens in our collections appreciate them that much more.
Michael |
Michael, thank you. I appreciate both your comment and the elbaite.
Hi to Laura.
Don
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 23, 2019 01:20 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | Michael, thank you. I appreciate both your comment and the elbaite. |
And I really appreciate that elbaite, Don! ;-)
Very fine specimen, I like those red tourmalines from Malkhan and I hope one day to have one in my collection.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: May 24, 2019 10:47 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Don Lum wrote: | | Michael, thank you. I appreciate both your comment and the elbaite. |
And I really appreciate that elbaite, Don! ;-)
Very fine specimen, I like those red tourmalines from Malkhan and I hope one day to have one in my collection. |
Thank you very much, Tobi. I do hope you find one.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: May 25, 2019 15:42 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Rhodochrosite
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Oppu Mine, Nishimeya-mura, Nakatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan |  |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: May 25, 2019 16:40 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Chrysocolla pseudomorph
| Mineral: | Chrysocolla after Gypsum or Azurite |
| Locality: | | Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA | |
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 26, 2019 01:46 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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I really like that there's such a wide range in your collection: You show us a 33 cm Oppu Mine rhodo with the value of a small car which any museum would like to have. And next to this a tiny 1,7 cm pseudomorph from Ray Mine, I really appreciate that variety. Many collectors prefer a uniform size in their collection because that looks more appealing to them. My personal taste is different and rather like yours, I think specimens in different sizes look better ...
How many specimens do you have in your collection?
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Don Lum
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| Posted: May 26, 2019 13:01 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Tobi wrote: | I really like that there's such a wide range in your collection: You show us a 33 cm Oppu Mine rhodo with the value of a small car which any museum would like to have. And next to this a tiny 1,7 cm pseudomorph from Ray Mine, I really appreciate that variety. Many collectors prefer a uniform size in their collection because that looks more appealing to them. My personal taste is different and rather like yours, I think specimens in different sizes look better ...
How many specimens do you have in your collection?
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Tobi |
Hi Tobi,
Thank you for your comment about the collection. I am not up to date with the curation of the collection so cannot give you a definite answer.
Sincerely,
Don
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Don Lum
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| Posted: May 26, 2019 14:06 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Cuprosklodowskite
| Mineral: | Cuprosklodowskite |
| Locality: | | Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: May 26, 2019 17:42 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | I really like that there's such a wide range in your collection: You show us a 33 cm Oppu Mine rhodo with the value of a small car which any museum would like to have. And next to this a tiny 1,7 cm pseudomorph from Ray Mine, I really appreciate that variety. Many collectors prefer a uniform size in their collection because that looks more appealing to them. My personal taste is different and rather like yours, I think specimens in different sizes look better ...
How many specimens do you have in your collection?
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Tobi |
Hi Tobi,
Thank you for your comment about the collection. I am not up to date with the curation of the collection so cannot give you a definite answer.
Sincerely,
Don |
Tobi,
I want to add another thought to finish answering your question. I tend to gravitate toward specimens that I like and can afford without regard to its size. If I were to restrict my acquisitions to a particular size like some collectors do such as those who wish to enter mineral competition or because they just like a certain size, I would miss out on some minerals which I think are somewhat rare or good examples of that particular species. For example, I have a Baddeleyite after Kimzeyite with Perovskite, Anatase and Magnetite from Perovskite Hill in Magnet Cove, Arkansas. If I were to pass up on that specimen hoping that another larger one would come along in the future, I might still be waiting to get one. I think that some minerals that are desirable by me don't come in a larger size ( or not yet) ;-) Then there are other mineral specimens that come in a larger size but I am perfectly happy with a smaller one. The smaller the size the less the damage and more perfect is what my micromount friends say.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: May 26, 2019 17:48 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Torbernite
| Mineral: | Torbernite |
| Locality: | | Margabal Mine, Entraygues-sur-Truyère, Lot et Truyère, Rodez, Aveyron, Occitanie, France | |
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| Mineral: | Torbernite |
| Locality: | | Margabal Mine, Entraygues-sur-Truyère, Lot et Truyère, Rodez, Aveyron, Occitanie, France | |
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| Posted: May 27, 2019 15:20 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Descloizite
| Mineral: | Descloizite |
| Locality: | | Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia | |
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| Mineral: | Descloizite |
| Locality: | | Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia | |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: May 29, 2019 20:39 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Vanadinite
| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | Apache Mine, Globe Hills, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Posted: May 30, 2019 15:21 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Rosasite
| Mineral: | Rosasite |
| Locality: | | Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise District, Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Posted: May 31, 2019 01:31 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Don Lum wrote: | Vanadinite
Apache Mine, Globe Hills, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Dimensions: 16 mm x 15 mm x 14 mm |
Always nice to see a Mibladen-like vanadinite that is not from Morocco :-)
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Don Lum
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| Posted: May 31, 2019 10:27 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Don Lum wrote: | Vanadinite
Apache Mine, Globe Hills, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Dimensions: 16 mm x 15 mm x 14 mm |
Always nice to see a Mibladen-like vanadinite that is not from Morocco :-) |
Thank you, Tobi. Last week I was rockhounding in my garage and made a small find in a flat (please note that this was done without using any large excavation equipment) ;-) These are the specimens that I have been posting recently.
Hope you are doing well.
Don
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