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Rob Schnerr
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 Posted: May 25, 2019 04:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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1. Scholzite, rather rare; the best coming from Reaphook Hill (Australia).
2. A 5-in-1 piece: Gyrolite + four other minerals.
3. Twinned Gypsum.
| Mineral: | Scholzite |
| Locality: | | Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Finders Rangers, South Australia, Australia |  |
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| Dimensions: | 60 x 25 x25 mm |
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| Lightbrown thin Scholzite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Gyrolite |
| Locality: | | Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 80 x 60 x 30 mm |
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| Yellowish Gyrolite balls, clear Fluorapophyllite, small white Quartz with on top of it Prehnite. As a bonus a clear Calcite crystal with a brown phantom and a Gyrolite ball on top. |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Alabaster quarries, Fuentes de Ebro, Delimitación Comarcal de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 60 x 36 x 50 mm |
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| Water-clear twinned Gypsum crystals. |
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: May 28, 2019 08:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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... 2 x Goethite, 1 x Hematite
| Mineral: | Goethite |
| Locality: | | Huth Mine (Sieg), Hamm, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 92 x 62 x 50 mm |
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| Goethite stalactites on/in a matrix of iron oxide and Quartz. The Huth Mine is an ancient iron mine that closed in 1895. |
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| Mineral: | Goethite |
| Locality: | | Filón Sur open pit, Minas de Tharsis, Tharsis, Alosno, Comarca El Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 70 x 20 x 20 mm |
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| A stalactitic-botryoidal grown Goethite with strong iridescence. |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 80 x 70 x 30 mm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 29, 2019 03:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Great kidney from Florence Mine!
| Rob Schnerr wrote: | | Goethite stalactites on/in a matrix of iron oxide and Quartz. The Huth Mine is an ancient iron mine that closed in 1895. |
Closed and re-opened from 1937 until end of World War II ;-)
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: May 29, 2019 08:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Tobi wrote: | Great kidney from Florence Mine!
| Rob Schnerr wrote: | | Goethite stalactites on/in a matrix of iron oxide and Quartz. The Huth Mine is an ancient iron mine that closed in 1895. |
Closed and re-opened from 1937 until end of World War II ;-) |
OK Tobi, thank you, I didn't know that about the Huth mine.
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: May 30, 2019 02:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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1. An Orthoclase of which the vendor said "Ein Stüfchen wie aus dem Bilderbuch!" (a textbook specimen).
2. From Russia something special : a 2 cm Bismuth nugget, an uncommon form for this native element. On Mindat there's only one other piece from this locale.
3. Plumbogummite from China. In the right corner of the photo there are some crystals (crystal balls) that look blue and are different than the botryoidal Plumbogummite. The person I bought this from thinks they are Scorodite. I don't think so, because I can't find this combination anywhere. Besides I think that those tiny crystals are not blue but white and transparent and sit on blue Plumbogummite balls.
| Mineral: | Orthoclase |
| Locality: | | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 80 x 70 x 50 mm |
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| A group of sharp orthoclase crystals with nice termination. |
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| Mineral: | Bismuth |
| Locality: | | Deputatskoe deposit, Verkhoyansk, Verkhoyansk Silver Province, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 20 x 10 x 5 mm |
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| Mineral: | Plumbogummite |
| Locality: | | Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 95 x 60 x 25 mm |
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| Different shades of blue, green and brown botryoidal Plumbogummite. |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: May 30, 2019 12:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| )In https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=67475#67475 Rob Schnerr wrote: | | ...3. Doyleite with Gibbsite (Doyleite is polymorf of Gibbsite) from China. In the right corner of the photo there are some crystals (crystal balls) that look blue and are different than the botryoidal Dolyleite/Gibbsite. The person I bought this from thinks they are Scorodite. I don't think so, because I can't find this combination anywhere. Besides I think that those tiny crystals are not blue but white and transparent and sit on blue Doyleite balls. |
It looks like Plumbogummite from Yangshuo Mine Rob...
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: May 30, 2019 16:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Thank you Jordi for your reply and to put me in the right direction of what this mysterious (at least for me) specimen exactly is. If I understand you well, than you say the whole specimen is Plumbogummite? If so, how can we correct this (mineral name + location)?
Kind regards,
Rob
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 31, 2019 01:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Rob Schnerr wrote: | | If I understand you well, than you say the whole specimen is Plumbogummite? |
The matrix is mostly quartz and many plumbogummite specimens from Yangshuo are combined with pyromorphite which is covered or replaced by the plumbogummite. But these specimens often show greenish-yellow "rests" of pyromorphite. I think your specimen could really be "just" plumbogummite on quartz-based matrix from Yangshuo Mine.
| Rob Schnerr wrote: | | If so, how can we correct this (mineral name + location)? |
Jordi and/or the moderators can. I think they will do it when they read this. The more because it is really distinctive that this is a specimen of plumbogummite from Yangshuo.
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Tobi
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: May 31, 2019 04:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Hello Tobi, thanks for your information. I will update my own administration.
Kind regards,
Rob
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 04, 2019 05:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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1 and 2. It was a bit of a hype in 2015 : Azurite from Laos.
3. Two common minerals in a nice combination.
4. Vesuvianite.
| Mineral: | Azurite with Malachite |
| Locality: | | Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhét Province, Laos (Lao P.D.R.) | |
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| Dimensions: | 120 x 90 x 70 mm |
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| Azurite with Malachite from the Sepon mine. This specimen has three cavities with Azurite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Azurite with Malachite |
| Locality: | | Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhét Province, Laos (Lao P.D.R.) | |
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| Dimensions: | 120 x 90 x 70 mm |
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| Mineral: | Galena, Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 77 x 55 x 26 mm |
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| Mineral: | Vesuvianite |
| Locality: | | Sierra de las Cruces, Sierra Mojada mining district, Municipio Sierra Mojada, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza), Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 105 x 55 x 30 mm |
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| Yellow-brown Vesuvianite crystals on a matrix with light blue Calcite. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 05, 2019 04:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| The galena on pyrite from Huanzala is awesome, I love that sulfide combination!
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 05, 2019 11:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Thanks Tobi for your reaction. My wife picked this one, she always has an eye for aesthetic minerals. Since we restarted to collect in 2015 I have converted to this “school” (with some hesitation). In the past (70’s) I just focused on good crystals. If there were also a couple of imperfections, so be it. If you don’t want to see them, don’t look at them. But as I said I made a turn.
But the next piece has indeed some broken crystals, but this time for both of us it wasn’t a reason to not buy it. Judge for yourself.
1. Quartz with Hematite
2. A Pyrrhotite from Dal’negorsk
3. A very intense colored Malachite from the DR Congo
| Mineral: | Quartz with Hematite |
| Locality: | | Jinlong Hill, Longchuan, Heyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 155 x 95 x 70 mm |
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| Reddish iron stained Quartz crystals with Hematite rosette. |
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| Mineral: | Pyrrhotite with Quartz and Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 91 x 53 x 37 mm |
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| Sharp, lustrous Pyrrhotite crystal in matrix, accompanied by white Quartz and Sphalerite. The Pyrhotite crystal is 19 x 16 mm. |
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| Mineral: | Malachite |
| Locality: | | L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 40 x 40 x 80 mm |
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| Intense colored botryoidal Malachite. The photo shows the real color, absolutely no artificial saturation. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2019 02:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Rob Schnerr wrote: | [...]I just focused on good crystals. If there were also a couple of imperfections, so be it. If you don’t want to see them, don’t look at them. But as I said I made a turn. But the next piece has indeed some broken crystals, but this time for both of us it wasn’t a reason to not buy it. Judge for yourself.
Quartz with Hematite
Jinlong Hill, Longchuan, Heyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China |
Very nice specimens, Rob, all of them! Some broken crystals are normal on most of the larger Jinlong specimens, completely undamaged specimens with not a single broken crystal are very rare. I think it's not a problem on a specimen like yours which is still very aesthetic though some quartzes might be broken.
Tobi
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2019 10:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Thanks Tobi.
Some more ...
1. A beautiful combination from Peru, with three well crystalized minerals. You have to look close, so three close ups are added.
2. From India not just a funny Zeolite-duck, but also a not very common combination of Fluorapophyllite-(K) and Natrolite.
| Mineral: | Orpiment, Baryte, Hutchinsonite |
| Locality: | | Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 49 x 42 x 12 mm |
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| Orange Orpiment crystals among transparent thin clear tabular Barite crystals and black Hutchinsonite. |
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| Mineral: | Orpiment, Baryte, Hutchinsonite |
| Locality: | | Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV appr. 5 mm |
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| Mineral: | Orpiment, Baryte, Hutchinsonite |
| Locality: | | Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV appr. 5 mm |
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| Mineral: | Orpiment, Baryte, Hutchinsonite |
| Locality: | | Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV appr. 5 mm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorapophyllite-(K), Natrolite |
| Locality: | | Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 25 x 15 x 15 mm |
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| Tabular hexagonal clear Fluorapophyllite with prismatic Natrolite. |
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 08, 2019 11:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Dolomite with clear blue Quartz and some other minerals.
| Mineral: | Dolomite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo | |
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| Dimensions: | 220 x 155 x 60 mm |
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| White Dolomite rhombohedra, lightblue Quartz, yellow Chalcopyrite, white transparent Calcite and brown Pyrrhotite |
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