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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, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, 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 (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Congo DR (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 (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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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 08, 2019 13:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Wow, a true museum piece, very impressive!
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Fiebre Verde
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| Posted: Jun 08, 2019 13:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Wow, a true museum piece, very impressive! |
I second Tobi.
Could be nicknamed "the shoe"
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 08, 2019 16:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Thank you Tobi and Fiebre. Bought in Ste Marie 2017.
Regards,
Rob
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 10, 2019 02:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Two calcites :
1. From the same mine (la Cuerre mine) and dealer as the first photo of this thread.
2. From La Sambre Quarry in Belgium.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | La Cuerre Mine, La Florida Mining Area, Rionansa-Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 65 x 45 x 50 mm |
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| Double terminated twinn crystal of Calcite on Dolomite matrix. The crystal is 40 mm long. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | La Sambre Quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut Province, Wallonia Region, Belgium | |
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| Dimensions: | 40 x 34 x 25 mm |
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| A twin yellow Calcite crystal on another layer of white Calcite sits on a limestone matrix. The crystal measures 25 x 25 mm. |
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 11, 2019 12:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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... one Pyrite, two replaced Pyrites.
| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 20 x 20 x 15 mm |
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| Three sharp intergrown octahedrons from the Huanzala Mine. |
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| Mineral: | Goethite pseudomorphs after Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Pelican Point Quarry, Pelican Point, Utah Lake, Utah County, Utah, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 50 x 35 x 50 mm |
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| Goethite pseudomorfs after Pyrite. The crystal measures 25x20x15 mm. |
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| Mineral: | Goethite pseudomorphs after Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Pelican Point Quarry, Pelican Point, Utah Lake, Utah County, Utah, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 44 x 37 x 30 mm |
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| Floater cluster of Goethite that pseudomorfs after Pyrite. |
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 16, 2019 03:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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... some more ...
1. An oldtimer from Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary).
2. A colorfull Pyromorphite from one of the many Gute Hoffnung mines of Germany.
3. Two isolated Magnetites on matrix, with Quartz (?)
| Mineral: | Aragonite (variety pisolite) |
| Locality: | | Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic | |
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| Dimensions: | 55 x 45 x 30 mm |
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| Aragonite, var. Pisolite or "Erbsenstein". |
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| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Gute Hoffnung Mine, (Bescheid), Bleibuir, Mechernich, Euskirchen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 3,5 x 2,0 x 2,0 mm |
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| Green Pyromorphyte crystals on sandstone matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Magnetite |
| Locality: | | Huayriquiña mine (Huaraniquiña mine), Cerro Huañaquino, Paco Grande, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia | |
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| Dimensions: | 45 x 30 x 21 mm |
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| Two isolated Magnetite crystals on matrix (crystal size : 8 mm), with clear, slightly stained Quartz (?). |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 16, 2019 03:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Rob Schnerr wrote: | Magnetite
Huayriquiña mine (Huaraniquiña mine), Cerro Huañaquino, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Two isolated Magnetite crystals on matrix (crystal size : 8 mm), with clear, slightly stained Quartz(?). |
It looks like quartz, yes. But maybe not stained, it could also be smoky quartz. Btw: Very nice specimen, I like the isolated crystals. Most specimens from that locality are completely covered with magnetite xx so they have not much contrast because you can't see the bright matrix. Your specimen is a very good example for isolated xx from the locality, I really like it.
P.S. Nice German pyromorphite!
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 16, 2019 05:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Thank you Tobi for your comment. You are right about the magnetite: the dealer had several of them with a lot of crystals crawling on top of each other and the one we bought was for a give-away-price. Peculiar!
About the Quartz you also could be right.
Regards,
Rob
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 17, 2019 08:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Red Barite from Baia Sprie, now with the correct data corrected by FMF ( Cinnabar and not Realgar inclusions? )
| Mineral: | Baryte, Realgar |
| Locality: | | Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 95 x 70 x 25 mm |
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| Baryte colored red by Realgar inclusions. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 18, 2019 01:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Nice Romanian classic, Rob. Maybe you could try to make some close-up photos of the crystals because these realgar-included barytes from Baia Sprie often show a beautiful zoning ... :-)
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 18, 2019 10:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Yes Toni, you're right, I saw it under the microscope. I will try to make a/a couple of good closeups.
Kind Regards,
rob
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 19, 2019 09:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Nice Romanian classic, Rob. Maybe you could try to make some close-up photos of the crystals because these realgar-included barytes from Baia Sprie often show a beautiful zoning ... :-) |
Some closeups of the last photo. I don’t have the proper equipment for real closeups, but I gave it a shot to get the idea.
| Mineral: | Baryte, Realgar |
| Locality: | | Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV appr. 0,5 cm |
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| Same specimen as 315 Baryte |
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| Mineral: | Baryte, Realgar |
| Locality: | | Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV appr. 0,5 cm |
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| Same specimen as 315 Baryte |
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| Mineral: | Baryte, Realgar |
| Locality: | | Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV appr. 0,5 cm |
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| Same specimen as 315 Baryte |
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 20, 2019 07:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Three times a single crystal on matrix.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Hameda Quarries, Jorf, Erfoud, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 45 x 35 x 30 mm |
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| An almost transparent, slightly pink Fluorite cube on matrix. The longest side of the crystal measures 18 mm. |
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| Mineral: | Brookite |
| Locality: | | Nausherwani Mine, Char Kohan, Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 36 x 22 x 34 mm |
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| Brookite from the mine of the Nausherwani brothers. Crystal is 20 x 20 mm. |
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| Mineral: | Lazurite |
| Locality: | | Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 35 X 20 X 35 mm |
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| Lazurite on marmor. The crystal is 30 mm. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 21, 2019 01:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Wonderful specimens again, Rob!
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jun 21, 2019 12:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Thanks Tobi for your compliment.
Some more:
1. Siderite, acquired from Grégoire de Bodinat of the Mésage mine, our first stop in Ste Marie.
2. Vivianite, a find from 1989.
3 Celestine from Poland.
| Mineral: | Siderite |
| Locality: | | Mésage Mine, Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage, Vizille, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 120 x 70 x 40 mm |
| Description: |
| Very sharp, lustrous, green-yellow Siderite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Vivianite |
| Locality: | | Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 70 x 40 x 50 mm |
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| Translucent green Vivianite crystals with a botryoidal mineral on the foreground, possibly Goethite. |
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| Mineral: | Celestine |
| Locality: | | Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland | |
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| Dimensions: | 40 x 35 x 30 mm |
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| Colorless transparent Celestine crystals on a Sulphur matrix. |
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