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Firmo Espinar
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Fluorite from Hunan Province, China.
Cuboctahedral purple Fluorite with a circular flat end like a heliport on every pyramid.
The crystals combine the contour of an octahedron with the staggered cubic forms. With highlighted edges as stairs by the cubes.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China |  |
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| Dimensions: | 72mm x 66mm x 61mm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 72mm x 66mm x 61mm |
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| Cuboctahedral purple Fluorite with a circular flat end like a heliport on every pyramid. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 72mm x 66mm x 61mm |
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| The crystals combine the contour of an octahedron with the staggered cubic forms. With highlighted edges as stairs by the cubes. |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2019 12:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| Firmo Espinar wrote: | Fluorite from Hunan Province, China.
Cuboctahedral purple Fluorite with a circular flat end like a heliport on every pyramid.
The crystals combine the contour of an octahedron with the staggered cubic forms. With highlighted edges as stairs by the cubes. |
Hi Firmo!
Hunan is a rather large territory, with 210 000 km² and over 67 million people. Don't you know the precise locality? Did you look it up at Mindat?
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2019 17:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Hi Carles.
Always nice to hear from you.
I’ve only seen similar ones forming something like “Aztec pyramids” coming from the Yaogangxian MIne, Yizhang, Prefecture Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China.
But the cubes that form these crystals are smaller and these octahedrons are more accentuated than what I could see from Yaogangxian Mine.
And I haven’t found anything like these heliports at all vertexes.
I really look forward to limit the locality, but I’m just sure of this origin that appears on the label.
Perhaps someone may express their opinion?
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2019 17:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| Firmo Espinar wrote: | | ...Perhaps someone may express their opinion? |
I would say Yaogangxian Mine
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Changed.
C.M.
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Oct 09, 2019 12:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Ok Jordi, thank you very much.
Now Quartz from Buriticá, Antioquia Department, Colombia. (Nº-71).
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Buriticá, Occidente Province, Antioquia Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 72mm x 36mm x 16mm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Buriticá, Occidente Province, Antioquia Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 72mm x 36mm x 16mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Oct 12, 2019 04:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz from Buriticá, Antioquia Department, Colombia. (Nº-70).
Doubly terminated crystal, untouched after digging.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Buriticá, Occidente Province, Antioquia Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 132mm x 37mm x 30mm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Buriticá, Occidente Province, Antioquia Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 132mm x 37mm x 30mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Oct 16, 2019 14:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Hematite from Agadir, Morocco.
| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 52mm x 41mm x 22mm |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 52mm x 41mm x 22mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Oct 19, 2019 16:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz from Muzo, Boyacá Department, Colombia. (Nº-17).
Druse of transparent quartz needles.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 137mm x 50mm x 84mm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 137mm x 50mm x 84mm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 137mm x 50mm x 84mm |
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| Druse of transparent quartz needles. (Nº-17). |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Oct 23, 2019 14:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Calcite from Cantabria, Spain.
Coffee colored Calcite in matrix.
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Andalusite (variety chiastolite) from Australia.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Dolomítica Group of Quarries, Montehano, Escalante, Comarca Trasmiera, Cantabria, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 70mm x 52mm x 32mm |
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| Coffee colored Calcite in matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Andalusite (variety chiastolite) |
| Locality: | | Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 34mm x 36mm x 13mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Oct 26, 2019 08:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Vanadinite from Mibladen, Morocco.
Cluster with a prominent crystals and colored on the base. Coming from a new geode discovered at 600 m depth.
| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 46mm x 49mm x 35mm |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 46mm x 49mm x 35mm |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 46mm x 49mm x 35mm |
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| Cluster with a prominent crystals and colored on the base. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Oct 29, 2019 17:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Three from Andalusia, Spain.
Siderite from Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain.
Quartz from Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain.
Quartz (variety amethyst) from Córdoba, Spain.
| Mineral: | Siderite |
| Locality: | | Collado de Veta Grande, Sierra Nevada, Güéjar Sierra, Comarca Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 82mm x 66mm x 80mm |
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| Mineral: | Siderite |
| Locality: | | Collado de Veta Grande, Sierra Nevada, Güéjar Sierra, Comarca Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 82mm x 66mm x 80mm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Corral del Veleta, Sierra Nevada, Güéjar Sierra, Comarca Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 42mm x 40mm x 22mm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Vértice Quarry, Cerro Vértice, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 35mm x 46mm x 52mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Nov 01, 2019 09:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Sphalerite from Áliva, Cantabria, Spain.
Honey colored Sphalerite. Two pictures, the last taken under backlight.
| Mineral: | Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 42mm x 36mm x 28mm |
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| Mineral: | Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 42mm x 36mm x 28mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Nov 04, 2019 06:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Baryte with Malachite from Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain.
| Mineral: | Baryte, Malachite |
| Locality: | | Nieves Mine, Monte Dobra, Viérnoles, Torrelavega, Comarca Besaya, Cantabria, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 68mm x 52mm x 65mm |
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| Mineral: | Baryte, Malachite |
| Locality: | | Nieves Mine, Monte Dobra, Viérnoles, Torrelavega, Comarca Besaya, Cantabria, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 68mm x 52mm x 65mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Nov 07, 2019 10:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Calcite from Cantabria.
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Hematite from Agadir, Morocco.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Dolomítica Group of Quarries, Montehano, Escalante, Comarca Trasmiera, Cantabria, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 33mm x 46mm x 27mm |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 32mm x 62mm x 20mm |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 32mm x 62mm x 20mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Nov 10, 2019 09:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz (variety chalcedony) from Smara, Es-Semara Province, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, Morocco.
Spherical shapes in this chacedony.
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
| Locality: | | Smara (Esmara), Western Sahara, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 108mm x 67mm x 34mm |
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27914 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
| Locality: | | Smara (Esmara), Western Sahara, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 108mm x 67mm x 34mm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
| Locality: | | Smara (Esmara), Western Sahara, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 108mm x 67mm x 34mm |
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