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PostPosted: Oct 05, 2019 10:11    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

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.



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 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
 Dimensions: 72mm x 66mm x 61mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  26128 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
 Dimensions: 72mm x 66mm x 61mm
 Description:
Cuboctahedral purple Fluorite with a circular flat end like a heliport on every pyramid.
 Viewed:  26115 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
 Dimensions: 72mm x 66mm x 61mm
 Description:
The crystals combine the contour of an octahedron with the staggered cubic forms. With highlighted edges as stairs by the cubes.
 Viewed:  26107 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Oct 05, 2019 12:41    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

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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PostPosted: Oct 05, 2019 17:44    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

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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PostPosted: Oct 05, 2019 17:52    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Firmo Espinar wrote:
...Perhaps someone may express their opinion?

I would say Yaogangxian Mine

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PostPosted: Oct 09, 2019 12:37    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Ok Jordi, thank you very much.

Now Quartz from Buriticá, Antioquia Department, Colombia. (Nº-71).



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 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Buriticá, Occidente Province, Antioquia Department, Colombia
 Dimensions: 72mm x 36mm x 16mm
 Description:
(Nº-71).
 Viewed:  25946 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Buriticá, Occidente Province, Antioquia Department, Colombia
 Dimensions: 72mm x 36mm x 16mm
 Description:
(Nº-71).
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PostPosted: Oct 12, 2019 04:19    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Quartz from Buriticá, Antioquia Department, Colombia. (Nº-70).

Doubly terminated crystal, untouched after digging.



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 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Buriticá, Occidente Province, Antioquia Department, Colombia
 Dimensions: 132mm x 37mm x 30mm
 Description:
(Nº-70).
 Viewed:  28798 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Buriticá, Occidente Province, Antioquia Department, Colombia
 Dimensions: 132mm x 37mm x 30mm
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(Nº-70).
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PostPosted: Oct 16, 2019 14:40    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Hematite from Agadir, Morocco.


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 Mineral: Hematite
 Locality:
Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 52mm x 41mm x 22mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28695 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Hematite
 Locality:
Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 52mm x 41mm x 22mm
 Description:
A radial backside.
 Viewed:  28704 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Oct 19, 2019 16:26    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Quartz from Muzo, Boyacá Department, Colombia. (Nº-17).

Druse of transparent quartz needles.



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 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
 Dimensions: 137mm x 50mm x 84mm
 Description:
(Nº-17).
 Viewed:  28648 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
 Dimensions: 137mm x 50mm x 84mm
 Description:
(Nº-17).
 Viewed:  28633 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia
 Dimensions: 137mm x 50mm x 84mm
 Description:
Druse of transparent quartz needles. (Nº-17).
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PostPosted: Oct 23, 2019 14:49    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Calcite from Cantabria, Spain.

Coffee colored Calcite in matrix.

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Andalusite (variety chiastolite) from Australia.



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 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Dolomítica Group of Quarries, Montehano, Escalante, Comarca Trasmiera, Cantabria, Spain
 Dimensions: 70mm x 52mm x 32mm
 Description:
Coffee colored Calcite in matrix.
 Viewed:  28562 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Andalusite (variety chiastolite)
 Locality:
Australia
 Dimensions: 34mm x 36mm x 13mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28542 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Oct 26, 2019 08:54    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Vanadinite from Mibladen, Morocco.

Cluster with a prominent crystals and colored on the base. Coming from a new geode discovered at 600 m depth.



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 Mineral: Vanadinite
 Locality:
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 46mm x 49mm x 35mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28447 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Vanadinite
 Locality:
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 46mm x 49mm x 35mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28458 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Vanadinite
 Locality:
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 46mm x 49mm x 35mm
 Description:
Cluster with a prominent crystals and colored on the base.
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PostPosted: Oct 29, 2019 17:01    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Three from Andalusia, Spain.

Siderite from Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain.

Quartz from Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain.

Quartz (variety amethyst) from Córdoba, Spain.



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 Mineral: Siderite
 Locality:
Collado de Veta Grande, Sierra Nevada, Güéjar Sierra, Comarca Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
 Dimensions: 82mm x 66mm x 80mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28325 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Siderite
 Locality:
Collado de Veta Grande, Sierra Nevada, Güéjar Sierra, Comarca Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
 Dimensions: 82mm x 66mm x 80mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28314 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Corral del Veleta, Sierra Nevada, Güéjar Sierra, Comarca Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
 Dimensions: 42mm x 40mm x 22mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28386 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz (variety amethyst)
 Locality:
Vértice Quarry, Cerro Vértice, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
 Dimensions: 35mm x 46mm x 52mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28339 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Nov 01, 2019 09:44    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Sphalerite from Áliva, Cantabria, Spain.

Honey colored Sphalerite. Two pictures, the last taken under backlight.



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 Mineral: Sphalerite
 Locality:
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
 Dimensions: 42mm x 36mm x 28mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28200 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Sphalerite
 Locality:
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
 Dimensions: 42mm x 36mm x 28mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28217 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Nov 04, 2019 06:31    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Baryte with Malachite from Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain.


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 Mineral: Baryte, Malachite
 Locality:
Nieves Mine, Monte Dobra, Viérnoles, Torrelavega, Comarca Besaya, Cantabria, Spain
 Dimensions: 68mm x 52mm x 65mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28104 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Baryte, Malachite
 Locality:
Nieves Mine, Monte Dobra, Viérnoles, Torrelavega, Comarca Besaya, Cantabria, Spain
 Dimensions: 68mm x 52mm x 65mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28093 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Nov 07, 2019 10:37    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Calcite from Cantabria.

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Hematite from Agadir, Morocco.



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 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Dolomítica Group of Quarries, Montehano, Escalante, Comarca Trasmiera, Cantabria, Spain
 Dimensions: 33mm x 46mm x 27mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  28011 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Hematite
 Locality:
Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 32mm x 62mm x 20mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  27965 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Hematite
 Locality:
Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 32mm x 62mm x 20mm
 Description:
Backside.
 Viewed:  28047 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Nov 10, 2019 09:54    Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar  

Quartz (variety chalcedony) from Smara, Es-Semara Province, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, Morocco.

Spherical shapes in this chacedony.



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 Mineral: Quartz (variety chalcedony)
 Locality:
Smara (Esmara), Western Sahara, Morocco
 Dimensions: 108mm x 67mm x 34mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  27897 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz (variety chalcedony)
 Locality:
Smara (Esmara), Western Sahara, Morocco
 Dimensions: 108mm x 67mm x 34mm
 Description:
Backside.
 Viewed:  27892 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz (variety chalcedony)
 Locality:
Smara (Esmara), Western Sahara, Morocco
 Dimensions: 108mm x 67mm x 34mm
 Description:
Spherical shapes detail.
 Viewed:  27872 Time(s)

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