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Tobi
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Posted: Oct 21, 2019 04:38 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Very impressive Cave-In-Rock specimen, Don, I love it!
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Don Lum
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Posted: Oct 21, 2019 08:59 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | Very impressive Cave-In-Rock specimen, Don, I love it! |
Thank you so much for your nice comment, Tobi. I appreciate your writing.
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Don
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Don Lum
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Posted: Oct 22, 2019 21:25 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Beryl
Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine), Muscovite |
Locality: | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 190 mm x 144 mm x 100 mm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Oct 23, 2019 01:07 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Don Lum wrote: | Beryl (variety aquamarine), Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Dimensions: 190 mm x 144 mm x 100 mm
Aquamarine floater | Very impressive size, great sculptural shape and I like how the muscovite covers parts of the aquamarine crystals. Another KILLER SPECIMEN, Don!
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Don Lum
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Posted: Oct 23, 2019 09:14 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | Don Lum wrote: | Beryl (variety aquamarine), Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Dimensions: 190 mm x 144 mm x 100 mm
Aquamarine floater | Very impressive size, great sculptural shape and I like how the muscovite covers parts of the aquamarine crystals. Another KILLER SPECIMEN, Don! |
Hello Tobi.
This is a first generation of aquamarine coated with muscovite and then a second generation of aquamarine over the muscovite in some areas.
Thanks for your nice comment.
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Don
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Don Lum
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Posted: Oct 24, 2019 14:00 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Elbaite
Mineral: | Elbaite (Tourmaline Group) |
Locality: | Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan | |
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Dimensions: | 135 mm x 45 mm x 35 mm |
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Mineral: | Elbaite (Tourmaline Group) |
Locality: | Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan | |
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Dimensions: | 135 mm x 45 mm x 35 mm |
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Parallel polycrystalline aggregate of blue cap tourmaline |
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Tobi
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Posted: Oct 25, 2019 02:54 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Nice!
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Don Lum
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Posted: Nov 03, 2019 16:04 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Elbaite
Mineral: | Elbaite (Tourmaline Group) (variety rubellite) |
Locality: | Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | 144 mm x 34 mm x 11 mm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Nov 04, 2019 06:15 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Don Lum wrote: | Elbaite (Tourmaline Group) (variety rubellite)
Pederneira Claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
144 mm x 34 mm x 11 mm | Spectacular little gibbet ;-)
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Don Lum
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Posted: Nov 04, 2019 11:23 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | Don Lum wrote: | Elbaite (Tourmaline Group) (variety rubellite)
Pederneira Claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
144 mm x 34 mm x 11 mm | Spectacular little gibbet ;-) |
Tobi, thank you for your nice comment.
Have a good week.
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Don
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Dany Mabillard
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Posted: Nov 04, 2019 12:14 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Very interesting specimen and nice too of course.
Dany.
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Don Lum
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Posted: Nov 04, 2019 12:18 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Dany Mabillard wrote: | Very interesting specimen and nice too of course.
Dany. |
Thank you for your nice comment, Dany. I am enjoying your posts.
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Don
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Don Lum
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Posted: Nov 09, 2019 21:54 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Fluorite
Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz (variety amethyst) |
Locality: | Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India | |
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Dimensions: | 90 mm x 70 mm x 48 mm |
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am mizunaka
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Posted: Nov 09, 2019 22:19 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Quite an unusual and interesting fluorite specimen!
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Don Lum
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Posted: Nov 09, 2019 22:20 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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am mizunaka wrote: | Quite an unusual and interesting fluorite specimen! |
Thank you, Mike.
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Posted: Nov 13, 2019 20:37 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Strawberry Quartz
Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Washington County, Missouri, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 102 mm x 75 mm x 56 mm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Nov 15, 2019 14:50 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Raspberry Fluorite
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Denton Mine, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 127 mm x 102 mm x 33 mm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Nov 16, 2019 02:21 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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What a gorgeous fluorite plate from Denton Mine, I like how sharp and isolated the crystals are.
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Don Lum
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Posted: Nov 16, 2019 13:40 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | What a gorgeous fluorite plate from Denton Mine, I like how sharp and isolated the crystals are. |
Thank you for your nice comment, Tobi. Have a great weekend.
Regards,
Don
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Don Lum
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Posted: Nov 17, 2019 15:04 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Galena
Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Fletcher Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 59 mm x 5 mm x 6 mm |
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elongated Galena crystal 382 Upper, R.C. West Fork collected July 2019 |
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