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am mizunaka
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 Posted: Jan 14, 2020 15:47 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Excellent Elmwood fluorite!!! |
Thanks Tobi!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jan 14, 2020 17:14 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Tourmaline |
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| Mineral: | Tourmaline |
| Locality: | | Cruzeiro Mine, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil |  |
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| Dimensions: | 38 x 9.7 mm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jan 22, 2020 01:38 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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Fluorite and fluorapatite with muscovite and albite.
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Fluorapatite, Muscovite, Albite |
| Locality: | | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.5 x 5.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Fluorapatite, Muscovite, Albite |
| Locality: | | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.5 x 5.5 cm |
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Tobi
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Jan 22, 2020 08:50 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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Well, actually ALL of your specimens are high quality and your photos are splendid. But I really have to mention how much I enjoy your last posts: The Cruzeiro elbaite and the great fluorite specimen from Pakistan are so extremely beautiful, and you captured their beauty perfectly, I could watch these photos for hours!
Specimens (and photos!) like that are the reason why I love minerals. Congratulations on these great specimens & thanks for your awesome photos :-)
Regards
Tobi
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jan 23, 2020 00:08 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Tobi wrote: | Well, actually ALL of your specimens are high quality and your photos are splendid. But I really have to mention how much I enjoy your last posts: The Cruzeiro elbaite and the great fluorite specimen from Pakistan are so extremely beautiful, and you captured their beauty perfectly, I could watch these photos for hours!
Specimens (and photos!) like that are the reason why I love minerals. Congratulations on these great specimens & thanks for your awesome photos :-)
Regards
Tobi |
Thanks for the very generous compliments Tobi. Always appreciated.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jan 25, 2020 16:57 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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Quartz with ajoite, hematite, copper and other unidentified inclusions.
| Mineral: | Quartz, Ajoite, Hematite, Copper |
| Locality: | | Messina Mine, Musina (Messina), Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.5 x 2.5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jan 27, 2020 03:55 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| am mizunaka wrote: | Quartz with ajoite, hematite, copper and other unidentified inclusions.
Locality: Messina Mine, Musina (Messina), Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Dimensions: 3.5 x 2.5 cm |
Another very beautiful specimen. I really like the specimens from Messina Mine but I haven't seen one with so many different inclusions. Nice!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jan 27, 2020 15:33 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Tobi wrote: | | am mizunaka wrote: | Quartz with ajoite, hematite, copper and other unidentified inclusions.
Locality: Messina Mine, Musina (Messina), Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Dimensions: 3.5 x 2.5 cm |
Another very beautiful specimen. I really like the specimens from Messina Mine but I haven't seen one with so many different inclusions. Nice! |
Thanks Tobi!
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Roger Warin
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| Posted: Jan 27, 2020 16:26 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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This specimen is truly exceptional indeed. Wow!
It is difficult to photograph inclusions of ajoite or papagoite in quartz. That’s my problem anyway.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jan 28, 2020 00:48 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Roger Warin wrote: | This specimen is truly exceptional indeed. Wow!
It is difficult to photograph inclusions of ajoite or papagoite in quartz. That’s my problem anyway. |
Thanks Roger!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Feb 06, 2020 14:47 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Dioptase |
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A plate of dioptase on quartz with plancheite.
| Mineral: | Dioptase, Quartz, Plancheite |
| Locality: | | Sanda Quarry, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Congo DR (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 13.3 x 9.4 cm |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase, Quartz, Plancheite |
| Locality: | | Sanda Quarry, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Congo DR (Zaire) | |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase, Quartz, Plancheite |
| Locality: | | Sanda Quarry, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Congo DR (Zaire) | |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Feb 08, 2020 17:17 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.1 x 6.4 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Feb 09, 2020 18:58 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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Two radial like groups of quartz along with other quartz crystals.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Cabiche, Quípama, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.4 x 8.4 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 11, 2020 03:05 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| As usual, superb specimens and photos. The red fluorite seems to glow and I'm really in love with your quartz from Cabiche. I like these new finds with their yellow terminations; and I think your specimen is one of the best I've seen and the photo for sure a masterwork - the specimen is really 3D, wow!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Feb 11, 2020 14:11 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Tobi wrote: | | As usual, superb specimens and photos. The red fluorite seems to glow and I'm really in love with your quartz from Cabiche. I like these new finds with their yellow terminations; and I think your specimen is one of the best I've seen and the photo for sure a masterwork - the specimen is really 3D, wow! |
Thanks Tobi! The fluorite with the back-lighting brings out the range of colors and the inclusions. The spherical clusters of quartz is a bit different from most of the specimens from this locality.
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Feb 11, 2020 15:51 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Hi.
I think this page 75 might be called "colors in the minerals".
Highly entertaining.
Congratulations.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Feb 11, 2020 21:48 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Firmo Espinar wrote: | Hi.
I think this page 75 might be called "colors in the minerals".
Highly entertaining.
Congratulations. |
Thanks Firmo!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Feb 18, 2020 00:48 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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Double Japan Law Twin quartz on augelite.
| Mineral: | Quartz, Augelite |
| Locality: | | Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 19 x 23 mm |
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| Article in an exhibit at the 2020 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. |
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| Some drawings in the same exhibit. |
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| Another article in the same exhibit. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Feb 19, 2020 18:37 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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Group of amethyst crystals on a matrix of quartz.
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst), Quartz |
| Locality: | | Don Nicolás Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina | |
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| Dimensions: | 12.6 x 6.5 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Feb 20, 2020 18:24 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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Small box of Japan Law Twin quartz crystals. Largest crystal is 8 mm wide.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Oshigahae Mine, Hinokage, Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 5.0 cm (Size of Box) |
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