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Volkmar Stingl
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 Posted: Apr 06, 2020 01:54 Post subject: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Hello all, as now is time enough I decided to start to show my collection to all of you. I am not a good photographer, so please excuse if some pictures will not be of good quality. I will add pics irregularly from time to time.
I started collecting decades ago in my childhood. After beginning my geology/mineralogy studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, I lost interest for some years. My restart was triggered by my sons, one of them is still an avid collector, too. My collection comprises pieces that I find myself, buy or swap.
My work lead me for 7 years to China, therefore I have many specimens from there, the self-collected of course not of museum quality. Connections to a friend who is dealer gave the opportunity to buy good additional pieces for little money. From my different working places in Europe I also brought a lot of minerals and fossils. But I enjoy most collecting in my home country, if possible together with my son.
I hope you enjoy my pictures!
| Mineral: | Cinnabar on Quartz, Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Tongren Mine, Tongren, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China |  |
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| Dimensions: | 13 x 9 cm, crystal size up to 15 mm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2020 02:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Welcome Volkmar,
wonderful cinnabar specimen, really aesthetic. I think we all want to see more from your collection :-)
Best regards, stay safe and keep on posting
Tobi
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Volkmar Stingl
Joined: 23 Sep 2012
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Location: Innsbruck
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2020 02:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Thank you, Tobi!
Next two specimens are self-collected on my tunnel construction sites some years ago.
| Mineral: | Calcite with Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Wuyi tunnel north (construction site), Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 12 x 6 cm |
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| Zoned pokerchip calcites with small pyrites in the center of the end planes. |
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Volkmar Stingl
Joined: 23 Sep 2012
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Location: Innsbruck
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2020 02:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Detail of the previous photograph.
| Mineral: | Calcite and Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Wuyi tunnel north (construction site), Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 12 x 6 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
Joined: 23 Sep 2012
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Location: Innsbruck
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2020 02:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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This was my christmas gift in 2011! Found on Dec. 24th 2011. Sorry for the poor picture.
| Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 9 cm |
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| Nice octahedral fluorites with a coating of small quartzes and some pyrite |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2020 02:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Welcome Volkmar,
Please use:
8.-) You can include up to 15 photos or images within each message. To see how to add photos and how to include up to 15 photos/images in a single message follow this link
Best regards, stay safe and keep on posting
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Volkmar Stingl
Joined: 23 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2020 03:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Thank you, Jordi! I will follow your link...
The next 3 pieces are also from Baimashan tunnel construction (found between 2012 and 2013).
| Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 7 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 7 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 4 cm |
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| Very good octahedron (about 15 mm size) with quartz and pyrite on one plane sitting on quartz variety rock crystal |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 4 cm |
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| Very good octahedron (about 15 mm size) with quartz and pyrite on one plane sitting on quartz variety rock crystal |
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| Mineral: | Quartz variety Rock Crystal |
| Locality: | | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 15 x 10 cm |
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Bob Harman
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2020 05:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Volkmar, Nice specimens, especially since they were self-collected.
I do have one minor quibble tho; in your last picture, I prefer to call the pictured quartz "druzy quartz". While both rock crystal and druzy quartz are clear colorless quartz, the pictured example shows smallish closely spaced crystal tips; I reserve the term "rock crystal" for larger more robust and dominant perfectly clear quartz crystals. BOB
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Volkmar Stingl
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Location: Innsbruck
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2020 08:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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| Thank you, Bob! You are right, it would be better to call it like you said.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2020 10:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Welcome to The Forum, Volkmar. As Tobi said, we are looking forward to seeing more of your collection.
Regards,
Don Lum
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Volkmar Stingl
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Location: Innsbruck
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| Posted: Apr 07, 2020 02:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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For today 3 pieces from the Alps.
| Mineral: | Dawsonite |
| Locality: | | Terlano (Terlan), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 9 cm |
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| Mineral: | Dawsonite |
| Locality: | | Terlano (Terlan), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 9 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Frötschbach, Bad Ratzes, Siusi Alp (Seis Alp, Seiser Alm), Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 12 x 10 cm |
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| Quartz crystals on Limonite ps. after Siderite on Calcite. A one-time find! |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Frötschbach, Bad Ratzes, Siusi Alp (Seis Alp, Seiser Alm), Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 12 x 10 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Weißeck Mountain area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 11 x 7 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Weißeck Mountain area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 11 x 7 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2020 23:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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More Chinese pieces from tunnel construction sites.
| Mineral: | Fluorite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 13 x 7 cm |
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| Green octahedrons up to 3 cm covered with druzy quartz. Self-collected. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 13 x 7 cm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 6 x 5 cm |
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| 3 cm crystal sitting on druzy quartz. Self-collected. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz variety smoky |
| Locality: | | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 11 x 6 cm |
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| Small calcite crystals on grey Quartzes variety smoky. Self-collected. |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite and Quartz on Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Chengnan tunnel (construction site), Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 14 x 9 cm |
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| Thousands of pyrite cubes on a thin quartz layer above fkuorite cubes up to 2 cm. Self-collected. |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite and Quartz on Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Chengnan tunnel (construction site), Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 14 x 9 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2020 23:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Two pieces from not widely known localities.
| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Haiming, Imst District, North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4 cm |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Haiming, Imst District, North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4 cm |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Grissianer Graben, Grissiano, Nalles (Nals), Autonomous Province South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 7 cm |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Grissianer Graben, Grissiano, Nalles (Nals), Autonomous Province South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 7 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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| Posted: Apr 14, 2020 03:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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More from my Chinese collection...
| Mineral: | Baryte on Quartz and Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Xiefang Mine, Ruijin, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 6 cm |
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| Mineral: | Baryte on Quartz and Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Xiefang Mine, Ruijin, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 6 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite on Cuprite |
| Locality: | | Tongshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite on Cuprite |
| Locality: | | Tongshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 14, 2020 04:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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| I really like that yellow Xiefang baryte!
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Volkmar Stingl
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| Posted: Apr 14, 2020 05:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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| Tobi wrote: | | I really like that yellow Xiefang baryte! |
Yes, the colour is amazing!
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Volkmar Stingl
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2020 11:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Some more self-collected pieces from my time in China!
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Road cut, Hongling, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 6 cm |
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| Some of the crystals reach more than 1,5 cm. From a road cut near Hongling in the northwest of Wuyishan. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yongping Mine, Yongping, Yanshan, Shangrao Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 5 cm |
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| Octahedral crystals with overgrowth of cubes. Size up to 2,5 cm. Color change: daylight colorless with green core, flashlight: green to ice-blue. Attached minor chalcedon. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yongping Mine, Yongping, Yanshan, Shangrao Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite on Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yongping Mine, Yongping, Yanshan, Shangrao Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4 cm |
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| Mineral: | Celestine on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Cangchuanlong #1 tunnel (construction site), Jianyang, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Mineral: | Calcite on Fe-Dolomite on Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yongping Mine, Yongping, Yanshan, Shangrao Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 6 x 3 cm |
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| There are some druses up to 30 cm, but the rock is extremely hard.Therefore, it was only possible to get few pieces of this size. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2020 11:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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| Wonderful, Volkmar. For most collectors it's a dream to self-collect such mineral specimens!
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Volkmar Stingl
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Location: Innsbruck
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2020 13:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Wonderful, Volkmar. For most collectors it's a dream to self-collect such mineral specimens! |
Thank you, Tobi! For me it was a dream, too! After the first 3 years with only rare finds in Guangdong, and one year in Hebei without any find, my last 3 years in Fujian were exceptional. Especially, we had to supervise 60 km tunnels straight through the mountains with an interesting geology and a lot of mineralization. Additionally, some mines were not too far away (like Huitan, Nanshanxia, Yongping). My best time for work AND collect in China!
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Volkmar Stingl
Joined: 23 Sep 2012
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Location: Innsbruck
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 00:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Please, could an admin change the location of the fluorite from Hongling? I do not know how it happened, but I did not write this text. It is NOT from the Baimashan tunnel (construction site)!
The correct location is: Roadcut near Hongling, Wuyishan Co., Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China.
Thank you in advance!
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