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Firmo Espinar
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 Posted: Apr 18, 2020 09:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Hi Don.
Nice to hear from you.
Perhaps Kekulé had his own Navajun pyrite before the dream where atoms danced until they united and closed the ring of the benzene structure ;)
There are mineral shapes that can be very inspiring.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2020 10:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| Firmo Espinar wrote: | | With me maybe nearly 45 years. I´ve found my first mineral that I can remember. It´s a prismatic Aragonite crystal most likely from Guadalajara Province in Spain, but I don´t know. I´ve placed this “historic piece” on a plinth and I´ve dated it around 1975. |
Your very first rock?
:-)
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 09:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Hi Tobi.
The state of alarm for Covid-19 and this quarantine is allowing me to rummage and dig through the boxes of minerals I have.
And it’s great to discover old pieces you had no memory of.
The aragonite in question is broken and has several nicks, but as a child I found amazing the hexagonal prism formation, although very blurred, and its straight lines.
Regards to Germany.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 10:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| Firmo Espinar wrote: | Hi Tobi.
The state of alarm for Covid-19 and this quarantine is allowing me to rummage and dig through the boxes of minerals I have.
And it’s great to discover old pieces you had no memory of.
The aragonite in question is broken and has several nicks, but as a child I found amazing the hexagonal prism formation, although very blurred, and its straight lines.
Regards to Germany. |
Hi Firmo, I think terms of quality that you developed as an experienced collector are not important when you look back on your first rock. My first one is just a tiny 4 cm Huanzala pyrite and I keep it in a box in the bottom of my showcase. It may have a "value" of 50 Cent but it is a precious memory of my first encounter with minerals and of the beginning of a life-long passion :-)
Best regards back to Colombia
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Apr 20, 2020 07:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Hi Tobi.
That’s exactly what you’re saying.
I was explaining that it’s broken from playing with.
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Fluorite from Naica, Mexico.
Light purple Fluorite cubes.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico |  |
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| Dimensions: | 57mm x 56mm x 35mm |
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| Light purple Fluorite cubes. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Apr 23, 2020 07:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz from Segovia, Antioquia Department, Colombia. (Nº-87).
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Chrysocolla, Azurite from Bédar, Almería, Spain.
Field collected in 2013.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Segovia, Northeastern, Antioquia Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 30mm x 52mm x 18mm |
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(Nº-87).
Single crystal with some extra faces. |
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| Mineral: | Chrysocolla |
| Locality: | | Reformada Mine, El Pinar de Bédar, Bédar, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 60mm x 45mm x 35mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Apr 26, 2020 05:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz (variey amethyst) from Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico.
Light amethyst over a thin white plate, some of them doubly terminated.
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 68mm x 93mm x 36mm |
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| Light amethyst over a thin white plate, some of them doubly terminated. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 68mm x 93mm x 36mm |
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| Backside with more crystals growing in the fissure between the matrix and the micro quartz white plate. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Apr 29, 2020 08:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz from Segovia, Antioquia Department, Colombia. (Nº-88).
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Gypsum from Hornillos de Cerrato, Palencia, Spain.
Two opposing arrowheads.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Segovia, Northeastern, Antioquia Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 19mm x 55mm x 17mm |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Valle de Cerrato, Comarca Cerrato, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 48mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Valle de Cerrato, Comarca Cerrato, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 48mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: May 02, 2020 09:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Chrysocolla and Malachite from de L´Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Dem Rep. Congo.
It looks like a Van Gohg painting with thick brushstrokes.
| Mineral: | Chrysocolla |
| Locality: | | L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 56mm x 121mm x 65mm |
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| Mineral: | Chrysocolla |
| Locality: | | L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 56mm x 121mm x 65mm |
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| Detail of the greenish blue brushstrokes. |
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| Mineral: | Chrysocolla and Malachite |
| Locality: | | L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 121mm x 56mm x 65mm |
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| Backside with Malachite and botryoidal Chrysocolla. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: May 05, 2020 11:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Gypsum from Granada, Spain.
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Pyrite from Huanzala Mine, Perú.
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Dravite (Tourmaline Group) from Minas Gerais, Brazil.
| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Fabiola Mine (Balduino and Fabiola Mine), Albuñol, Comarca Costa Granadina, Granada, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 72mm x 163mm x 25mm |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 29mm x 25mm x 25mm |
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| Mineral: | Dravite (Tourmaline Group) |
| Locality: | | Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 22mm x 34mm x 20mm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 08, 2020 03:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| Firmo Espinar wrote: | | Chrysocolla and Malachite from de L´Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Dem Rep. Congo. It looks like a Van Gogh painting with thick brushstrokes. |
I like that chrysocolla var. vangoghite ;-)
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: May 08, 2020 11:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Thank you Tobi.
Nice to see you here.
Quickly we´ll talk with Alfredo Petrov, our fellow and a great scientific, to investigate about the new specie… Vincent would be very proud ;-)
And now a fluorescence pictures from an example bought in Bogotá.
Diopside from Grenville Scapolite Prospect, Québec, Canada.
Diopside on scapolite rock (variety wernerite). Blue violet fluorescence Diopside and yellow wernerite under UV light.
The wernerite variety is an intermediate member of the marialite-meionite series.
| Mineral: | Diopside |
| Locality: | | Grenville, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 46mm x 26mm x 20mm |
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| Mineral: | Diopside |
| Locality: | | Grenville, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada | |
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| Mineral: | Diopside |
| Locality: | | Grenville, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 46mm x 26mm x 20mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: May 11, 2020 15:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz from San Cristobal, Suaita, Santander Department, Colombia. (Nº-89).
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | San Cristobal, Municipio Suaita, Santander Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 14mm x 70mm x 9mm |
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(Nº-89).
With a central line of fine smoke. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: May 15, 2020 17:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz with Fluorite, Siderite and Pyrite from Panasqueira, Portugal.
| Mineral: | Quartz, Fluorite, Siderite, Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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| Dimensions: | 50mm x 72mm x 30mm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Fluorite, Siderite, Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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| Dimensions: | 50mm x 72mm x 30mm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 17, 2020 12:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Nice Panasqueira specimen, Firmo!
What are the tiny reddish crystals, another generation of fluorite?
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