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Jesse Fisher
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 Posted: Sep 06, 2019 12:59 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Nice form, Tobi! I saw a few at the last Tucson show, must look when in Munich next month. Top quality Chinese fluorites always seem very expensive, so I have been somewhat negligent in acquiring them. We did get this one recently, however. From the Manaoshan Mine, near Chenzhou, Hunan Province. 9x6x5 cm overall size.
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz, and Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo, Yizhang District, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China |  |
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| Dimensions: | 9x6x5 cm overall size |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Sep 06, 2019 14:34 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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This is my favorite fluorite.
For more photos and details of this specimen just click here.
| Mineral: | Fluorite and mica |
| Locality: | | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | Overall size: 50 mm x 27 mm. Crystal size: 19 mm wide |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 06, 2019 16:28 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Both great contributions to this thread!
Carles, though I know your avatar specimen for a while, I always like to see it, a wonderful specimen and I can understand why this is your favourite fluorite.
And Jesse, as usual an outstanding specimen, perfect aesthetics, simply great!
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Jesse Fisher
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| Posted: Mar 09, 2020 23:21 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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We seem to be rather bereft of favorite fluorites recently, so time to add something. Over the past several Tucson shows I seem to have accumulated a small collection of interesting fluorites from the pegmatites around Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Pakistan. Here are a few.
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 10x8x5 cm overall size |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, muscovite |
| Locality: | | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 9x7x5 cm overall size |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, muscovite |
| Locality: | | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 9x8x6 cm overall size |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, muscovite |
| Locality: | | Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 6x5x4 cm overall size. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2020 05:43 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Hi Jesse, outstanding specimens, thanks for sharing! All of them are truly superb, I like the second and the third one the most. Really really great contribution to this thread!
Please more - I know you have many many world-class fluorites and for sure you haven't shown most of them yet ;-)
Regards
Tobi
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Jesse Fisher
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2020 09:47 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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| Tobi wrote: | Hi Jesse, outstanding specimens, thanks for sharing! All of them are truly superb, I like the second and the third one the most. Really really great contribution to this thread!
Please more - I know you have many many world-class fluorites and for sure you haven't shown most of them yet ;-)
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Thanks, Tobi. Seems that I need to go back and check on what I've posted in the past as I seem to be repeating myself! I'll try not to do this again. Cheers!
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Mar 12, 2020 22:19 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Fluorite
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 60 mm x 58 mm |
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Brent Lockhart
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| Posted: Mar 12, 2020 22:51 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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This is a Fluorite and Quartz from the Planggenstock Cleft, 11 cms. with the Fluorite xl. measuring about 6 cms.
| Mineral: | Fluorite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Planggenstock, Uri, Switzerland | |
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| Fluorite and Quartz, 11 cms. with Fluorite xl about 6 cms. |
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Brent Lockhart
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| Posted: Mar 12, 2020 22:59 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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This is a Fluorite and Smoky Quartz from the Zinggenstock locality
| Mineral: | Fluorite and Smoky Quartz |
| Locality: | | Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar Lake area, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 5.5 x 4.0 cms. |
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| Fluorite and Smoky Quartz 10 x 5.5 x 4.0 cms. Zinggenstock Cleft Ex Otto Werther Collection |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 15, 2020 11:14 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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| GORGEOUS SPECIMENS, Don and Brent!!!
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Brent Lockhart
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| Posted: Mar 15, 2020 13:56 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Thanks Tobi!
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Mar 15, 2020 15:34 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Thank you, Tobi.
Take care.
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Jesse Fisher
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2020 00:58 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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Looks like I haven't gone down this road here, yet, so here are a few of my favorite fluorites from the Rogerley, a mine that I likely know way too much about.
| Mineral: | Fluorite with Galena |
| Locality: | | Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 5x4x4 cm overall size |
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| Black Sheep Pocket, May, 1999 |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 15x13x5 cm overall size |
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| Jewel Box Pocket, August, 2007 |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 8x7x5 cm overall size |
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| Blue Bell Pocket, June, 2009 |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Galena, and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 17x10x3 cm overall size |
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| Rat Tail Pocket, May, 2010 |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 23, 2020 02:38 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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| Beautiful as usual, Jesse, awesome specimens!
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Niels Brouwer
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| Posted: Sep 28, 2020 18:43 Post subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
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I thought I'd share a few fluorite specimens that I was commissioned to photograph for a few collectors and dealers that I'm thankful to be friends with. Minerals are great fun to play around with on your own, but sharing that passion with others makes it all the more enjoyable! I always love sharing their enthusiasm for the hobby by photographing the pieces they cherish having in their collections.
For the stereo photographs, here's how to view the specimen in 3D:
Sit straight in front of the screen and look at the image increasingly more cross-eyed. When you do so, the left and right images will gradually start to overlap more and more in the centre. Once you find the sweet spot in which both images exactly overlap, the image will suddenly appear to be in 3D. You can also use the two dots at the top to get the two images to align.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | ±9 cm |
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| Wonderfully transparant blue cubic fluorite from this fabulous classic Spanish locality. David Ziga specimen, photographed during the 2019 Munich show. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| The same specimen, but this time in stereo. I love how the clarity is emphasised enormously when you see the specimen in 3D! |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, feldspar |
| Locality: | | Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,5 x 3,2 cm |
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| Perfect miniature of bright apple green fluorite on a white feldspar matrix. Albert Wieman specimen, ex. Malte Sickinger. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,6 x 3,0 cm |
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| Typical purple cubic fluorite with wonderful translucency, on sphalerite matrix. Bart van de Laar specimen. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4,6 x 3,0 cm |
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| Same specimen, but in stereo; this 3D view emphasises the clarity of the fluorite crystals even more. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France | |
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| Dimensions: | ±6 cm |
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| Large cubic fluorite with beautiful blue-yellow colour zoning and interesting modification along the edges. Jonathan Feigin specimen, photographed during the 2019 Munich show. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,6 x 5,0 |
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| Stepped crystal with very nice blue-purple zoning. Willem Van den Eynde specimen. |
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| Locality: | | Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,0 x 3,7 |
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| Stepped cuboctahedral fluorite with particularly nice colour zoning. Bart van de Laar specimen. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5,0 x 3,7 |
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| One of my recent favourites when it comes to stereo photos, this shows the colours even more dramatically than the regular photo can. |
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