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PostPosted: Mar 04, 2020 08:17    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining.  

Thank you, Don.

It's always a pleasure to hear from you.
Here is another "suggesting" specimen, this time self-collected: a nodule of cinnabar that reminds me of a famous Etruscan artifact.
Warm greetings.
Sante



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 Mineral: Cinnabar
 Locality:
Cerreto Piano, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
 Dimensions: 95 x 40 mm
 Description:
"Il sarcofago degli sposi".
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"The sarcophagus of the spouses"
Sixth century BC anthropoid sarcophagus from Caere, now in the National Etruscan Museum, Villa Giulia, Rome.
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 Mineral: Cinnabar
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Cerreto Piano, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
 Dimensions: 95 x 40 mm
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Detail of the spouses.
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PostPosted: Mar 05, 2020 17:50    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining.  

Hello.

Two quartzes from the same locality.

Best regards.
Sante



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 Mineral: Quartz (Variety Scepter)
 Locality:
Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
 Dimensions: 80 x 51 mm
 Description:
"Launch" and...
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 Mineral: Quartz (Variety Scepter)
 Locality:
Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
 Dimensions: 106 x 101 mm
 Description:
... "Landing".
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PostPosted: May 18, 2020 17:01    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining  

Hello.

Here is another Tuscan quartz: just a miniature, but quite interesting.
In addition to the saturated citrine color, due to iron inclusions, it shows a particular scepter surrounded by a reverse scepter.
The scepter shape reminds a tail-coat, therefore I called this specimen "Man in a tail-coat" (nothing to do with Van Gogh...).
I hope you find it funny.

Warm greetings and take care.
Sante



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 Mineral: Quartz (variety scepter)
 Locality:
Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
 Dimensions: 50 x 15 mm
 Description:
"Man in a tail-coat".
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 Mineral: Quartz (variety scepter)
 Locality:
Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
 Dimensions: 50 x 15 mm
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Different lighting.
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PostPosted: May 18, 2020 22:05    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining  

I consider Sante's latest mineral specimen a modern version of Michaelangelo's "David"!!.......Both great examples, Ciao, Bob


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PostPosted: May 19, 2020 17:27    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining  

Ciao, Bob.

I read with great pleasure your nice comment and I also appreciated the grace with which you made the comparison between these both Tuscan objects.
In light of the suggested new perspective, I would say that -more than a modern version- my quartz is a "Dionysian" vision of the "Apollonian" Michelangelo's David.
Now, the name "Man in tailcoat" seems to be outdated and we have to find another more appropriate (and elegant) nikname, since -as seen in this tread- I like to give a name to my suggesting specimens.
Thank you, Bob. I was hoping for your comment on Tuscany minerals and I'm waiting for others.
Receive my warm Tuscan greetings and stay safe.
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PostPosted: May 20, 2020 08:47    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining  

Thank you, Sante,
I, too, enjoy seeing minerals from your region. It's ok by me if you also slip in a photo or two of a some of your favorite Italian wine! Ha!

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PostPosted: May 20, 2020 14:11    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining  

What we can say is, that quartz is happy to be in your collection ;

As an Italian quartz, I would say you can name it "Roco"

I admit it is not very elegant, but...

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PostPosted: May 20, 2020 16:40    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining  

Tony L. Potucek wrote:
Thank you, Sante,
I, too, enjoy seeing minerals from your region. It's ok by me if you also slip in a photo or two of a some of your favorite Italian wine! Ha!

best regards,
tlp


Hi, Tony.

Tuscany has some of the best Italian wines and Gavorrano, the former "City of pyrite" where I live, has recently been officially renamed the "City of wine". So... I have no problems with photos. My problem is finding a mineral specimen that looks like a bottle to post here. But I don't despair... :-)
Anyway, you are invited to taste them directly here with me.

Warm greetings and stay safe.
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PostPosted: May 21, 2020 19:39    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining  

Hello, Philippe.

Thank you very much for your kind words and the funny suggestion.
Rocco is quite known to a franch neighbor of Italy, but I'm looking for an expressive and at the same time elegant name easily recognizable by everyone.
I think that, all together, we will find it. ;-)

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Sante



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 Mineral: Quartz (var. scepter)
 Locality:
Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
 Dimensions: 68 x 13 mm
 Description:
"The Geisha".
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 Mineral: Quartz (var. scepter)
 Locality:
Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
 Dimensions: 68 x 13 mm
 Description:
"The Geisha".
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PostPosted: Aug 15, 2020 16:47    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining  

Hello.

Two suggesting (at least to me) specimens from Morocco.

Best regards.
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 Mineral: Quartz (variety chalcedony)
 Locality:
Sidi Rahal, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 70 x 60 mm
 Description:
"The Oak".
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 Mineral: Vanadinite, Baryte
 Locality:
Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 34 x 28 mm
 Description:
"The bunny".
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PostPosted: Aug 16, 2020 01:04    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining.  

Matt_Zukowski wrote:
There was a display at Tucson some years back that had what looked like a dinner table with all sorts of mineral specimens (and rocks i think) that looked like a set table full of food. It included specimens that looked like bread and cheese and fruits. Can anyone remember which show that was?


Hi Matt,

Your question is from February, but I can help very late with the show (at least the show that I visited). I have seen the same table at the first show in Changsha. I wrote an article for the German "Mineralienatlas" with pictures of these "meals"! It was an amazing thing!

Here is the link: https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Veranstaltungen/Changsha%202013%20Mineral%20%26%20Gem%20Show%20Messebericht

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PostPosted: Aug 16, 2020 05:20    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining  

Hi, Volkmar.

My compliments on your very interesting and detailed article.
BTW, a very funny set table.

Greetings from Tuscany.
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PostPosted: Aug 16, 2020 06:23    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining.  

Volkmar Stingl wrote:
...I wrote an article for the German "Mineralienatlas" with pictures of these "meals"! It was an amazing thing!

Here is the link: https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Veranstaltungen/Changsha%202013%20Mineral%20%26%20Gem%20Show%20Messebericht

Some possibility to write here a new version and in English language?

Otherwise, I remember to all FMFers that the Google translator at the left top of every page works very well.
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PostPosted: Nov 25, 2020 15:20    Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining  

Green light to the imagination.


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 Mineral: Aragonite
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Tazouta, Sefrou, Sefrou Province, Fès-Boulemane, Morocco
 Dimensions: 39 x 35 mm
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"Naval mine"
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