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Rob Schnerr
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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 Posted: Jan 09, 2021 12:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Gibraltar Mine, Cueva de las Espadas, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico |  |
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| Dimensions: | 115 x 85 x 40 mm |
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| Twinned crystals of Gypsum. |
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| Mineral: | Andradite (variety melanite) |
| Locality: | | Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region, Mali | |
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| Dimensions: | 50 x 40 x 30 mm |
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| Group of Melanite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Las Salinas, Otume, Paracas District, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 90 x 70 x 40 mm |
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| Water clear yellow Gypsum crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 70 x 50 x 45 mm |
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| A cubic Galena crystal of 32 mm, with terminated Calcite crystals and a crust of Dolomite. On the backside some minor Chalcopyrite. |
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Tobi
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Jan 11, 2021 08:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Very nice specimens, Rob. The Naica gypsum is quite unsual, a great natural sculpture. And I just love that Joplin Field galena, simply perfect!
Regards
Tobi
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Rob Schnerr
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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| Posted: Jan 11, 2021 09:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| Thank you Tobi for your nice words. On the label it says that it's from "The Cave of Swords", but I doubt if that is true so I did not mention it. I hope not, they better leave that cave alone!
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Rob Schnerr
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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| Posted: Jan 11, 2021 10:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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A question:
The next piece I bought on the internet at an auction. The seller says he has a mineral shop in Sevilla and has 30 years experience with minerals.
I could not find any reference to the location "Albero Quarrys, Alcalá de Guadaira, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain", but the seller says it is a new find of 2019. He also mentioned that the matrix is "calcarenita" which contains small fossil remains formed by the accumulation of detritic materials.
Question : can anybody confirm this (especially the location)?
Greetings,
Rob
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Alcalá de Guadaira, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain |  |
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| Dimensions: | 140 x 100 x 75 mm |
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| Bevelled dog's teeth Calcite with hundreds of needle-shaped crystals. |
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Rob Schnerr
Joined: 17 Mar 2019
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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| Posted: Jan 11, 2021 10:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Two minutes ago I received a mail from the seller. He wrote the following:
"Hello, the provenance is correct. I have discovered them myself and extracted them from the quarry. It is not in Mindat because it is a new, exclusive, and currently secret discovery.
Kind regards, Salvador Álvarez"
So I think "Albero quarries" is a temporary name.
Greetings,
Rob
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Jan 11, 2021 12:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Albero is a type of rock.
https://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/traduccion/albero.html
There are about 5 quarries near the town (look on Google Earth). So I guess it could be from one of those quarries near the town? Or from somewhere else completely, and he names this town with quarries to help hide the locality.
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Jan 11, 2021 13:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Rob
Some thoughts on where it is from, from our local Spanish collectors.
You can see similar material as you drive along the A-92 highway from Seville towards Arahal, near a place called Majadillas. It can also be found in the cement works on the right if you drive on the A-92 from Alcalá towards Seville. The latter is easier to visit during the weekends so might be more likely. There are, however, other possibilities so it is not certain where he is finding them.
Give us a few weeks and we will get the right locality for you
James
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Jan 11, 2021 14:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Rob
This shows you all the quarries we know about, by name. We do not, yet, know which one your specimen might have come from
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Rob Schnerr
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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| Posted: Jan 13, 2021 06:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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| James Catmur wrote: | Rob
Some thoughts on where it is from, from our local Spanish collectors.
You can see similar material as you drive along the A-92 highway from Seville towards Arahal, near a place called Majadillas. It can also be found in the cement works on the right if you drive on the A-92 from Alcalá towards Seville. The latter is easier to visit during the weekends so might be more likely. There are, however, other possibilities so it is not certain where he is finding them.
Give us a few weeks and we will get the right locality for you
James |
Hello James,
Thank you very much for your replies. I am very curious if you and/or the people you are referring to, can find the right location. By the way: it is OK for me that someone wants to keep the locality secret for a period of time (that's rather usual), but it is also OK that others try to find that of course. I hope you are successful.
Again, thank you,
Cheers Rob
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Jan 14, 2021 04:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Rob
So far, they are not sure which quarry he found them in, but they (local collectors, not me) think the find was a few years ago, so it will be hard to confirm as the area will have been worked through.
I guess your label should be 'Alcalá de Guadaira, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain'
James
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Rob Schnerr
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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| Posted: Jan 15, 2021 07:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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Hi James, Thanks again (and to the local collectors).
Cheers,
Rob
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Rob Schnerr
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| Posted: Jan 15, 2021 07:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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2x Quartz, 1x Vanadinite, 1x Calcite.
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety faden) |
| Locality: | | Tole, Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 82 x 22 x 10 mm |
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| A fadenquartz that consists of many mixed brilliant crystals, all of which are terminated, also the one on top. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky) |
| Locality: | | Neuschwaben Farm 73 (Neu Schwaben), Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 100 x 65 x 124 mm |
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| Smoky Quartz crystals on yellowish Quartz. Photo with backlight. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Warnant Quarry, Salet, Warnant, Anhée, Dinant, Namur Province, Wallonia, Belgium | |
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| Dimensions: | 80 x 45 x 65 mm |
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| Bi-terminated yellow Calcite crystal (80 mm) on matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 90 x 45 x 40 mm |
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| Red/brown Vanadinite on matrix. |
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Rob Schnerr
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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| Posted: Jan 24, 2021 10:38 Post subject: Re: Collection of Annemieke en Rob Schnerr |
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4 x Pyrite
| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ambas Aguas (Ambasaguas), Muro de Aguas, Comarca Arnedo, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 40 x 38 x 35 mm |
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| Pyrite cube with intergrown pyritohedrons (pentagondodecahedrons). |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ambas Aguas (Ambasaguas), Muro de Aguas, Comarca Arnedo, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 30 x 30 x 30 mm ( the biggest) |
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| Two clusters of intergrown cubic Pyrite crystals without matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Soria, Castile and León, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | ca. 25 x 25 x 25 mm (the biggest) |
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| Two single pyritohedrons. |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Cakmakkaya Mine, Murgul Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Murgul, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey | |
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| Dimensions: | 16 mm (the biggest) |
| Description: |
| Seven single Pyrite octahedrons. |
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