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Firmo Espinar
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 Posted: Dec 27, 2020 10:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Cerussite from Luis Mine, "fisura de las Velas", Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Ciudad Real, Spain.
| Mineral: | Cerussite |
| Locality: | | Luis Mine, "fisura de las Velas", Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain |  |
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| Dimensions: | 22mm x 14mm x 5mm |
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| Cerussite crystals in lattice also known as “snowflakes” from a 2013 discovery that took more than ten years of research and work. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jan 01, 2021 07:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz (variety jasper) from Montjuïc, Barcelona ciudad, Barcelona. España.
It was collected in the Montjuïc mountain, located in the city of Barcelona. Nowadays, it´s impossible to obtain samples with this size. A classic specimen and locality.
From the Arguijo collection.
Dedicated to our friend and host Jordi, who lives close to Montjuic.
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety jasper) |
| Locality: | | Montjuïc, Barcelona city, Comarca Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 155mm x 105mm x 56mm |
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| Good sized jasper specimen, with rich orange to red stripes. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety jasper) |
| Locality: | | Montjuïc, Barcelona city, Comarca Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 155mm x 105mm x 56mm |
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Tobi
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Jan 01, 2021 13:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| Firmo Espinar wrote: | Cerussite
Luis Mine, "fisura de las Velas", Norte vein, Del General Mines, Cabezarrubias del Puerto, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Dimensions: 22mm x 14mm x 5mm
Description: Cerussite crystals in lattice also known as “snowflakes” from a 2013 discovery that took more than ten years of research and work. |
Nice snowflake, reminds of the legendary ones from Tsumeb!
Regards
Tobi
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jan 05, 2021 10:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Hi Tobi.
Thanks for the post.
In this thread of the FMF Spanish side you will know more about the discovery:
Minas Del General - Cabezarrubias del Puerto (100)
Now a Galena on Quartz from Madan, Bulgaria.
| Mineral: | Galena and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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| Dimensions: | 40mm X 37mm x 40mm |
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| Galena crystals intergrown with quartz. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jan 08, 2021 11:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Fluorite from Mandronarivo, Beroroha District, Atsimo Andrefana Region, Toliara Province, Madagascar.
A 2018 find.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo Andrefana Region, Toliara Province (Tuléar), Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 103mm x 48mm x 35mm. Main cube 23mm x 18mm |
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| Group of green Fluorite cubes with dichroism under the sunlight. The crystals show geometric zonation of color and white inclusions. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo Andrefana Region, Toliara Province (Tuléar), Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 103mm x 48mm x 35mm. Main cube 23mm x 18mm |
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Fluorescent under LW-UV and SW-UV.
Here under 395nm LW-UV. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jan 11, 2021 08:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Thanks, very interesting report! I don't speak Spanish but the photos are enough to make it interesting for me :-)
| Firmo Espinar wrote: | Now a Galena on Quartz from Madan, Bulgaria.
Mineral: Galena and Quartz
Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Dimensions: 40mm X 37mm x 40mm
Description: Galena crystals intergrown with quartz. |
What a beautiful little specimen, very lovely!
Regards
Tobi
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jan 12, 2021 11:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Thank you Tobi.
Nice to see you here.
Quartz (variety agate) from Gyöngyöstarján, Mátra Mountains, Heves County, Hungary.
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety agate) |
| Locality: | | Gyöngyöstarján, Mátra Mountains, Heves, Hungary | |
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| Dimensions: | 92mm x 93mm x 22mm |
| Description: |
| Small cabinet agate slice with dark red spots on a grey bluish background. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jan 15, 2021 10:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Fluorite from Berbes, Asturias, Spain.
A classic specimen from Berbes. Ex Arguijo collection. From a 1980 find.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 92mm x 82mm x 67mm. Main crystal is 45 mm on edge. |
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| Group of fluorite crystals with polysynthetic growths on the faces, translucent and with a blue to violet tone (depending on the incident light). They are accompanied by "book" shape lenticular baryte crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 92mm x 82mm x 67mm. |
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| The barite forms a small altar to house two fluorite cubes |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jan 19, 2021 11:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Dolomite from El Almendral Quarry, Berja, Almería, Spain.
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Quartz (variety scepter, variety smoky) from Fat Jack Mine, Pine Grove District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA.
| Mineral: | Dolomite |
| Locality: | | El Almendral Quarry, Road to Berja, Berja, Comarca Poniente Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 105mm x 110mm x 70mm |
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Dolomite with a limonite coating.
Fluorescent under LWUV. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety scepter, variety smoky) |
| Locality: | | Fat Jack Mine, Lane Mountain, Crown King, Pine Grove District, Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 17mm x 35mm x 12mm |
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| A clear single scepter with slightest smoky hue and dark phantoms. Classic Fat Jack material. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jan 23, 2021 14:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Fluorite from Weißeck area, Muhr, Salzburg, Austria.
From a find in the early 1960’s. Acquired in 1968 by Gerard Vogel (NL).
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Weißeck Mountain area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 137mm x 92mm x 54mm |
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| Intergrowth cubes of cream fluorite. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Weißeck Mountain area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 137mm x 92mm x 54mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jan 27, 2021 13:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Gypsum from El Palaí, Carboneras, Almería, Spain.
Collected in 2009 near the old gold mine of El Palaí. The area is rich in sulphides, mainly pyrite, that have been strongly altered and leached, producing the precipitation of this kind of gypsum in the altered volcanic rocks.
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Elbaite from Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Carboneras, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 58mm x 30mm x 14mm |
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| A classic gypsum crystal partially transparent. Some rounded particles can be seen as inclusions. |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 14mm x 21mm x 9mm |
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| Colour zonated elbaite cluster where the three prisms have a blue line at the top but I´m not able to photograph all of them. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jan 30, 2021 17:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Fluorite from Rosiclare Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin County, Illinois, USA.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Rosiclare, Rosiclare Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 52mm x 50mm x 25mm |
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| Fluorite cluster from the 1970's, with yellow and purple zoned colour cubes. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Rosiclare, Rosiclare Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 52mm x 50mm x 25mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Feb 04, 2021 09:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Elbaite and Albite (variety clevelandite) from Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan,
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Calcite from El Almendral Quarry, Berja, Almería, Spain.
| Mineral: | Elbaite and Albite (variety clevelandite) |
| Locality: | | Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 15mm x 34mm x 16mm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | El Almendral Quarry, Road to Berja, Berja, Comarca Poniente Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 50mm x 35mm x 28mm |
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| It looks to me like a rice-grain habit smithsonite. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Feb 08, 2021 07:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Dolomite and Calcite from Stan Terg Mine, Trepča, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo.
| Mineral: | Dolomite and Calcite |
| Locality: | | Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo | |
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| Dimensions: | 74mm x 53mm x 34mm |
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Group of dolomite crystals with the recrystallized surface of cream color and satin sheen.
The specimen presents some small crystals of transparent quartz. |
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| Mineral: | Dolomite and Calcite |
| Locality: | | Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo | |
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| Dimensions: | 74mm x 53mm x 34mm |
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The backside is covered with lenticular colorless crystals of calcite.
It shows a yellow and orange fluorescence under long wave ultraviolet light. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 10, 2021 04:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| I really like your fluorites from Weisseck and Rosiclare, very beautiful specimens!
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Feb 12, 2021 10:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Thank you very much Tobi.
You are always welcome.
Now a Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Muscovite from Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan,
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Dolomite and Calcite from El Almendral Quarry, Berja, Almería, Spain.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) and Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 14mm x 27mm x 11mm |
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A combinatión of doubly terminated aquamarine crystals with Muscovite.
The aquas are slight blue almost transparent, so they take the color of the dark background. |
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| Mineral: | Dolomite and Calcite |
| Locality: | | El Almendral Quarry, Road to Berja, Berja, Comarca Poniente Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 84mm x 72mm x 44mm |
| Description: |
| Entertaining piece observed with a magnifying glass |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Feb 16, 2021 16:00 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Halite from Pepita Mine, Agoncillo, La Rioja, Spain.
| Mineral: | Halite |
| Locality: | | Pepita Mine (Mine entrance Agoncillo), Agoncillo, Comarca Rioja Media, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 86mm x 52mm x 48mm |
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| Cluster of translucent cubic Halite crystals grey and cream. |
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| Mineral: | Halite |
| Locality: | | Pepita Mine (Mine entrance Agoncillo), Agoncillo, Comarca Rioja Media, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 86mm x 52mm x 48mm |
| Description: |
| Fluorescent red and orange in UV SW. Most common activator: Mn2+. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Feb 20, 2021 17:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Calcite, Fluorite and Pyrite from Moscona Mine, Solis, Asturias, Spain
| Mineral: | Calcite, Fluorite and Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Asturias, Principality of Asturias, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 82mm x 64mm x 42mm |
| Description: |
| Group of calcite crystals on a lot of fluorite cubes totally dotted with pyrite crystals, some of them included in the fluorite itself. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Feb 24, 2021 16:38 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Fluorite from Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 48mm x 44mm x 42mm |
| Description: |
| This single specimen is a highly modified translucent fluorite crystal with a dark sulfide inclusions. Little pyrite points are present in one face. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 48mm x 44mm x 42mm |
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| The piece fluoresces bright blue under LW UV light. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2021 16:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Elbaite from Pyingyi Taung, Male, Letpanhla, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar.
| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Pyingyi Taung, Male, Letpanhla, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma) | |
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| Dimensions: | 37mm x 32mm x 17mm |
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| Pastel pink elbaite cluster with divergent and bicolor prisms from Myanmar. |
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