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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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 Posted: Mar 07, 2021 16:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz from La Belleza, Vélez Province, Santander Department, Colombia. (Nº-109).
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Municipio La Belleza, Vélez Province, Santander Department, Colombia |  |
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| Dimensions: | 41mm x 66mm x 23mm |
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| Transparent crystal with a white phantom showing the pyramidal internal faces. (Nº-109). |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Municipio La Belleza, Vélez Province, Santander Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 41mm x 66mm x 23mm |
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| Backside with a very defined white area. |
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Tobi
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Mar 09, 2021 03:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| A great phantom inside of the crystal!
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Mar 15, 2021 09:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Thank you Tobi for your post.
The quartzs from La Belleza are usually curious.
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Fluorite from Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 155mm x 86mm x 72mm |
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| Green fluorite cubes on matrix up to 15 mm edge length, most of them with purple corners. Small quartz crystals are also present over the fluorite some of them doubly terminated. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 155mm x 86mm x 72mm (detail) |
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| It presents a blue and pink fluorescence under long wave UV. |
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Tobi
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Mar 15, 2021 14:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| Very beautiful Okorusu specimen, I really like it!
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Mar 20, 2021 17:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Thank you so much for your post Tobi.
Elbaite and Muscovite from Minas Gerais, Brazil.
| Mineral: | Elbaite and Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 16mm x 48mm x 12mm |
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Couple of green elbaite crystals with one preferentially coated with small golden brown muscovite crystals. There are small elbabites crossed on the main crystals.
From the Bloch collection to the late 60s most likely. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Mar 25, 2021 07:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Opal from Sorteo minig group, Los Arenales, Cáceres, Spain.
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Quartz from Viladrau, Girona / Gerona, Spain.
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Beryl (variety emerald) and Talc from Swat, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Sorteo mining group, El Cintado, Cáceres city, Comarca de Cáceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 42mm x 42mm x 35mm |
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| A piece of bacon from an exchange. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Viladrau, Comarca Osona, Girona / Gerona, Catalonia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 103mm x 72mm x 51mm |
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| Little quartz points on matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety emerald) |
| Locality: | | Swat, Swat District (Sway Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 17mm x 35mm x 12mm |
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| Emerald crystal host on talc matrix from famed emerald mine Swat Valley. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Mar 30, 2021 17:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Quartz from Bad Brambach, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Bad Brambach, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 88mm x 77mm x 55mm |
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| Clear rock crystals up to 2.6 cm in size, scattered over granitic rock matrix. This German classic was found in the 90s. |
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Tobi
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Good Old Germany
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| Posted: Apr 01, 2021 04:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| Very beautiful specimens, Firmo, both the cute emerald and the nice German quartz!
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 555
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Apr 04, 2021 15:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Hi Tobi.
As always thank you very much for your appreciation.
This German quartz has been really difficult for me to photograph until I get a moderately presentable picture.
Now a
Quartz (varieyt faden) from Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan.
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety faden) |
| Locality: | | Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 96mm x 57mm x 14mm |
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| Main crystal with a clear faden line and some doubly terminated smaller ones crossed on. |
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