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Tobi
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 Posted: Apr 09, 2021 03:23 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| am mizunaka wrote: | | Volkmar Stingl wrote: | | A really strange quartz! You could use it as chisel. ;-) |
Thanks Volkmar! Others have said it looks like a letter opener .... |
Definitely a chisel! ;-)
And a really beautiful quartz crystal btw!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2021 13:55 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Tobi wrote: | | am mizunaka wrote: | | Volkmar Stingl wrote: | | A really strange quartz! You could use it as chisel. ;-) |
Thanks Volkmar! Others have said it looks like a letter opener .... |
Definitely a chisel! ;-)
And a really beautiful quartz crystal btw! |
Thanks Tobi!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2021 17:10 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Boylston Quarry, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada |  |
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| Dimensions: | 12.1 x 9.3 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 12, 2021 17:45 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz with Rhodochrosite |
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Quartz on and with small clusters rhodochrosite.
| Mineral: | Quartz, Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Eniovche Mine, Ardino Obshtina, Kardzhali Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.0 x 5.0 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 15, 2021 01:18 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz with Byssolite |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Actinolite (variety byssolite) |
| Locality: | | Zeballos, Strathcona Regional District, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.8 x 6.2 x 8.4 cm |
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| Quartz included with byssolite. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 15, 2021 08:21 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz with Byssolite |
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| am mizunaka wrote: | Quartz, Actinolite (variety byssolite)
Zeballos, Strathcona Regional District, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
8.8 x 6.2 x 8.4 cm
Quartz included with byssolite. |
Wow!!! Again a perfect quartz specimen, Mike, simply indredible!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 15, 2021 18:45 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz with Byssolite |
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| Tobi wrote: | | am mizunaka wrote: | Quartz, Actinolite (variety byssolite)
Zeballos, Strathcona Regional District, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
8.8 x 6.2 x 8.4 cm
Quartz included with byssolite. |
Wow!!! Again a perfect quartz specimen, Mike, simply indredible! |
Thanks Tobi!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2021 17:16 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Impaled Quartz |
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Quartz speared by a marcasite rod that is embedded in the calcite.
| Mineral: | Quartz, Calcite, Marcasite |
| Locality: | | Treasure Mountain Diamond Mine, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.4 x 2.6 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Calcite, Marcasite |
| Locality: | | Treasure Mountain Diamond Mine, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.4 x 2.6 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 24, 2021 01:06 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Beryl |
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Specimen that came out of the Rock Currier collection but unfortunately did not have a specific mine for the locality.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine), Schorl |
| Locality: | | Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.2 x 5.3 cm |
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| Beryl with a neat dislocation. |
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Bob Morgan
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| Posted: Apr 24, 2021 08:33 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| There is a Rock Currier photo of this specimen on Mindat with the locality info. It is photo E2X-FTF. and is from Pakistan
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 24, 2021 12:46 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Bob Morgan wrote: | | There is a Rock Currier photo of this specimen on Mindat with the locality info. It is photo E2X-FTF. and is from Pakistan |
Thanks Bob! I should have looked on Mindat.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2021 07:22 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| A very nice combination, what a colour that aqua has!
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Bob Morgan
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2021 11:56 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| What an interesting inside structure. Would it be kin to spirals seen in the center of some beryls?
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2021 14:30 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Tobi wrote: | | A very nice combination, what a colour that aqua has! |
Thanks Tobi! The crystal is so clear that accurately capturing the color was difficult.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2021 15:18 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Bob Morgan wrote: | | What an interesting inside structure. Would it be kin to spirals seen in the center of some beryls? |
It is similar to the helical spirals. This one has what appears to be stacked discs at the top and bottom of the crystal. The section between the stacked discs is more amorphous and could be fragmented stacked discs.
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