| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
 Posted: Oct 11, 2021 05:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Hi Tobi.
It´s always interesting to make a comparison between specimens.
I´ve tried Sante with different LW UV lights. There isn´t any fluorescence signal.
Now a
Quartz from La Belleza, Vélez Province, Santander Department, Colombia. (Nº-113)
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Municipio La Belleza, Vélez Province, Santander Department, Colombia |  |
|
| Dimensions: | 45mm x 75mm x 35mm |
| Description: |
| Group of transparent hexagonal prisms quartz with a subtlle phantom inside the largest one. (Nº-113). |
|
| Viewed: |
11984 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Oct 17, 2021 10:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Quartz (variety smoky) from Bahia, Brazil.
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky) |
| Locality: | | Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil | |
|
| Dimensions: | 54 mm x 86 mm x 41 mm |
| Description: |
| Smoky quartz cluster with many divergent crystals growing on a side of the main one. Frontal light. |
|
| Viewed: |
11878 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Oct 22, 2021 12:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Diopside from Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.
| Mineral: | Diopside |
| Locality: | | Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan | |
|
| Dimensions: | 35 mm x 31 mm x 16 mm |
| Description: |
| Mint green doubly terminated diopside crystal. |
|
| Viewed: |
11809 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Oct 28, 2021 11:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Fluorite and Quartz from Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
| Mineral: | Fluorite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
|
| Dimensions: | 73 mm x 67 mm x 43 mm |
| Description: |
| A classic from Spain. Stepped and violet colored fluorite cubes placed on a matrix of numerous quartz crystals. |
|
| Viewed: |
11734 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Fluorite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
|
| Dimensions: | 73 mm x 67 mm x 43 mm |
| Description: |
| Backside is coated with a cream micro quartz layer, some of them measuring 5 mm. |
|
| Viewed: |
11713 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Fluorite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
|
| Dimensions: | Detail |
| Description: |
|
| Viewed: |
11719 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2856
Location: Arkansas
|
| Posted: Oct 28, 2021 12:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Firmo, you have an excellent fluorite and quartz specimen.
_________________
hogwild |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Oct 31, 2021 10:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
| Thank you so much Don for your kind words.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Nov 10, 2021 13:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Opal (variety hyalite), Chalcedony and Quartz from Monok, Zemplén Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary.
| Mineral: | Opal (variety hyalite), Chalcedony and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Monok, Zemplén Mountains, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | |
|
| Dimensions: | 63 mm x 52 mm x 50 mm |
| Description: |
| Growth of botryoidal opal aggregates, aerial and clear. Top size from the locality. Weight: 120 gr |
|
| Viewed: |
11466 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Opal (variety hyalite), Chalcedony and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Monok, Zemplén Mountains, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | |
|
| Dimensions: | 63 mm x 52 mm x 50 mm |
| Description: |
| The hyalite becomes very green in every type of UV light. |
|
| Viewed: |
11462 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Opal (variety hyalite), Chalcedony and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Monok, Zemplén Mountains, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | |
|
| Dimensions: | Detail. FOV 10mm. |
| Description: |
|
| Viewed: |
11459 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Nov 19, 2021 12:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Quartz and Clinochlore from La Belleza, Vélez Province, Santander Department, Colombia. (Nº-114)
| Mineral: | Quartz, Clinochlore |
| Locality: | | Municipio La Belleza, Vélez Province, Santander Department, Colombia | |
|
| Dimensions: | 45 mm x 83 mm x 30 mm |
| Description: |
| Hexagonal prism with a large pyramidal white phantom, a green arborescent clinochlore inclusion and a big vertical crack. (Nº-114). |
|
| Viewed: |
11361 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Quartz, Clinochlore |
| Locality: | | Municipio La Belleza, Vélez Province, Santander Department, Colombia | |
|
| Dimensions: | Detail |
| Description: |
| Clinochlore cloud close up. |
|
| Viewed: |
11375 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Nov 25, 2021 17:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Beryl (variety aquamarine) and Quartz from Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
|
| Dimensions: | 42 mm x 45 mm x 24 mm |
| Description: |
| Rich blue aquamarine crystal… |
|
| Viewed: |
11242 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
|
| Dimensions: | 42 mm x 45 mm x 24 mm |
| Description: |
| hosting many well terminated quartz crystals at back side. |
|
| Viewed: |
11222 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Dec 01, 2021 13:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Corundum (variety ruby) from Jagdalek, Surobi District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan.
| Mineral: | Corundum (variety ruby) |
| Locality: | | Jagdalek Mine, Surobi, Kabul, Afghanistan | |
|
| Dimensions: | 25 mm x 42 mm x 20 mm |
| Description: |
| Ruby crystals with calcite matrix, some of them aerial and well terminated. |
|
| Viewed: |
11121 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Dec 14, 2021 12:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
There are work seasons that won’t even let me take pictures.
Here’s the one missing from the previous ruby.
| Mineral: | Corundum (variety ruby) |
| Locality: | | Jagdalek Mine, Surobi, Kabul, Afghanistan | |
|
| Dimensions: | 25 mm x 42 mm x 20 mm |
| Description: |
| The corundum is fluorescent under LW UV light in a powerfull red. |
|
| Viewed: |
10940 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Dec 19, 2021 13:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Pyromorphite from Crabulazzu Mine, Arbus, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy.
Now we change the color to the green… from a classic locality.
| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Crabulazzu Mine, Arbus, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy | |
|
| Dimensions: | 63 mm x 37 mm x 23 mm |
| Description: |
| Deep green pyromorphite crystals on matrix, reaching some of them the size of 3 or 4 mm. |
|
| Viewed: |
10818 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Crabulazzu Mine, Arbus, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy | |
|
| Dimensions: | Close up. |
| Description: |
|
| Viewed: |
10845 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Dec 24, 2021 10:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Two self-collected.
| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Los Villares, La Almarcha, Comarca La Mancha Alta, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
|
| Dimensions: | 85 mm x 66 mm x 53 mm |
| Description: |
|
| Viewed: |
10712 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Almandine |
| Locality: | | Rambla de las Granatillas, El Hoyazo, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
|
| Dimensions: | 15 mm x 17 mm x 12 mm |
| Description: |
|
| Viewed: |
10742 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Dec 29, 2021 17:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Epidote with Andradite from Khogyani, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
| Mineral: | Epidote with Andradite |
| Locality: | | Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan | |
|
| Dimensions: | 44 mm x 28 mm x 16 mm |
| Description: |
| Bright and gemmy epidote crystals on matrix with minor andradite. |
|
| Viewed: |
10579 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Jan 03, 2022 08:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Quartz from San Cristobal, Municipio Suaita, Santander Department, Colombia. (Nº-115).
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | San Cristobal, Municipio Suaita, Santander Department, Colombia | |
|
| Dimensions: | 134 mm x 35 mm x 32 mm |
| Description: |
| Doubly terminated good size crystal where a grey cloud is present at the middle of the length. Weight: 212 gr. (Nº-115). |
|
| Viewed: |
10467 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | San Cristobal, Municipio Suaita, Santander Department, Colombia | |
|
| Dimensions: | Detail |
| Description: |
| And white threads as inclusions are also in the middle. |
|
| Viewed: |
10463 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Jan 08, 2022 07:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl and Orthoclase from Bergsig Farm 167 (Hohenstein), Omaruru, Erongo Region, Namibia.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl and Orthoclase |
| Locality: | | Bergsig Farm 167 (Hohenstein), Omaruru, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
|
| Dimensions: | 27 mm x 44 mm x 22 mm |
| Description: |
| A lustrous pale blue terminated aquamarine crystal on orthoclase matrix partially transparent at the top. |
|
| Viewed: |
10356 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl and Orthoclase |
| Locality: | | Bergsig Farm 167 (Hohenstein), Omaruru, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
|
| Dimensions: | 27 mm x 44 mm x 22 mm |
| Description: |
| At the back side we see the schorl crystal. |
|
| Viewed: |
10336 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Jan 14, 2022 17:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Smoky quartz from Bahia, Brazil.
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky) |
| Locality: | | Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil | |
|
| Dimensions: | 47 mm x 123 mm x 36 mm |
| Description: |
| Dark smoky quartz with three different colours changing along it. |
|
| Viewed: |
10191 Time(s) |
|
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky) |
| Locality: | | Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil | |
|
| Dimensions: | 47 mm x 123 mm x 36 mm |
| Description: |
| Under back-light is possible to see the hidden smoky or coffee color. |
|
| Viewed: |
10184 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Tobi
Site Admin
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 4106
Location: Germany
|
| Posted: Jan 17, 2022 05:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
| Firmo Espinar wrote: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) with Schorl and Orthoclase
Bergsig Farm 167 (Hohenstein), Omaruru, Erongo Region, Namibia
A lustrous pale blue terminated aquamarine crystal on orthoclase matrix partially transparent at the top. |
Nice one, and I like the floating effect on the second photo!
And the last quartz is also beautiful. Smoky quartz is one of my favourite minerals and I like such pieces with different colours depending on the light, really lovely.
Regards
Tobi
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Jan 19, 2022 18:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Hi Tobi.
Thank you for your post. Nice to see you here.
As a photograph lover, little by little we are evolving.
As a mineral lover it´s a pleasure taking pictures of my small collection.
I found the smoky quartz during my last holiday in 2021 and fell in love with it.
I appreciate you wasting time writing me.
Regards.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 755
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
|
| Posted: Jan 20, 2022 17:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
|
|
Chrysocolla from Reformada Mine, Bédar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain.
| Mineral: | Chrysocolla and Malaquite |
| Locality: | | Reformada Mine, El Pinar de Bédar, Bédar, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
|
| Dimensions: | 67 mm x 43 mm x 40 mm |
| Description: |
|
| Viewed: |
9787 Time(s) |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ 
Register
Log in
Forgotten your password?
