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Jason
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| oh yea..someone always has better but yours ain't bad one bit....don't see a sphene or basnaesite(spelled right??) spec. in there..."sigh"..:):):) i have been trying to get my hands on a purp apatite on host from that area..found some bits and cut rough but haven't found the right spec. yet
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 12, 2009 16:54 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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This is the shelf for my South American specimens, mostly from Peru (29 pieces).
Unfortunately FMF does not allow posting wider images. But don't worry! If you have a hard time when looking at small photos (as a I do), a larger one is available for you at https://carlesmillan.cat/minerals/SAmerica-091011.jpg (perhaps this link will not be active for a very long time).
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| _All this stuff are my South American specimens, mostly from Peru. |
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Montanpark
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| Posted: Oct 12, 2009 17:00 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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How many specimens do you currently have on display Carles?
BTW another very nice one!!
cheers
Roger
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jimB
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| Posted: Oct 12, 2009 17:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Yes it is a very nice specimen!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 13, 2009 02:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Indeed very very nice, Carles. Even if the pictures are quite small it's obvious that your specimens are really fine and a pleasure to view. So don't be too humble, you can be proud of your rocks. If there are any more, please keep posting ...
Tobias
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 13, 2009 03:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Montanpark wrote: | | How many specimens do you currently have on display Carles? |
About 230, plus some 70 more from Catalonia with lower quality but somewhat high local value, most of them field collected by myself.
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Carles Millan
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 13, 2009 16:48 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Malachite after azurite
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite. A toenail size specimen. Overall size: 35 mm x 30 mm. Weight: 23 g. Purchased in 1966 from Francesc Coma Molist, former curator of the Folch collection, for €1.20 (about €30 adjusted to today's inflation).
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia.
This specimen is no longer in my collection.
Photos copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited. Creative Commons Attribution License - Some Rights Reserved.
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Malachite after azurite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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Malachite after azurite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 15, 2009 16:58 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Quartz, arsenopyrite, mica
Group of two quartz crystals on a bed of lustrous crystalized arsenopyrite (this not well reproduced in the photo below) with dolomite and a little mica. Undamaged except the periphery and some microchipping on the quartz edges. Overall size: 115 mm x 90 mm. Main quartz crystal: 46 mm wide, 115 mm tall. Weight: 961 g.
Panasqueira Mines, Level 2, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal.
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Quartz, arsenopyrite, mica
Panasqueira Mines, Level 2, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
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Quartz, arsenopyrite, mica
Panasqueira Mines, Level 2, Panasqueira, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
115 mm x 90 mm. Main quartz crystal: 46 mm wide, 115 mm tall |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 17, 2009 14:31 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Here is a picture of a temporary assortment of specimens from different countries that for some reason don't fit with the other showcases (43 pieces).
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 17, 2009 17:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Very nice, thank you, Carles.
Two questions:
The large white crystal to the left of the center, what is is? Calcite?
The green mineral beneath the realgar on the right side, is that Riemvasmaak fluorite?
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Ed Huskinson
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| Posted: Oct 17, 2009 18:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Hi Carles. Nice rocks, nice displays, all of them. Where did you get your display cabinets??
Oh, and the Naica gypsum, single crystal on martix, dead center, bottom row. Did it come to you with a Romero label? It very much looks like one that I acquired for Miguel, and he decided that he had enough gypsum specimens from there, and that I could just keep it. I sold it at the Pleasanton, California show in 1979 or thereabouts. Just curious.
Thanks.
Ed
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Jason
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| Posted: Oct 17, 2009 23:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Hey carles is that a large rutile crystal i see in that last pic at the top towards the left? nice pics..keep 'em comin'
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Carles Millan
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 18, 2009 03:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Ed Huskinson wrote: | | Hi Carles. Nice rocks, nice displays, all of them. Where did you get your display cabinets?? |
I got them for free. When I bought my current apartment the previous owner unexpectedly asked me if I would mind to keep several showcases that were difficult for him to take out. He was not a mineral collector but he and his wife used to spend their leisure time building paper models, that then were exposed in the display cabinets. Of course I answered 'no' right away (I did NOT mind). However, they are not the best kind of showcases to show minerals, so I'm not very happy with them.
| Ed Huskinson wrote: | | Oh, and the Naica gypsum, single crystal on martix, dead center, bottom row. Did it come to you with a Romero label? |
Such gypsum came to me with no collector label, so I assume it is not from the Miguel Romero collection. But there is no certainty. As you well know some specimens change hands many times and then the original labels are often missing. This piece is posted at https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=4684#4684
Thank you for your interest,
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