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Michael Shaw
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[quote="Tobi"] | Tobi wrote: |
As promised, the next specimen is not an agate but a nice tourmaline crystal pair from Madagascar: |
I really enjoyed your agate specimens Tobi, but this tourmaline is 'delicious.'
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Mar 05, 2022 09:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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A colorful painted tourmaline!!
I also like to much your colombian gold.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 05, 2022 18:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | | [...]I will return to macrocrystalline quartz, fluorite, tourmaline etc, I promise ;-) |
As promised, the next specimen is not an agate but a nice tourmaline crystal pair from Madagascar: |
A splendid addition to your collection! Very nice.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Mar 05, 2022 19:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Very colorful and special Tobi, congratulations.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Mar 06, 2022 04:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi, I find it a very nice and aesthetic tourmaline. Well done!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 15, 2022 06:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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The next addition will be a spectacular stalactitic fluorite from China - thanks to Master Jordi from whom I got this. Botryoidal fluorites are rare and I always liked these ones from Minggang/Henan since they came out, but I never found one I really fell in love with - until I saw this at Fabre Minerals :-)
Besides the very aesthetic form of the specimen, it has the special feature that some of the stalactites were somehow interrupted during growth. I've never seen something like that before, this is Jordi's description: "Some of the growths were interrupted, probably due to contact with the rock walls of the vein, as evidenced by the relicts of Quartz that emerge from the Fluorite, which they most likely served as guides during their growth."
A very special and unique addition to my collection!
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China |  |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China | |
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| Detail photo of the inner structure of the fluorite stalactites (Photo © Fabre Minerals) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Guxian, Tongbai, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China | |
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| Detail photo of the inner structure of the fluorite stalactites (Photo © Fabre Minerals) |
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silvia
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| Posted: Mar 15, 2022 15:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Lovely specimen. I also love the close-up shots too.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2022 05:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| silvia wrote: | | Lovely specimen. I also love the close-up shots too. |
Hi Silvia, I was sure this is a specimen you like, a showy display specimen with an educational factor :-)
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 02, 2022 07:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Newest addition, a larger pegmatite piece from Davib Ost in Namibia:
| Mineral: | Quartz, Feldspar, Muscovite, Schorl, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Davib East Farm (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 24 x 23 x 12 cm, largest quartz crystal 13 cm |
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| Photo © previous owner Günther Gerndt |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 03, 2022 17:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Today I could add something to my collection that I was dreaming of for very long: I visited a friend who is a fellow collector but also part-time mineral dealer. I always find something for my collection when I visit him but this time one of my collector's dreams came true - a really nice and large classic Wölsendorf "honey-spar" fluorite! This new addition is a true highlight for my collection and a wonderful large sample of one of Germany's most famous mineral classics. A dream come true for me as a fluorite fan and collector of German minerals :-)
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Wölsendorf Mining District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 25 x 21 cm, largest crystal 5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Wölsendorf Mining District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 25 x 21 cm, largest crystal 5 cm |
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| I was so thrilled to hold this amazing piece in my hands. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Wölsendorf Mining District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 25 x 21 cm, largest crystal 5 cm |
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| Happy me with my collector's dream come true. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jun 03, 2022 17:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Today I could add something to my collection that I was dreaming of for very long: I visited a friend who is a fellow collector but also part-time mineral dealer. I always find something for my collection when I visit him but this time one of my collector's dreams came true - a really nice and large classic Wölsendorf "honey-spar" fluorite! This new addition is a true highlight for my collection and a wonderful large sample of one of Germany's most famous mineral classics. A dream come true for me as a fluorite fan and collector of German minerals :-) |
Congratulations on adding this exquisite fluorite to your collection!
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Joseph DOliveira
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| Posted: Jun 03, 2022 18:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Absolutely beautiful Tobi.
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silvia
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| Posted: Jun 03, 2022 18:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Today I could add something to my collection that I was dreaming of for very long: I visited a friend who is a fellow collector but also part-time mineral dealer. I always find something for my collection when I visit him but this time one of my collector's dreams came true - a really nice and large classic Wölsendorf "honey-spar" fluorite! This new addition is a true highlight for my collection and a wonderful large sample of one of Germany's most famous mineral classics. A dream come true for me as a fluorite fan and collector of German minerals :-) |
That is an absolutely showy specimen. You deserve to be very proud to own it. All the best. Silvia
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Jun 04, 2022 04:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hello Tobi
I'm very glad you finally got one of your dreams. That German classic is an excellent specimen worthy of a museum. An unusual color for the species with very well defined cubes. Absolutely gorgeous.
Congratulations!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 04, 2022 09:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Outstanding fluorite Tobi. Incredible size and fantastic luster. Congratulations.
Michael
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 05, 2022 07:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thank you all for your kind comments!
I'm really happy that I could add this museum specimen of German mining history to my collection: I love fluorite, I collect for aesthetic reasons, I have a faible for German classics and I always wanted a good Wölsendorf Honigspat fluorite - so there are several reasons why this wonderful piece delights me :-)
A true highlight and maybe now THE centerpiece of my collection!
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Jesse Fisher
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| Posted: Jun 05, 2022 11:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Very nice and possibly old specimen. Glad you were able to find it. Do you know anything of it's history?
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 05, 2022 13:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Jesse Fisher wrote: | | Very nice and possibly old specimen. Glad you were able to find it. Do you know anything of it's history? |
Unfortunately I don't know the exact history. But these kinds of fluorite were mostly found between late 1950s and early 1970s at Marienschacht and Johannesschacht, so I only have an approximation.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2022 06:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Another European classic I was happy to add:
| Mineral: | Hemimorphite |
| Locality: | | Sa Duchesa Mine, Oridda Valley, Domusnovas, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy | |
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