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am mizunaka
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 Posted: May 09, 2022 01:45 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Le Burc Mine, Alban-Le Fraysse area, Tarn, Occitanie, France |  |
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| Dimensions: | 6.7 x 5.3 cm |
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| Fluorite with a dark blue core on quartz. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 09, 2022 01:57 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Very nice French classic, Michael, good colour and attractive zoning!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: May 09, 2022 15:17 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Very nice French classic, Michael, good colour and attractive zoning! |
Thanks Tobi! This piece looks so much better in hand than the photo conveys.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: May 10, 2022 21:11 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz Bulgaria |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
| Locality: | | September Mine (9th of September Mine) , Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.0 x 11.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
| Locality: | | September Mine (9th of September Mine) , Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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| Dimensions: | 13.0 x 7.5 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: May 15, 2022 02:23 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | September Mine (9th of September Mine) , Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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| Dimensions: | 22.8 x v13.2 cm |
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| Quartz on a matrix coated with spherical clusters of tiny quartz crystals. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: May 22, 2022 03:40 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 7.7 cm |
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| A colorful and zoned fluorite obtained from a dear friends collection. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: May 23, 2022 16:50 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Chrysocolla, Malachite |
| Locality: | | Mount Glorious Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.1 x 8.7 cm |
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| Quartz covering chrysocolla, malachite. With some areas of exposed malachite. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: May 26, 2022 17:37 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | De'an Mine, Wushan, De'an, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 12.4 x 6.7 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: May 28, 2022 13:01 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 13.0 x 8.4 cm |
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| Front of specimen. Unknown greenish inclusion in the quartz. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 13.0 x 8.4 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | Detail of specimen |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Bottom of specimen. Unknown inclusion in the center of the piece. |
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silvia
Joined: 10 Oct 2021
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| Posted: May 28, 2022 19:11 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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Superb photos, and I especially love the close-up shots. Not many people bother to take close-ups, but often they reveal so much detail about how the mineral was formed.
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