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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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 Posted: Jun 24, 2022 06:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Azurite from Cerro Minado, Huércal Overa, Almería, Spain.
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Cerro Minado, Huércal-Overa, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain |  |
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| Dimensions: | 63 mm x 108 mm x 54 mm |
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| I got this Azurite during my first visit at Cerro Minado (Almería, Andalusia, Spain) in 2012. |
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| Mineral: | _Azurite |
| Locality: | | Cerro Minado, Huércal-Overa, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 63 mm x 108 mm x 54 mm |
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| Here the Azurite at the original place where i saw it: the rubble. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jun 30, 2022 16:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Fluorite from El Hammam Mine, Ait Mimoune Caïdat, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | El Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 111 mm x 96 mm x 58 mm |
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| Cluster of light green Fluorite crystals partially coated with Hematite. Weight: 570 gr. It´s posible to see some growth patterns. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | El Hammam, Meknès, Meknès Prefecture, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 111 mm x 96 mm x 58 mm |
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| It presents a deep blue fluorescence in UV LW and a lighter blue in UV SW. Photo in LW. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jul 06, 2022 16:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Elbaite from Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 mm x 17 mm x 5 mm |
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A single color zoned crystal of elbaite from Pederneira Mine.
Ex Karl-Heinz Tausend tourmaline collection. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2022 16:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Vanadinite and Baryte from Mibladen, Morocco.
| Mineral: | Vanadinite and Baryte |
| Locality: | | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 47 mm x 41 mm x 28 mm |
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| Red shining translucent and tabular Vanadinite crystals scattered over white bladed Baryte matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite and Baryte |
| Locality: | | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 11mm |
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jul 22, 2022 17:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Malachite from Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo.
| Locality: | | L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 74 mm x 43 mm x 36 mm |
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Botryoidal malachite layers on matrix.
It's an old piece, pity it’s a little scratched… My son took it to school for a mineral sample. |
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silvia
Joined: 10 Oct 2021
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Location: UK
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| Posted: Jul 23, 2022 16:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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| Firmo Espinar wrote: | | Malachite from Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. |
I really love Malachite. One of the very first minerals I acquired. You take some very nice photos too.
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jul 26, 2022 09:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Hi Silvia.
Thank you for your post. Always nice to see you here.
Your malachites are really top notch.
I hope your kids were careful if they took your specimens to school.
My son also carried one large vanadinite and he brought three small vanadinites…
But if one of those kids fell in love with the minerals it was worth it.
Regards.
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Aug 02, 2022 07:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Silver from Batopilas, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.
| Mineral: | Silver |
| Locality: | | Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 mm x 23 mm x 3 mm |
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| A lustrous elongated spinel twin Silver crystal with golden shine and a herringbone pattern with white calcite. |
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| Mineral: | Silver |
| Locality: | | Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | detail |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Aug 14, 2022 16:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Sphalerite from Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Perú.
Really difficult for me to get the real Pink color. I´ve taken five or six photoshoots and I´m not happy with the result but this is one of the best attempts.
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 78 mm x 62 mm x 55 mm |
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Botryoidal growths of Rhodochrosite crystals, with luster and a more intense and vivid pink color than usual in pieces from this deposit. Small water-clear and lustrous crystals of Quartz are also present with aggregates of Sphalerite microcrystals.
Many flashes are visible due to small Quartz tips.
Mined in 07/2021. |
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| Mineral: | _Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | Analysis |
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Some similar specimens, with paler tones and from the same mine and period, were identified as manganese-bearing calcites, so, both species coexist at the same mine.
The dealer, someone familiar for us, has sent me a copy of the analysis of this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity. |
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