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silvia
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 Posted: Jul 11, 2022 14:13 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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I do love the MIM collection. It contains minerals of great aesthetics but it also includes minerals of great scientific interest.
We also have many Bolivian specimens in our collection, and many may not be the best looking rocks in existence but they have lots of scientific interest such as Cylindrite.
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MIM Museum
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Jul 17, 2022 08:46 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa |  |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 5 x 9.5 cm / main crystal: 3.9 cm |
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Mass: 176 g
MIM number:1817
Aggregate of translucent octahedra with a beautiful green color. The ensemble is actually a cast after a large octahedron that formed initially and got dissolved away at a later stage, leaving its mark in hollow.
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 17 x 7 x 16.5 cm / main crystal: 8.4 cm |
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Mass: 1400 g
MIM number:1816
Large octahedra with a beautiful green color on a matrix made of smaller fluorite crystals still covered with a crust of micro-crystalline quartz
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety hematoide) |
| Locality: | | Girtis Farm 109, Orange River, Karasburg District, ǁKaras Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4.5 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 6.2 cm |
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Mass: 130 g
MIM number:1818
Doubly terminated quartz crystal perched on a matrix of micro-crystalline quartz. The crystal has smooth and shiny faces and has inclusions of hematite ("Eisenkiesel" in German) giving its body an orange-brown color with at the upper end "windows" of violet amethyst.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publications: "Mineralien Welt: Nov-Dec 2000", "The Grandmasters of Mineral Photography", "Namibia - Minerals and Localities"
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| Mineral: | Scholzite |
| Locality: | | Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, ǁKaras Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 13 x 13 x 17 cm / main crystal: 1.0 cm |
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Mass: 1950 g
MIM number:1819
Tufts of cream colored scholzite needles developed on a gray-black color matrix contrasting nicely with the scholzite. A micro-crystalline quartz layer has uniformly deposited on the scholzite and its matrix, adding sparkle to this sample.
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| Mineral: | Phosphohedyphane |
| Locality: | | Pimbi Hill, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4 x 5 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm |
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Mass: 51 g
MIM number:1820
Two crystals of pastel blue-green color on a matrix of limonite. These crystals formed by pseudomorphosis of twinned crystals of cerusite and consist of a solid solution of approximately 75% phosphohedyphane and 25% pyromorphite.
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MIM Museum
Joined: 04 Aug 2015
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Jul 19, 2022 12:22 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 13 x 8 x 9 cm / main crystal: 6.0 cm |
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Mass: 417 g
MIM number:1821
Nicknamed "Deconstruction" by the mim. Intact group of azurite crystals of azurite on a thin gray matrix with a little fibrous pseudomorphosed green malachite at the base. The architecture is reminiscent of modern decontructivism. The crystals have a beautiful metallic and chatoyant blue color resulting from interference phenomena between the underlying azurite, the thin layer of malachite which has formed on it, and a thin layer of azurite which has later formed on the latter.
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 12 x 12 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 5.7 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 207 g
MIM number:1822
Thin matrix covered on its upper side with tufts of intact transparent and shiny crystals of pale purple color getting darker at the top
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 9 x 12 cm / main crystal: 10.8 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 212 g
MIM number:1823
Y-shaped group of two large shiny pale purple crystals on a thin matrix, with small side crystals at the base including a sceptered one
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta District, Semien Wollo Zone (North Wollo Zone), Amhara Region, Ethiopia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2,8 x 3,2 x 1,1 cm |
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Mass: 10 g
MIM number:1824
White opal of the variety "crystal opal", carved as a 49.10 ct. rounded cabochon, with a relatively transparent body and rainbow-like flashes that seem to float above the stone, which is typical of the opals of this mine. Furthermore, the play of colors can be seen within the body of this opal despite its transparency.
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MIM Museum
Joined: 04 Aug 2015
Posts: 167
Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Jul 26, 2022 03:07 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Opal (variety white opal) |
| Locality: | | Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta District, Semien Wollo Zone (North Wollo Zone), Amhara Region, Ethiopia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2,1 x 4,6 x 1.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 12 g
MIM number:1825
White opal carved as an elongated 61.42 ct. cabochon with very distinct rainbow-like flashes that seem to float above the stone, which is typical of the opals of this mine
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta District, Semien Wollo Zone (North Wollo Zone), Amhara Region, Ethiopia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2 x 1,6 x 0,9 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 4 g
MIM number:1826
Opal with a dominant brown cast cut as an oval cabochon of 19.87 ct, showing a strong play of color in cells which are reminiscent of the scales of a snake skin
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta District, Semien Wollo Zone (North Wollo Zone), Amhara Region, Ethiopia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2,9 x 1.7 x 0,7 cm |
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Mass: 4 g
MIM number:1827
Opal with a dominant green cast cut as a drop shaped cabochon of 17.63 ct showing a strong play of color in cells which are reminiscent of the scales of a snake skin
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Opal (variety white opal) |
| Locality: | | Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta District, Semien Wollo Zone (North Wollo Zone), Amhara Region, Ethiopia | |
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| Dimensions: | 3,3 x 2,3 x 0,9 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 6 g
MIM number:1829
White opal carved as a drop shaped cabochon of 31.32 ct showing a strong play of color in cells which are reminiscent of the scales of a snake skin
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Opal (variety white opal) |
| Locality: | | Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta District, Semien Wollo Zone (North Wollo Zone), Amhara Region, Ethiopia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2,8 x 2,2 x 1,1 cm |
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Mass: 6 g
MIM number:1828
White opal carved as an oval cabochon of 29.26 ct showing a strong play of color in cells which are reminiscent of the scales of a snake skin
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silvia
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| Posted: Jul 26, 2022 14:52 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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I just love the MIM in Beirut. It has such an outstanding collection of minerals which is testimony to the genius of its creator – Salim Edde.
MIM is one of the best examples out there to show that private Museums can outperform the public ones in a proverbial heartbeat.
My partner and I will always support private collections over public ones any day.
Keep up the great work MIM.
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MIM Museum
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Oct 09, 2022 08:48 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 14 x 12 x 20 cm / main crystal: 19.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 2800 g
MIM number:1830
Flared bouquet of amber colored translucent crystals with perfect pyramidal terminations and green sheen at the top
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Schneiderhöhnite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm / main crystal: 2.3 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 8 g
MIM number:1832
Black subparallel crystals, bright and very sharp on a very thin matrix.
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| Mineral: | Schneiderhöhnite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm / main crystal: 2.3 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 8 g
MIM number:1832
Black subparallel crystals, bright and very sharp on a very thin matrix.
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| Mineral: | Vermiculite |
| Locality: | | Shawa Mine, Dorowa mining area, Buhera District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 9 x 9 cm / main crystal: 7.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 433 g
MIM number:1831
Stack of golden-colored diamond-shaped crystals on a friable clay matrix. Vermiculite results from the leaching out of potassium from original phlogopite, transforming it into clay. It is a very common industrial material which occurs very rarely in crystals, and is used to replace asbestos for fireproofing and insulation. Vermiculite is sometimes nicknamed "cat’s gold" because its color can be confused with that of gold, and it is used as litter for cats.
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| Mineral: | Duftite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 7.5 x 3 cm / main crystal: 0.6 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 273 g
MIM number:1833
Tufts of black and very shiny crystals on a gray matrix. The duftite occurs rarely in crystals; it is generally found as botryoidal masses.
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MIM Museum
Joined: 04 Aug 2015
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Oct 15, 2022 08:42 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Puddingstone with Calcites, from Pau station to Larouin (Jurançon), Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 11.5 x 10 x 12 cm / main crystal: 5.7 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 1100 g
MIM number:1834
Geode lined with colorless and bright calcite crystals with two large sharp crystals set perpendiculary to each other
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Malachite |
| Locality: | | Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 33 x 28 x 28 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 7400 g
MIM number:1835
Large, intact plate of silky, chatoyant malachite kidney-like knobs giving the impression to follow the gaze direction.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
Publication: "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2" |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Ninghua, Sanming Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 30 x 20 x 32 cm / main crystal: 19.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 13600 g
MIM number:1836
Huge transparent intact octahedron of rich saturated green color with a stepped structure reminiscent of the Mayan pyramids. The back of the crystal is covered with small quartz needles. At the base of the crystal are other smaller octahedra.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
Publication: "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten" |
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| Mineral: | Cinnabar |
| Locality: | | Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 6.5 x 11.5 cm / main crystal: 3.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 366 g
MIM number:1837
Thin plate of small quartz needles colored by iron oxide and white dolomite crystals covered with large twinned crystals of red translucent cinnabar. One of the crystals is doubly terminated.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
Publication: "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2" |
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| Mineral: | Cinnabar |
| Locality: | | Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 6.5 x 11.5 cm / main crystal: 3.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 366 g
MIM number:1837
Thin plate of small quartz needles colored by iron oxide and white dolomite crystals covered with large twinned crystals of red translucent cinnabar. One of the crystals is doubly terminated.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publication: "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2" |
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bob kerr
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| Posted: Oct 15, 2022 09:42 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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the size of that highly reflective malachite and that luscious green fluorite is mind boggling.
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Oct 15, 2022 10:23 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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More Toltec than Mayan I think, Still superb
| bob kerr wrote: | the size of that highly reflective malachite and that luscious green fluorite is mind boggling.
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silvia
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| Posted: Oct 15, 2022 16:16 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| James Catmur wrote: | More Toltec than Mayan I think, Still superb
| bob kerr wrote: | the size of that highly reflective malachite and that luscious green fluorite is mind boggling.
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Truly a fantastic Malachite. Many of the Malachite specimens from the Mindingi Mine also display the same degree of Chatoyancy but it is hard to capture in a photo. The quality of the MIM specimens add much weight to my belief that money buys the best and this hobby is about acquiring the best.
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MIM Museum
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Oct 17, 2022 07:33 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4.5 x 5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 284 g
MIM number:1839
6 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm |
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Mass: 229 g
MIM number:1840
2 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 4 x 6 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 314 g
MIM number:1841
2 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 3.5 x 5.5 cm |
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Mass: 256 g
MIM number:1842
3 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 3 x 6 cm / main crystal: 5.2 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 256 g
MIM number:1843
3 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4 x 5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 209 g
MIM number:1844
3 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 7 x 7 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 547 g
MIM number:1845
2 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 4 x 5.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 306 g
MIM number:1846
3 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 3.5 x 5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 219 g
MIM number:1847
3 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 589 g
MIM number:1848
6 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 271 g
MIM number:1849
4 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 6.5 x 8 cm / main crystal: 7.6 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 510 g
MIM number:1850
6 interpenetrated, perfectly formed and very shiny cubes with a bit of matrix at the base
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 18, 2022 03:14 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| MIM Museum wrote: | Fluorite
Ninghua, Sanming Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
Dimensions: 30 x 20 x 32 cm / main crystal: 19.5 cm
Huge transparent intact octahedron of rich saturated green color with a stepped structure reminiscent of the Mayan pyramids [...] Publication: "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten" |
I know this specimen from Ottens' book and I think this one stands out even in your collection! An amazing masterpiece among a huge selection of masterpieces, I love it :-)
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MIM Museum
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Oct 19, 2022 09:50 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Baddeleyite |
| Locality: | | Palabora Mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 15 x 9.5 x 13.5 cm / main crystal: 10.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 1904 g
MIM number:1838
Large, shiny and well terminated black crystal rising off a matrix of carbonatite (most likely foskorite). This species very rarely provides crystals as large and well terminated.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
Publications: "Minerals of South Africa", "The Desmond Sacco Collection", "Rocks & Minerals Sep/Oct 2017"
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| Mineral: | Baddeleyite |
| Locality: | | Palabora Mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 15 x 9.5 x 13.5 cm / main crystal: 10.5 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 1904 g
MIM number:1838
Large, shiny and well terminated black crystal rising off a matrix of carbonatite (most likely foskorite). This species very rarely provides crystals as large and well terminated
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publications: "Minerals of South Africa", "The Desmond Sacco Collection", "Rocks & Minerals Sep/Oct 2017"
Ex collection Desmond Sacco (South Africa) |
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| Mineral: | Väyrynenite |
| Locality: | | Shakpo Mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 3 x 2 x 14.5 cm / main crystal: 14.2 cm |
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Mass: 40 g
MIM number:1852
Elegant sheaf of slender transparent crystals with a beautiful red-pink color, and perfectly terminated main crystals. Crystals of such size and transparency are unusual for this species.
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| Mineral: | Väyrynenite |
| Locality: | | Shakpo Mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 3 x 2 x 14.5 cm / main crystal: 14.2 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 40 g
MIM number:1852
Elegant sheaf of slender transparent crystals with a beautiful red-pink color, and perfectly terminated main crystals. Crystals of such size and transparency are unusual for this species.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Cafarsite |
| Locality: | | Monte Cervandone, Devero Alp, Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 6 x 4.5 x 5 cm / main crystal: 4.0 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 103 g
MIM number:1853
Large, very well formed matt brown crystal showing the truncations of the cuboctahedron, perched on a block of orthogneiss. Such size is unusual for this species.
Photographer: FMI / Federico Picciani
Publications: "Gioielli delle Alpi italiane", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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| Mineral: | Cafarsite |
| Locality: | | Monte Cervandone, Devero Alp, Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 6 x 4.5 x 5 cm / main crystal: 4.0 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 103 g
MIM number:1853
Large, very well formed matt brown crystal showing the truncations of the cuboctahedron, perched on a block of orthogneiss. Such size is unusual for this species.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publications: "Gioielli delle Alpi italiane", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2022 04:42 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| MIM Museum wrote: | Väyrynenite
Lolu Dahku Mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3 x 2 x 14.5 cm / main crystal: 14.2 cm
Elegant sheaf of slender transparent crystals with a beautiful red-pink color, and perfectly terminated main crystals. Crystals of such size and transparency are unusual for this species. |
What an amazing piece, I first thought this was a rubellite! I guess this is the first time in my 30 years of collecting minerals that I find a väyrynenite aesthetic. And not only aesthetic, this is a real stunner of incredible size and perfect aesthetics. Maybe the best väyrynenite ever found? For sure something most of us haven't seen before and won't see again - a striking and unique masterpiece!
Thanks for sharing these treasures, best regards
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Posts: 167
Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Oct 26, 2022 08:51 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Forsterite (variety peridot) |
| Locality: | | Sapat Gali (Suppat), Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 4 x 5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 133 g
MIM number:1854
Totally transparent sharp crystal with deep lime green color. The lateral faces are lustrous and show triangular dissolution patterns, while the top ones look frosted. The bottom is recrystallized.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
Publications: "Lapidary Journal: May 1995", "Mineralogical Record, Nov-Dec 2020"
Ex collection Stephen Smale (USA) |
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| Mineral: | Pollucite |
| Locality: | | Laghman Province, Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 18 x 15 x 8 cm / main crystal: 11.2 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 2312 g
MIM number:1855
Large, perfectly formed beige crystal, highlighted by the iron oxide stained matrix on which it has formed. It shows a very smooth surface, which is unusual for a species that is most often found as corroded crystals. Two shiny quartz crystals are also present on the matrix.
Photographer: FMI / Federico Picciani
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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| Mineral: | Roselite |
| Locality: | | Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 4 x 10 cm / main crystal: 1.1 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 275 g
MIM number:1856
Slab covered on the upper side with transparent, well formed red purple crystals. Crystals of this size are unusual for this species.
Photographer: FMI / Federico Picciani
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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| Mineral: | Roselite |
| Locality: | | Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 4 x 10 cm / main crystal: 1.1 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 275 g
MIM number:1856
Slab covered on the upper side with transparent, well formed red purple crystals. Crystals of this size are unusual for this species.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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| Mineral: | Minasgeraisite-(Y) |
| Locality: | | Jaguaraçu pegmatite, Jaguaraçu, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 0.5 x 0.5 x 1.5 cm / main crystal: 0.6 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 1 g
MIM number:1857
Well formed, purple translucent crystal on a shard of silvery muscovite. It is supposedly the biggest crystal of this rare species.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Ex collection Rolando Gioia (Brazil) |
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Oct 27, 2022 03:18 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Tobi
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Absolutely outstanding as usual. That pollucite, how on earth can a pollucite specimen be so ridiculously beautiful and with a perfect crystal that large?!
And I must confess I never heard minasgeraisite before, so I even learned a new mineral today :-)
Best regards and please keep posting!
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Joined: 04 Aug 2015
Posts: 167
Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Oct 28, 2022 05:04 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Uranocircite |
| Locality: | | Streuberg Quarry, Zobes and Bergen mining District, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 12 x 7 cm / main crystal: 1.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 482 g
MIM number:1858
Well defined and separated fans of green-yellow color, very fluorescent under UV light, on a grey matrix
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Pointe Isabelle, Bassin du Talèfre, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 15 x 9 x 14 cm / main crystal: 11.0 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 1525 g
MIM number:1859
Two intertwined well formed very shiny gwindels with very slightly smoky color. It is very rare to find such intertwined gwindels. This specimen was directly sold by the very strahler who collected it on August 12, 2015 at an altitude of 2940 m in the French Alps by roping down the vertical drop that hosted the cleft where it was found.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Vesuvianite |
| Locality: | | Banchette, Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.5 x 2 x 6 cm / main crystal: 5.7 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 24 g
MIM number:1860
Floating group of 3 very well formed crystals of translucent amber-green color with perfect terminations.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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6634 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Vesuvianite with Grossular (variety hydrogrossular) and 'Apatite' |
| Locality: | | Banchette, Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 2.5 x 9 cm / main crystal: 5.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 34 g
MIM number:1861
Two large transparent crystals of amber-green color, extending each other, with some orange Grossular (variety hydrogrossular) at the base and a white 'Apatite' crystal of 1.1 cm.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Baryte |
| Locality: | | La Cabaña, Berbes mining area, Valdelmar, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 6 x 6.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 376 g
MIM number:1862
Large purple-blue cubic crystal on a small ridge of white barite with some small side fluorites. All crystals show very clear "phantoms", and the largest crystal show beveled edges.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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The locality (Steinbruch Streuberg / Streuberg Quarry near Bergen) is the type locality for uranocircite and this is really a superb sample!
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Nov 03, 2022 09:47 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Spodumene (variety triphane) |
| Locality: | | Dara-i-Pech pegmatite, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province (Konar), Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 11 x 20 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 1524 g
MIM number:1863
A beautiful, large, sharp, transparent, bright yellow crystal of spodumene with a second crystal flaring off the side. Fine specimens of yellow spodumene are rare, as are groups of non parallel crystals such as this one.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
Publications: “Ikons, Classics and Contemporary Masterpieces of Mineralogy”, "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2017", "Le Règne Minéral: Sep-Oct 2018", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection Eugene Meieran (USA) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang, Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 11.5 x 8 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 1.4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 329 g
MIM number:1864
Brown matrix covered on its upper side with perfectly formed crystals of orange-red color, having an unusual shape of truncated bipyramids.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
Publications: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés", “Mineralogical Record, Mar-Apr 2020”, "extraLapis 58 - Wulfenit", "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten"
Ex collection Stephen Smale (USA) |
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| Mineral: | Pargasite |
| Locality: | | Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 6 x 7 cm / main crystal: 6.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 335 g
MIM number:1865
Dark green crystal with some translucency on the side edges and a perfectly formed top, which has been almost entirely freed from its marble matrix.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
Publications: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés", "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2" |
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| Mineral: | Lazulite |
| Locality: | | Mount Seafoam area, Rapid Creek area, Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 6 x 2.5 cm / main crystal: 1.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 155 g
MIM number:1866
Brown slab covered on its upper face with perfect, well isolated, very bright crystals of dark blue color, considered large for the lazulites of this deposit.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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| Mineral: | Bobierrite on Collinsite |
| Locality: | | Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 2.0 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 72 g
MIM number:1868
Tufts of sharp translucent blue crystals developed on yellow collinsite nodules
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publication: "Mineralyi Kovdora - Minerals of the Kovdor Massif"
Ex collections: S.N. Britvin (Russia), Paul Stahl (Germany) |
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