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Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Oct 13, 2022 22:07 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Calcite after Octopus

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Mineral:

Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Locality:

Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

Dimensions:

61 mm x 47 mm x 37 mm

Description:

03/2022

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Philippe Durand

Joined: 10 May 2016
Posts: 653
Location: Normandie

Posted: Oct 13, 2022 23:32 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

what a color ! it reminds me an octopus in his hole :) _________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/ptitrainrouge/videos?view_as=subscriber

Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Oct 16, 2022 12:46 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Beryl

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Mineral:

Beryl (variety aquamarine), Quartz

Locality:

Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan

Dimensions:

115 mm x 62 mm x 25 mm

Description:

Double terminated tabular quartz floater with aquamarine

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Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Oct 29, 2022 21:00 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Pezzottaite

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Mineral:

Pezzottaite, Beryl (variety aquamarine)), Schorl, Albite

Locality:

Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Dimensions:

69 mm x 43 mm x 44 mm

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Mineral:

Pezzottaite, Beryl (variety aquamarine)), Schorl, Albite

Locality:

Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Dimensions:

69 mm x 43 mm x 44 mm

Description:

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Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Oct 30, 2022 14:51 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Kunzite with helix (screw dislocation)

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Mineral:

Spodumene (variety kunzite) with helix

Locality:

Dara-I-Pech District (Pech District), Kunar Province (Konar), Afghanistan

Dimensions:

31 mm x 11 mm x 4 mm

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Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Nov 01, 2022 15:04 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Heliodor

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Mineral:

Beryl (variety heliodor)

Locality:

Khoroshiv (Volodarsk-Volynskii), Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

Dimensions:

31 mm x 9 mm x 8 mm

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Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Nov 03, 2022 22:35 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Tsavorite Garnet

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Mineral:

Tsavorite (Garnet Group), Diopside

Locality:

Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Dimensions:

21 mm x 20 mm

Description:

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Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Nov 06, 2022 19:54 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Kunzite with multiple helices

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Mineral:

Spodumene (variety kunzite) with helix

Locality:

Dara-I-Pech District (Pech District), Kunar Province (Konar), Afghanistan

Dimensions:

54 mm x 39 mm x 3.5 mm

Description:

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Mineral:

Spodumene (variety kunzite) with helix

Locality:

Dara-I-Pech District (Pech District), Kunar Province (Konar), Afghanistan

Dimensions:

54 mm x 39 mm x 3.5 mm

Description:

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Sante Celiberti

Joined: 04 Oct 2019
Posts: 699
Location: Tuscany

Posted: Nov 07, 2022 01:46 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Hi, Don. Hope you are fine. My congratulations on these two very interesting kunzites. I love them. Warm greetings from Tuscany. Sante

Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Nov 07, 2022 10:10 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Sante Celiberti wrote:

Hi, Don. Hope you are fine.

My congratulations on these two very interesting kunzites. I love them.

Warm greetings from Tuscany.

Sante

Thank you for your nice comment Sante.

I very much appreciate hearing from you.

I hope you have a nice week.

Regards,

Don
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Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Nov 11, 2022 12:55 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Rose Quartz

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Mineral:

Quartz (variety rose quartz)

Locality:

Huancayo Province, Junín Department, Peru

Dimensions:

46 mm x 25 mm x 17 mm

Description:

Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent lustrous and deep pink quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather inherent to the quartz itself. (2020)

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Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Nov 13, 2022 23:50 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Verdelite

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Mineral:

Elbaite variety verdelite (Tourmaline Group), Quartz (variety smoky quartz)

Locality:

Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan

Dimensions:

15 cm x 14 cm x 9.7 cm

Description:

Polycrystalline aggregate of verdelite crystals with smoky quartz.

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Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Nov 15, 2022 14:42 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Elmwood

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Mineral:

Sphalerite, Calcite, Dolomite

Locality:

Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA

Dimensions:

125 mm x 77 mm

Description:

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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 4235
Location: Germany

Posted: Nov 16, 2022 03:04 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Don, this piece could win both a mineral and a pastry contest ;-) Nice one!

Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2900
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Nov 16, 2022 14:14 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection

Tobi wrote:

Don, this piece could win both a mineral and a pastry contest ;-)

Nice one!

Thank you for your funny comment Tobi. I thought it was unusual to see sphalerite on calcite. Usually you see calcite on sphalerite from Elmwood.
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