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The Tama Higuchi Collection
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PostPosted: Aug 13, 2022 02:39    Post subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection  

Fiebre Verde wrote:
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minsur wrote:
Are you sure these calcites are not dolomites? Difficult to tell from the photo, but the mentioned twinning points to dolomite


Here is the back, if it helps! I've never seen dolomite with this color and waxy luster, but I could be wrong.


Looks like dolomite to me!
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PostPosted: Aug 15, 2022 10:01    Post subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection  

Dolomite it is! The more you know...
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Here are a few more fun specimens to welcome the new week. This thread is making me realize I need to get back into photographing my collection... I haven't consistently photo'd any new specimens since last Denver!



dioptase_tsumeb.jpg
 Mineral: Dioptase
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 22 x 20 x 19 mm
 Description:
Acquired March 2021
 Viewed:  28695 Time(s)

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olmiite_nchwaning.jpg
 Mineral: Olmiite
 Locality:
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
 Dimensions: 26 x 23 x 21 mm
 Description:
Acquired September 2020
 Viewed:  28714 Time(s)

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peridot_magnetite_pakistan.jpg
 Mineral: Peridot, Magnetite
 Locality:
Sapat Gali (Suppat), Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
 Dimensions: 37 x 26 x 14 mm
 Description:
Acquired September 2020
 Viewed:  28797 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Aug 20, 2022 07:57    Post subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection  

I really enjoy looking at your minerals! An exquisite collection of superb little treasures, thanks for sharing - and please more :-)
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PostPosted: Feb 14, 2023 16:46    Post subject: Re: The Tama Higuchi Collection  

Some new Tucson 2023 (or otherwise recent) acquisitions.


diaspore.jpeg
 Mineral: Diaspore
 Locality:
Milâs District, Muğla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
 Dimensions: 19 x 17 x 8 mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  25611 Time(s)

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elbaite lepidolite.jpeg
 Mineral: Elbaite, Lepidolite
 Locality:
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
 Dimensions: 32 x 20 x 18 mm
 Description:
 Viewed:  25605 Time(s)

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elbaite quartz2.jpeg
 Mineral: Elbaite, Quartz
 Locality:
Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 19 x 19 x 15 mm
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From the 2019-2020 "Candy Cane" pocket.
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