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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Mar 07, 2023 09:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Love the rubellite, Tobi. Good color saturation and cute little sidecar crystal.
Michael
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 10, 2023 05:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Love the rubellite, Tobi. Good color saturation and cute little sidecar crystal. Michael |
Thank you Michael. Indeed a really nice piece from Beni Bouzra, here's an additional photo of the termination, I like the small perfect triangular crystal face in the middle. And Jordi was so kind to send me the page from Le Règne Minéral where the piece was shown.
Maybe the perfect time to thank Jordi for being such a kind and diligent dealer. He's always so accurate and he provides everything you need about a specimen, in this case I even got an analysis of the Beni Bouzra tourmaline material verified as elbaite. Thank you Jordi for being such a luminary of the mineral world :-)
Best regards
Tobi
| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco |  |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen 2 x 1,5 cm in diameter |
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| The page from L.R.M. no. 166 that features this elbaite © Le Règne Minéral |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Mar 10, 2023 05:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Congratulations Tobi for your tourmaline in LRM!
Yes, Jordi Fabre is a serious and reliable dealer.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 10, 2023 10:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thank you Carles!
The next specimen is a rubellite again, this time from Malkhan in Russia:
| Mineral: | Elbaite (variety rubellite) |
| Locality: | | Sosedka vein, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 3,5 cm |
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| Photo © Anton Watzl Minerals |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2023 12:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Fluorite from Morocco:
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 19 cm, largest crystal 2,3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 19 cm, largest crystal 2,3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 19 cm, largest crystal 2,3 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2023 12:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Nice. And big!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2023 12:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Nice. And big! |
Thanks, I agree :-)
The next specimen is smaller and more elegant, a nice quartz cluster from Colombia. The specimen is a complete floater, the whole bottom consists of crystal tips, including those from the double-terminated main crystals. A lovely quartz sculpture :-)
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Santander Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size and also largest crystal size 13 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Santander Department, Colombia | |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Santander Department, Colombia | |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2023 12:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Very nice, and very big, and very heavy! (I mean the fluorite.)
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2023 02:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Very nice, and very big ... |
Thank you Carles, I consider both of them beautiful additions to my collection :-)
| Carles Millan wrote: | | ... and very heavy! (I mean the fluorite.) |
1895 g ;-) The specimen feels very heavy for its size, I guess the matrix includes a lot of baryte and/or other minerals with a high specific gravity.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2023 04:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | 1895 g ;-) The specimen feels very heavy for its size, I guess the matrix includes a lot of baryte and/or other minerals with a high specific gravity. |
Don't worry, I have two Navajún pyrites that weigh 3900 g and 2300 g. But I'm not going to purchase any other specimen that heavy anymore.
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minsur
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| Posted: Apr 07, 2023 15:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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This quartz specimen is most likely from somewhere in the departamento de Santander.
Peñas Blancas produces Muzo habit crystals.
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Dany Mabillard
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2023 01:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Nice specimens. A preference for the Fluorite. Have a nice day.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2023 02:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thank you, Dany!
| minsur wrote: | | This quartz specimen is most likely from somewhere in the departamento de Santander. Peñas Blancas produces Muzo habit crystals. |
Thank you for the advice, I looked this up and compared photos and you seem to be right. I can't edit my post anymore, could one of the admins with full access rights please change the locality to "Santander Department, Colombia" - thanks!
Tobi
Locality corrected.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 29, 2023 05:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Classic Illinois specimen that I got from an older collection, an impressive piece of dark-purple fluorite cubes with a cute calcite attached to the side:
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 x 18 cm, largest fluorite cubes 3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 x 18 cm, largest fluorite cubes 3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Calcite crystal 2 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2023 02:26 Post subject: P.S. Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Classic Illinois specimen that I got from an older collection, an impressive piece of dark-purple fluorite cubes with a cute calcite attached to the side: |
The weather today allowed me to take an additional photo in direct sunlight to show the wonderful colour of this fluorite:
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 x 18 cm, largest fluorite cubes 3 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 27, 2023 06:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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I was lucky to find this wonderful German classic, a large matrix specimen of galena with fluorite from Freiberg/Saxony:
| Mineral: | Galena, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 x 14 cm, largest galena crystals ~ 2 cm |
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| Mineral: | Galena, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 x 14 cm, largest galena crystals ~ 2 cm |
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| Mineral: | Galena, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 7 cm |
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| Many of the galena crystal faces are covered with tiny fluorite cubes (up to 1 mm) of pale yellow colour. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Galena, Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 7 cm |
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| A view on the matrix which consists of massive quartz with several sulfidic inclusions, here you can see some unformed galena and even some reddish sphalerite. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2023 03:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Amethyst from Australia:
| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 6 cm |
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| Pair of two beautiful amethyst crystals (2,5 and 3 cm) from Kuridala in Queensland. Older find from 1968. |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2023 04:38 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Nice quartz crystals very well positioned on the matrix. I think that a little trimming at the base would greatly improve the specimen, but I do know that this operation is always a risk. Congratulations!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2023 05:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thank you Carles. I think I will not take the risk of trimming here because the matrix rock seems more stable than the connection between it and the amethyst ;-)
Another specimen, unfortunately it was not possible to make a really good photo. This little beauty consists of three lustrous fluorapatite crystals (all of them about 1,5 cm wide) on a quartz crystal that is partially covered with tiny pyrite crystals. Better in person.
| Mineral: | Fluorapatite, Quartz, Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 4 x 3 cm, largest apatite 17 mm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2023 06:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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And another piece, a really large and heavy specimen of quartz, partially covered with dolomite and pyrite, from Cavnic/Romania:
| Mineral: | Quartz, Dolomite, Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 27 x 20 cm, largest quartz 7 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Dolomite. Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV 15 cm |
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