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The Mizunaka Collection
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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 4235
Location: Germany

Posted: Mar 13, 2023 04:39 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection

What a beautiful celestite specimen!

am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 13, 2023 22:47 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Celestine

Tobi wrote:

What a beautiful celestite specimen!

Thanks Tobi! It was one of the nicer ones I saw in Tucson this year.

am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 15, 2023 05:17 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz

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Mineral:

Quartz (variety amethyst)

Locality:

Four Peaks, Four Peaks Wilderness, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

Dimensions:

11.9 x 9.5 cm

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

Posted: Mar 17, 2023 04:39 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Celestine

am mizunaka wrote:

Tobi wrote:

What a beautiful celestite specimen!

Thanks Tobi! It was one of the nicer ones I saw in Tucson this year.

I'm sure it was because it's hard to imagine a nicer piece from that find :-)

am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 18, 2023 01:32 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz

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Mineral:

Quartz (variety chalcedony)

Locality:

Tsugawa, Aga, Higashikambara District, Niigata Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Dimensions:

8.0 x 5.8 cm

Description:

Pale blueish/green quartz on matrix.

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am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 20, 2023 01:13 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Rhodochrosite

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Mineral:

Rhodochrosite, Quartz

Locality:

Sunnyside Mine group (American Tunnel Mine), Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA

Dimensions:

6.9 x 6.7 cm

Description:

Rhodochrosite with quartz. Some of the thin bladed quartz may be replacing anhydrite.

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John Cornish

Joined: 19 Oct 2009
Posts: 128
Location: Port Angeles

Posted: Mar 20, 2023 09:12 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection

Hi Mike, This is a terrific specimen of rhodochrosite that you've shared with us this morning and it makes a wonderful companion to the other incredible specimens you've shared with us over the years! Since seeing your first photos here, I'm continually amazed at the exquisite details that you are able to capture using your technique!!! Thank you for sharing and all the very best to you both!!! John

am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 20, 2023 23:23 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Rhodochrosite

John Cornish wrote:

Hi Mike,

This is a terrific specimen of rhodochrosite that you've shared with us this morning and it makes a wonderful companion to the other incredible specimens you've shared with us over the years!

Since seeing your first photos here, I'm continually amazed at the exquisite details that you are able to capture using your technique!!!

Thank you for sharing and all the very best to you both!!!

John

Thanks John! Your observations and kind words are always appreciated.

am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 22, 2023 02:11 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite

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Mineral:

Fluorite, Quartz

Locality:

Huayllapon Mine (Huallapon Mine), Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru

Dimensions:

7.9 x 4.7 cm

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James Catmur
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Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 1463
Location: Cambridge

Posted: Mar 22, 2023 03:08 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection

Really fun form, love it

am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 22, 2023 18:46 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite

James Catmur wrote:

Really fun form, love it

Thanks James!

am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 24, 2023 04:10 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite

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Mineral:

Fluorite, Cassiterite, Quartz, Apatite

Locality:

Piaotang Mine, Dayu, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China

Dimensions:

15.0 x 8.5 cm

Description:

An interesting combination of fluorite, quartz, cassiterite, and a small group of purple/lavender apatites.

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am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 28, 2023 02:15 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite

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Mineral:

Fluorite, Quartz

Locality:

Les Droites (north face), Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Dimensions:

2.3 x 3.3 cm

Description:

Fluorite on a thin quartz crystal (1.8 mm thick).

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am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 30, 2023 03:44 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz

QtzMalAL.jpg

Mineral:

Quartz, Malachite

Locality:

It Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Dimensions:

9.8 x 4.5 cm

Description:

Quartz cluster with tiny sprays/blobs of malachite.

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Mineral:

Quartz, Malachite

Locality:

It Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Description:

Detail of malachite.

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Mineral:

Quartz, Malachite

Locality:

It Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA

Description:

Close up of another section of the specimen.

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am mizunaka

Joined: 09 Apr 2010
Posts: 2184
Location: USA

Posted: Mar 31, 2023 02:56 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Gold

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Mineral:

Gold

Locality:

Fire Creek Mine, Joyce vein, Crescent Valley, Lander County, Nevada, USA

Dimensions:

9.0 x 7.0 cm

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