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am mizunaka

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Posted: Feb 25, 2023 22:55 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, Barite |
Locality: | Los Cobayos Quarry (La Paredona), Berbes mining area, Los Cobayos, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain |  |
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Dimensions: | 8.9 x 7.3 cm |
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am mizunaka

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Posted: Mar 01, 2023 04:03 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky quartz) |
Locality: | Smoky Mountain Crystal Mine, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA |  |
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Dimensions: | 8.3 x 7.7 cm |
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Skeletal smoky quartz capping the termination of an opaque quartz crystal. |
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am mizunaka

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Posted: Mar 04, 2023 03:44 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Elbaite |
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Mineral: | Elbaite, Quartz, Feldspar Group |
Locality: | Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco |  |
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Dimensions: | 8.9 x 7.2 cm |
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am mizunaka

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Posted: Mar 09, 2023 02:00 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Treasure Mountain Diamond Mine, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, USA |  |
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Dimensions: | 6.2 x 2.0 cm |
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Unique "barbell" scepter. Two herkimer style quartz on opposite ends of a black stem. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 09, 2023 08:00 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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am mizunaka wrote: | Fluorite, Barite
Los Cobayos Quarry (La Paredona), Berbes mining area, Los Cobayos, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain
Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 cm | The deep colour and clarity - what a striking Berbes piece!
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am mizunaka

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Posted: Mar 10, 2023 00:55 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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Tobi wrote: | am mizunaka wrote: | Fluorite, Barite
Los Cobayos Quarry (La Paredona), Berbes mining area, Los Cobayos, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain
Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 cm | The deep colour and clarity - what a striking Berbes piece! |
Thanks Tobi!
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am mizunaka

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Posted: Mar 11, 2023 02:50 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 26.4 x 12.5 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Mar 11, 2023 05:27 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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This is an incredible rich plate with fluorite from Yaogangxian! Never seen before from this locale. Congratulation!
Volkmar
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am mizunaka

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Posted: Mar 11, 2023 18:42 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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Volkmar Stingl wrote: | This is an incredible rich plate with fluorite from Yaogangxian! Never seen before from this locale. Congratulation!
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Thanks Volkmar!
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Posted: Mar 12, 2023 17:27 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Celestine |
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Mineral: | Celestine, Calcite |
Locality: | Laman deposit, Qala e Naw District, Badghis Province, Afghanistan |  |
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Dimensions: | 4.7 x 4.1 cm |
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From the newish find of celestine from Afghanistan on calcite. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 13, 2023 04:39 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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What a beautiful celestite specimen!
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am mizunaka

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Posted: Mar 13, 2023 22:47 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Celestine |
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Tobi wrote: | What a beautiful celestite specimen! |
Thanks Tobi! It was one of the nicer ones I saw in Tucson this year.
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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 |  |
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Dimensions: | 11.9 x 9.5 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 17, 2023 04:39 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Celestine |
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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 :-)
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am mizunaka

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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 |  |
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Dimensions: | 8.0 x 5.8 cm |
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Pale blueish/green quartz on matrix. |
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am mizunaka

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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 |  |
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Dimensions: | 6.9 x 6.7 cm |
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Rhodochrosite with quartz. Some of the thin bladed quartz may be replacing anhydrite. |
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John Cornish
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Posted: Mar 20, 2023 09:12 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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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
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Posted: Mar 20, 2023 23:23 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Rhodochrosite |
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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.
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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 |  |
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Dimensions: | 7.9 x 4.7 cm |
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James Catmur
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Posted: Mar 22, 2023 03:08 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Really fun form, love it
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