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am mizunaka
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 Posted: Mar 22, 2023 18:46 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| James Catmur wrote: | | Really fun form, love it |
Thanks James!
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am mizunaka
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| 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 |  |
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| Dimensions: | 15.0 x 8.5 cm |
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| An interesting combination of fluorite, quartz, cassiterite, and a small group of purple/lavender apatites. |
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am mizunaka
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| 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 | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.3 x 3.3 cm |
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| Fluorite on a thin quartz crystal (1.8 mm thick). |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 30, 2023 03:44 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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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 | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.8 x 4.5 cm |
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| 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 | |
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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 | |
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| Close up of another section of the specimen. |
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am mizunaka
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| 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 | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.0 x 7.0 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 02, 2023 19:17 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky quartz) |
| Locality: | | Treasure Mountain Diamond Mine, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.8 x 9.6 cm |
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| Smoky skeletal cluster with sceptered quartz on the back of the specimen. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky quartz) |
| Locality: | | Treasure Mountain Diamond Mine, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, USA | |
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Dany Mabillard
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2023 01:41 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| As always beautiful specimens and very aesthetic photos. Have a nice day.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2023 02:40 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Dany Mabillard wrote: | | As always beautiful specimens and very aesthetic photos. Have a nice day. |
Thanks Dany!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2023 02:49 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Llamas Quarry, coquera del agua, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.7 x 6.3 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2023 07:01 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Very beautiful Llamas fluorite, Mike. A wonderful locality with superb and unique clear crystals, a good fluorite specimen from that quarry is also on my wish list.
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2023 11:37 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| I love those 'cigarette pack' crystals from LLamas
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2023 18:41 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Very beautiful Llamas fluorite, Mike. A wonderful locality with superb and unique clear crystals, a good fluorite specimen from that quarry is also on my wish list. |
| James Catmur wrote: | | I love those 'cigarette pack' crystals from LLamas |
Thanks Tobi & James!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 12, 2023 02:10 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Murzinka Mine, Sarapulka District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.2 x 4.1 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 12, 2023 03:41 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Really cool to see such a vivid-purple amethyst from Murzinka. I don't remember many amethysts from there and I think even the precious gem minerals topaz and beryl are more common in that deposit than quartzes with such an intense colour. A real rarity!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 12, 2023 22:06 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Really cool to see such a vivid-purple amethyst from Murzinka. I don't remember many amethysts from there and I think even the precious gem minerals topaz and beryl are more common in that deposit than quartzes with such an intense colour. A real rarity! |
Thanks Tobi! I think you are correct on the scarcity of quartz from the locality. I have probably only seen 1 or 2 available over the years.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2023 02:04 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Beryl |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) |
| Locality: | | Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.2 x 1.8 cm |
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2023 03:12 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Beryl |
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Nice to see. I should have got one when one was offered to me, but sadly did not
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2023 04:38 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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What a wonderful aqumarine! You don't see many pieces from The Mournes on the market, for sure this is one of the best aquas ever found there.
And as usual, your photo is superb, it makes that gem glow!
Do you know when it was found?
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James Catmur
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 18, 2023 17:24 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Beryl |
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| Tobi wrote: | What a wonderful aqumarine! You don't see many pieces from The Mournes on the market, for sure this is one of the best aquas ever found there.
And as usual, your photo is superb, it makes that gem glow!
Do you know when it was found? |
This is on the bottom of the crystal. Could be when it was found. More likely it is when it was added to the collector's collection.
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