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Carles Millan
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Calcite
Hexagonal tabular colorless translucent crystals of calcite to 12 mm in size forming a 55 mm x 32 mm x 18 mm cluster. Weight: 16 g. Undamaged. Ex Gene Tribbey collection.
Brevik, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway.
This specimen is no longer in my collection.
Photos copyright © Carles Millan. Reproduction allowed as long as the author's name is cited and the image not modified. Creative Commons Attribution Licence - Some Rights Reserved.
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Brevik, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
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Ed Huskinson
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| Posted: Nov 17, 2009 17:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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A little calcite scorpion! Way cool, Carles!!!
Keep 'em coming.
Ed
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 17, 2009 18:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Ed Huskinson wrote: | | A little calcite scorpion!! |
Ed,
Be careful, it might sting you!!
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2009 08:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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But I suspect Gail's crab must be rather a (mineral) fake. As far as I know mine is not...
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Tracy
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2009 08:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Scorpion calcite - what an incredible piece. Another great specimen Carles!
- Tracy
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2009 08:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Tracy wrote: | Scorpion calcite - what an incredible piece. Another great specimen Carles!
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And an incredible price too. According to my records, the Arizonian Benjy Kuehling purchased it in Norway in 1995 for $15. And it has changed hands several times since.
Thanks again, Tracy, for your comments!
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John S. White
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2009 08:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Benjy is actually from Ouray, Colorado. Fabulous calcite!
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2009 09:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| John S. White wrote: | | Benjy is actually from Ouray, Colorado. Fabulous calcite! |
Hi John:
I looked for him at Google and the first find said he was based in Arizona. But there are many others that place him at Colorado. Excuse me. You must be right.
Thank you!
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John S. White
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2009 11:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Benjy is a very close friend of mine and he has had a mineral shop in Ouray as long as I have known him. I visited him there a few years ago and had the distinct privilege of going mineral collecting with him. He is one of the best collectors and has a wonderful personal collection. Anyone planning to visit Colorado must make a point of trying to see him.
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John S. White
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| Posted: Nov 19, 2009 06:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Someone has just suggested to me that Benjy has recently retired to Arizona. This may well be true and so Carles placing him in Arizona may be correct after all.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 19, 2009 06:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| John S. White wrote: | | Someone has just suggested to me that Benjy has recently retired to Arizona. This may well be true and so Carles placing him in Arizona may be correct after all. |
John, blame it to Google, that mentions both states for Benjy, Arizona and Colorado.
Thanks for your information,
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John S. White
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| Posted: Nov 19, 2009 11:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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With the very good assistance of Marie Huizing I have learned that Benjy Kuehling and his wife now spend their winters in Mesa, Arizona, but the rest of the year they are in Colorado.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 19, 2009 11:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| John S. White wrote: | | With the very good assistance of Marie Huizing I have learned that Benjy Kuehling and his wife now spend their winters in Mesa, Arizona, but the rest of the year they are in Colorado. |
So it sounds like they don't love the cold weather!!
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 28, 2009 16:52 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Fluorite, siderite, quartz, muscovite
Dark blue-purple fluorite cubes and small discoidal brown siderite crystals on botryoidal gray-green muscovite with several quartz crystals. Overall size: 78 mm x 70 mm x 40 mm.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan, China.
This specimen is no longer in my collection.
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Fluorite, siderite, quartz, muscovite.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
78 mm x 70 mm x 40 mm
The actual fluorite color may be slightly darker, depending on the light source, the camera used to take the photo and the computer monitor that displays it. |
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