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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.
Michael
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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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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 16, 2023 06:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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A new galena for my collection, a special one:
This will be my last specimen that I get from Jordi. I was really sad to hear that he quits his business, but also happy to discover this wonderful Romanian galena specimen in his shop. This beautiful piece with its large and well-defined crystals is a very welcome addition to my collection since galena is one of my all-time favourite minerals and this is a beautiful and impressive specimen from the prolific ore deposit of Herja/Romania.
The fact that this will be my last one from Fabre Minerals makes it even more precious for me. It's my 9th and final specimen from our Master Jordi and I cherish them all. Jordi, we will for sure still meet here on FMF, but I have to say farewell to you as a dealer that helped me enhance my collection during the last two years. This galena is really worthy of that farewell.
Thank you, Jordi and all the best for you!
| Mineral: | Galena, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 14 cm, largest galena ~5 cm |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Sep 16, 2023 06:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 27, 2023 12:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Additional photo of the Romanian galena. I like this perspective more and this is the position that the specimen has in my showcase.
| Mineral: | Galena, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 15 cm, largest crystal 4,5 cm |
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| Mineral: | _Pen on paper ;-) |
| Locality: | | Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya, Spain | |
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The usual personal note from our Master. The last one :-(
Thank you again, Jordi! |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2023 09:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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I finally found a mango quartz for my collection:
| Mineral: | Quartz, Halloysite |
| Locality: | | Cabiche, Quípama, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 7,5 cm |
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An aesthetic quartz cluster from the unique Cabiche finds with a 7,5 cm main crystal.
Photo © mineralien.de / Christian Weise Verlag |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Halloysite |
| Locality: | | Cabiche, Quípama, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 7,5 cm |
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The halloysite inclusions are very intense and highly visible in this piece.
Photo © mineralien.de / Christian Weise Verlag |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2023 10:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Very elegant specimen.
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