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Carles Millan
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 Posted: Aug 12, 2023 03:54 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| silvia wrote: | | I do agree with you, AM’s photos are excellent. However many photographs published on FMF by other photographers are also outstanding. Look at the work of Carles Millan, Michael Shaw, Don Lum and many others too. |
Hi Silvia!
My mineral photos are far from perfect and I had a really hard time getting them. So I feel a little embarrassed with your comment that otherwise I thank you.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 15, 2023 23:57 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Galena |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Fletcher Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 60 x 8.5 mm |
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| Elongated galena crystal. |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Aug 17, 2023 10:43 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | silvia wrote: | | I do agree with you, AM’s photos are excellent. However many photographs published on FMF by other photographers are also outstanding. Look at the work of Carles Millan, Michael Shaw, Don Lum and many others too. |
Hi Silvia!
My mineral photos are far from perfect and I had a really hard time getting them. So I feel a little embarrassed with your comment that otherwise I thank you. |
Silvia,
Thank you very much for your nice compliment about my mineral photographs.
Like all of us, I am still learning.
Regards,
Don
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am mizunaka
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Posts: 1965
Location: USA
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| Posted: Aug 17, 2023 23:05 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Tourmaline |
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| Mineral: | Tourmaline (Group), 'lepidolite' |
| Locality: | | Arqueana pegmatite, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.1 x 4.0 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 20, 2023 01:22 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: | 5.8 x 5.1 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 21, 2023 15:33 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: | 3.2 x 1.4 cm |
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| Rhodochrosite on a bit of quartz covered matrix. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 23, 2023 18:19 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst), Hematite |
| Locality: | | Yubileynoe Mine, Uchalinsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.3 x 4.8 cm |
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| Amethyst with tiny inclusions of hematite. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 26, 2023 03:51 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Ellis-Jones Mine, Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.1 x 6.6 cm |
| Description: |
| Lustrous amethyst with areas that have a smoky tint. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 27, 2023 16:14 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Wuyi ore field, Wuyi, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.8 x 4.8 cm |
| Description: |
| Yellow fluorite on white matrix backed by mostly purple and small areas of green fluorite. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 28, 2023 19:54 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Baryte |
| Locality: | | Arakawa Mine (Kyowa-Arakawa), Daisen City, Akita Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.7 x 6.7 cm |
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| Quartz with scattered blades of barite. Unidentified green material including the quartz. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 30, 2023 00:45 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection -Elbaite |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.4 x 2.5 cm |
| Description: |
| Double terminated "bent" elbaite. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 31, 2023 00:01 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Vorsterbach Valley, Wörth, Rauris, Zell am See District, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.6 x 2.4 cm |
| Description: |
| Curved/Bent quartz crystal. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 01, 2023 04:24 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Fountain Springs, Mount Isa, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 11.2 x 6.0 cm |
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| Fan like spray of quartz with unidentified inclusions. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 03, 2023 01:58 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Mungana, Chillagoe-Herberton District, Queensland, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.3 x 4.0 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 05, 2023 01:23 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Rhodochrosite |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Lithiophosphate |
| Locality: | | Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 14.5 x 8.3 cm |
| Description: |
| Thin crust of rhodochrosite with a whitish clump of lithiophosphate to the lower left of the rhododochrosite. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 08, 2023 02:50 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky quartz) |
| Locality: | | Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.7 x 5.6 cm |
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| Pale smoky quartz showing stacked parallel growth. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 09, 2023 04:10 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Elbaite |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite (variety rubellite) |
| Locality: | | Jonas pocket, Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.7 x 2.5 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 10, 2023 16:11 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Rogerley Mine, Diana Maria Mine (Sutcliffe Vein) , Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 6.0 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 11, 2023 03:00 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety faden quartz) |
| Locality: | | Municipio El Peñón, Vélez Province, Santander Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.6 x 2.9 cm |
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| Faden quartz with unidentified inclusions. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Sep 16, 2023 20:11 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Calcite, Papagoite |
| Locality: | | Messina Mine, Musina (Messina), Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.7 x 8.3 cm |
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| Sprays of papagoite in quartz with calcite visible on the periphery, but the entire back of the piece is covered with calcite. |
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