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Don Lum

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Posted: Nov 06, 2023 11:45 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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petroben wrote: | That's a beautiful specimen of Elbaite (Tourmaline) from the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, California! The double-terminated crystal is quite impressive. Thanks for sharing the image! |
Petroben, your nice comment is much appreciated.
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Posted: Nov 10, 2023 14:04 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Rhodochrosite
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Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz, Fluorite, Tetrahedrite, Hubnerite |
Locality: | Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA |  |
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Dimensions: | 132 mm x 78 mm |
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Philippe Durand
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Carles Millan
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Posted: Nov 10, 2023 16:16 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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A first class specimen! The color, the paragenesis, the size... A great photograph too.
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Don Lum

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Posted: Nov 10, 2023 16:19 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Philippe Durand wrote: | WOW Don; that is a marvelous specimen |
Philippe, thank you very much for your gracious comment.
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Don Lum

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Posted: Nov 10, 2023 16:21 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Carles Millan wrote: | A first class specimen! The color, the paragenesis, the size... A great photograph too. |
Carles, I appreciate your kind comment. Great to hear from you.
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Don Lum

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Posted: Nov 11, 2023 13:28 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Mineral: | Elbaite (Tourmaline Group), Albite (variety cleavelandite) |
Locality: | Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan |  |
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Dimensions: | 115 mm x 67 mm x 55 mm |
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Don Lum

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Posted: Nov 13, 2023 22:29 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Cuprian Smithsonite
Mineral: | Smithsonite (variety cuprian smithsonite) |
Locality: | 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA |  |
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Posted: Nov 15, 2023 23:18 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Rhodonite
Mineral: | Rhodonite, Franklinite |
Locality: | Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |  |
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Dimensions: | 56 mm x 42 mm x 46 mm |
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Don Lum

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Posted: Nov 17, 2023 17:24 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Fluorite
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Les Rocs Quarry, Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |  |
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Dimensions: | 83 mm x 54 mm x 55 mm |
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Posted: Nov 19, 2023 15:47 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Fluorite on Quartz
Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
Locality: | Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 35 mm x 16 mm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Nov 20, 2023 03:19 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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I like the French fluorite - although at first glance I mistook it for a Swedish strengite ;-)
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Don Lum

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Posted: Nov 21, 2023 00:39 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | I like the French fluorite - although at first glance I mistook it for a Swedish strengite ;-) |
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Thank you Tobi, I appreciate your comment.
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Posted: Nov 22, 2023 21:31 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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This is one of the first specimens that I acquired from a recently retired legendary dealer from Barcelona. Because this is a non-commercial forum, I will not reveal his name.
Mineral: | Elbaite (variety rubellite), Tourmaline Group |
Locality: | Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil |  |
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Dimensions: | 131 mm x 73 mm x 30 mm |
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Don Lum

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Posted: Nov 23, 2023 14:09 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Philippe Durand wrote: | Don
that is the holy grail of tourmalines collectors
a great specimen |
Thank you very much Philippe. I appreciate your nice comment.
Don
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Posted: Nov 23, 2023 15:01 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Phosphophyllite
Mineral: | Phosphophyllite, Siderite, Pyrite |
Locality: | Unificada Mine, Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí City, Potosí Department, Bolivia |  |
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Dimensions: | 50 mm x 45 mm x 24 mm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Nov 24, 2023 07:39 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Dear Don,
it's a pleasure to browse your gallery! That huge Jonas Mine rubellite is incredible, what a size and colour! And the phosphophyllite is also a stunner, another Holy Grail of the mineral world - and a really good one!
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Don Lum

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Posted: Nov 24, 2023 12:43 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | Dear Don,
it's a pleasure to browse your gallery! That huge Jonas Mine rubellite is incredible, what a size and colour! And the phosphophyllite is also a stunner, another Holy Grail of the mineral world - and a really good one!
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Tobi, thank you very much for your kind comments. I am always happy to hear from you. The phosphophyllite is hard to photograph because it is so transparent. I hope you have a great weekend.
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Posted: Nov 25, 2023 13:06 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Beryl
Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine, variety heliodor), Fluorite, Feldspar |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia |  |
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Dimensions: | 71 mm x 63 mm x 57 mm |
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