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Don Lum
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Posted: May 22, 2024 14:54 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Rose Quartz
Mineral: | Quartz (variety rose quartz) |
Locality: | Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | 28 mm x 18 mm x 16 mm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: May 25, 2024 15:31 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Chrysocolla
Mineral: | Chrysocolla |
Locality: | L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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Dimensions: | 67 mm x 55 mm x 18 mm |
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Mineral: | Chrysocolla and Malachite |
Locality: | L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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Dimensions: | 67 mm x 55 mm x 18 mm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 25, 2024 15:39 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Don,
Please include location and size.
Michael
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Don Lum
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Posted: May 25, 2024 15:44 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Michael Shaw wrote: | Don,
Please include location and size.
Michael |
Both specimens are from L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
67 mm x 55 mm x 18 mm
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Don Lum
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Posted: May 25, 2024 15:54 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Don Lum wrote: | Michael Shaw wrote: | Don,
Please include location and size.
Michael |
Location L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
67 mm x 55 mm x 18 mm |
Sorry for the trouble Michael, but I thought I had included that information
Michael, this is just one specimen the front and back of one specimen.
Don
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Don Lum
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Posted: May 26, 2024 21:20 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Quartz (variety fenster, variety window), with inclusion
Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 65 mm x 37 mm x 33 mm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 65 mm x 37 mm x 33 mm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: May 31, 2024 15:40 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Collection
Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite, Sphalerite |
Locality: | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 107 mm x 55 mm x 53 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite, Sphalerite |
Locality: | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 107 mm x 55 mm x 53 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite, Sphalerite |
Locality: | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 107 mm x 55 mm x 53 mm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jun 02, 2024 13:39 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Childrenite Eosphorite
Mineral: | Childrenite-Eosphorite (Series) |
Locality: | Boa Esperança claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | 37 mm x 21 mm x 9 mm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jun 04, 2024 20:17 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Calcite Twin
Mineral: | Calcite (Twinned) |
Locality: | Sokolovskoe Mine (Sokolovskiy Mine), Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan | |
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Dimensions: | 43 mm x 37 mm x 33 mm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jun 26, 2024 23:23 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Previously posted, better picture
Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Fluorite, Pyrite |
Locality: | Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 183 mm x 155 mm x 68 mm |
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Carles Millan
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Posted: Jun 27, 2024 03:28 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Excellent picture, Don. And a superb specimen too.
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James Catmur
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Posted: Jun 27, 2024 08:52 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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I went down the mine, years ago
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jun 27, 2024 10:43 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Carles Millan wrote: | Excellent picture, Don. And a superb specimen too. |
Thank you, Carles.
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jun 28, 2024 15:30 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Benitoite
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Mineral: | Benitoite, Neptunite, Natrolite |
Locality: | California State Gem Mine (Benitoite Gem Mine), San Benito River headwaters area, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 120 mm x 90 mm x 25 mm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jun 29, 2024 17:22 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Native Copper
Mineral: | Copper |
Locality: | Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan | |
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Dimensions: | 77 mm x 12 mm x 11 mm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jul 01, 2024 21:11 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Goethite
Mineral: | Goethite |
Locality: | Antonio Pereira District, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | 80 mm x 55 mm x 50 mm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jul 02, 2024 07:36 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Dear Don,
I'm drooling over that Sweet Home Mine rhodo - what an outstanding piece!
And that benitoite specimen is actually on the same level, thank you for sharing these highlights :-)
Tobi
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jul 02, 2024 11:58 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | Dear Don,
I'm drooling over that Sweet Home Mine rhodo - what an outstanding piece!
And that benitoite specimen is actually on the same level, thank you for sharing these highlights :-)
Tobi |
Thank you for your nice comments, Tobi. The Benitoite specimen is the first time that I have posted that.
Best regards,
Don
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jul 04, 2024 23:28 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Euclase
Mineral: | Euclase |
Locality: | Equador, Parelhas, Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | 20 mm x 17 mm x 13 mm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Jul 07, 2024 01:27 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Hi Don, I love those blue Euclases from Brazil!
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