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am mizunaka
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 Posted: Jul 26, 2024 02:34 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Elbaite |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Araçuaí, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil |  |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 3.9 cm |
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| Vibrant multicolored elbaite. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 31, 2024 01:46 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza), Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.9 x 6.8 cm |
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| Double terminated skeletal quartz. |
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James Catmur
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Location: Cambridge
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| Posted: Jul 31, 2024 01:59 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| Very nice, I would assume hard to photograph.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 31, 2024 02:10 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| James Catmur wrote: | | Very nice, I would assume hard to photograph. |
Thanks James! It was a tough one to photograph. Very glassy crystal and the varying depth of the skeletal features made it difficult to capture the form and quality.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Jul 31, 2024 22:56 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 12.5 x 11.6 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 04, 2024 02:36 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Faden Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety faden) with Chlorite inclusions |
| Locality: | | Lex Blanche Glacier, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 4.5 cm |
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| Quartz with a thick faden running down the center of the specimen and with inclusions of chlorite. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 04, 2024 22:52 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Kidder Lane amethyst locality, Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 3.8 cm |
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| Double terminated amethyst crystal. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 05, 2024 22:59 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Smoky Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky quartz), Schorl |
| Locality: | | Nghệ An Province, Bắc Trung Bộ (North Central Coast) Region, Vietnam | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 2.7 cm |
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| Smoky quartz included with schorl. |
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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Aug 06, 2024 01:35 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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Since I'm a quartz fan, I enjoyed the recent pieces!
As usual, great minerals presented in great photos, Mike!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 06, 2024 15:03 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Tobi wrote: | Since I'm a quartz fan, I enjoyed the recent pieces!
As usual, great minerals presented in great photos, Mike! |
Thanks Tobi!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2024 02:22 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Rhodochrosite |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Osarizawa Mine, Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.6 x 6.2 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 12, 2024 16:50 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.1 x 1.1 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 19, 2024 15:52 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky quartz) |
| Locality: | | Mica Hill, Torrington mining district, Clive County, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.0 x 4.7 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 21, 2024 18:34 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Muscovite, Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Rist Mine, Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 6.3 cm |
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| Glassy cluster of quartz with bits of muscovite and etched dolomite. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Aug 28, 2024 15:50 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz Plate |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Sphalerite, Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Droujba Mine, Djurkovo Complex, Laki, Rhodope Mountains, Laki Municipality, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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| Dimensions: | 14.0 x 11.0 cm |
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| Quartz plate with sphalerite covered in micro-crystalline quartz and tiny brownish rhodochrosite. Two small apparent twinned quartz crystals are next to each other in the upper third of the specimen. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Sphalerite, Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Droujba Mine, Djurkovo Complex, Laki, Rhodope Mountains, Laki Municipality, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Sphalerite, Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Droujba Mine, Djurkovo Complex, Laki, Rhodope Mountains, Laki Municipality, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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