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Dany Mabillard
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 Posted: Aug 25, 2024 01:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hello Tobi,
Very beautiful collection and well presented too. Congratulations, Tobi.
Dany.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 25, 2024 02:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Michael, Carles and Dany, thank you so much for your comments!
| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Tobi, thanks for the tour of your new cabinet dedicated to German minerals. To be surrounded by your mineral collection while you sit at your desk must give you immense satisfaction/inspiration. You know I love those galenas, but also the pyromorphite, mimetite, rhodochrosite, and new fluorite really stand out. |
I do know you love those galenas ;-) And yes, it is an immense satisfaction and inspiration. This is my collector's dream that came true.
| Carles Millan wrote: | What beautiful showcases and room decorations. I'm full of envy. You and your family must be proud of them. And they're only the German specimens.
Congratulations! |
I know your collection, dear Carles, and I don't think you have to envy this ;-) But the German minerals are only the 25 pieces in the new showcase. The other ~100 pieces in the two are international. And yes, my wife and our two kids appreciate the little mineral museum in the living room. It was important for me to create a setting that my family likes. Wouldn't feel right if this was just Tobi's nerdy hobby corner. But they all really like it.
| Dany Mabillard wrote: | | Hello Tobi, Very beautiful collection and well presented too. Congratulations, Tobi. Dany. |
Thank you, Dany. It's a good and important feedback that other experienced serious collectors appreciate this setting that much!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 27, 2024 08:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Shelf 7, some literature, several Extra Lapis issues, Berthold Ottens' China books and some others |
I wasn't sure if the literature will stay there and now it is decided, the books and magazines have to move again. I found another new piece for the Germany display and this amazing German classic demands some space and a stable base. I'm glad I found such a nice and impressive specimen for a very reasonable price, another collector reduced his collection and had this for sale. You still find some Dreislar barytes on the German market but not so many of the good ones.
| Mineral: | Baryte, chalcopyrite |
| Locality: | | Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany |  |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 20 x 15 cm |
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| A heavy piece that weighs 3,5 kilograms but still has some elegance. Photo © by previous owner Uli Gehrmann |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Aug 27, 2024 08:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Yes, it is too large, but I own a specimen (not barite but pyrite) that weighs 3.9 kg, and I'm happy with it.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 30, 2024 09:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Yes, it is too large, but I own a specimen (not barite but pyrite) that weighs 3.9 kg, and I'm happy with it. |
I agree, if you're happy with it, it's the right specimen for you. And as long as you can lift it with one hand, it's not too heavy ;-) Here's my own photo of this beautiful baryte / chalcopyrite piece that has instantly become one of the centerpieces in the new showcase:
| Mineral: | Baryte, chalcopyrite |
| Locality: | | Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 20 x 15 cm |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Aug 30, 2024 09:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| I think this new photo is better than the other.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2024 06:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Nice combination from a quarry in Saarland, a small German federal state in the west:
| Mineral: | Chabazite, quartz, calcite, goethite |
| Locality: | | Becker Quarry, Freisen, Sankt Wendel District, Saarland, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 7 x 6 cm |
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| A little "nest" of chabazite and calcite is sitting on a thin smoky quartz matrix, inside of the little nest there are also some tiny goethite needles: |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2024 06:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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And here's a cute little piece of a classic that is quite hard to get on the market, I'm glad I finally found one :-)
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Oppu Mine, Nishimeya-mura, Nakatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 3,5 cm |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Sep 21, 2024 06:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Nice combination from a quarry in Saarland, a small German federal state in the west: |
Good aesthetics and a really good color contrast!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 22, 2024 05:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Good aesthetics and a really good color contrast! |
Thank you, Carles!
I can't continue with contrast, nonetheless I think this new galena is quite nice: The specimen consists of a small block of rock on which several galena octahedrons have grown. The galenas have the typical shape and surface structure for which this Polish locality is known for. There a quite many of these galenas on the market but this one caught my eye, I love the overall shape and the crystals are quite large (up to 2,5 cm) for the locality.
| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Trzebionka Mine, Trzebinia, Chrzanów District , Małopolskie, Poland | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 6 cm, largest galena 2,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Sep 22, 2024 08:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Two additions to my quartz collection:
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 11 cm, largest crystal 8 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Kaub, Loreley risk area, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 12,5 cm, largest crystal 3 cm |
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| Water-clear and with a nearly alpine character but from Rhineland-Palatinate in the southwest of Germany |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 21, 2024 05:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Actually I don't collect azurite (I have only one Morenci specimen in my collection), but this one caught my eye. This specimen from Black Forest in southern Germany consists of vivid-blue azurite that has a wonderful contrast to the matrix. A new addition from the Marburg mineral show that took place yesterday.
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Neubulach, Calw, Calw District, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 8 x 7,5 cm |
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| Azurite crystallization on sandstone from an area that was mined for copper until 1924. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 21, 2024 06:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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And another German quartz specimen that caught my eye: This specimen from Saarland is quite good and large for the locality and consists of a clear quartz crystal with some smaller crystals attached, parts of the specimen have a reddish hue due to some hematite coating. A nice addition for a collector who loves quartz and tries to assemble some nice minerals from Germany.
| Mineral: | Quartz, hematite |
| Locality: | | Wadrilltal, Wadern, Merzig-Wadern District, Saarland, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 8 x 3 cm |
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| Several photos that show this quartz from different angles. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2024 09:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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New specimen, dolomite from the D.R. Congo:
| Mineral: | Dolomite (variety cobalt-bearing), Malachite, Heterogenite |
| Locality: | | Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 15 cm, largest crystal 7 mm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2024 10:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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A nice addition for my collection of German minerals - calcite from Harz Mountains:
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Winterberg Quarry, Iberg, Bad Grund, Göttingen District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 8 cm, largest crystal 2,5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Winterberg Quarry, Iberg, Bad Grund, Göttingen District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 8 cm, largest crystal 2,5 cm |
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