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Tobi
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 Posted: Aug 22, 2024 05:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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A lovely new addition to my collection:
Though I have a focus on German minerals and a special love for fluorite there's no fluorite from Saxony in my current collection. I had several fluorite specimens from Erzgebirge in the past, but all of them were rather mediocre pieces that I sold or traded at some point. But some weeks ago I got a new showcase especially dedicated to German minerals and I hoped to find a nice fluorite from Saxony. I'm really happy that it worked and that I could finally add a beautiful fluorite from the maybe most famous of all German mining areas. It is not easy to capture the piece on camera because the crystals are very lustrous, but I think these photos are quite ok and do the specimen justice.
I should mention that this is not an old piece but from a newer find from around 2016. But I love that shiny yellow fluorite. I mean, when you are into German minerals and into fluorite, you have no choice but to love a yellow fluorite from Erzgebirge ;-)
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| Locality: | | Malwine Mine, Bergmännisch Glück Flacher vein, Wismut shaft 29b, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany |  |
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| Locality: | | Malwine Mine, Bergmännisch Glück Flacher vein, Wismut shaft 29b, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 10 cm, largest crystals 4 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Malwine Mine, Bergmännisch Glück Flacher vein, Wismut shaft 29b, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Malwine Mine, Bergmännisch Glück Flacher vein, Wismut shaft 29b, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Malwine Mine, Bergmännisch Glück Flacher vein, Wismut shaft 29b, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2024 07:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Congratulations on a beautiful fluorite Tobi. Color and luster are wonderful. Maybe you can show us a picture of your new showcase dedicated to German Minerals?
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2024 08:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Very nice fluorite, Tobi. I like it. A good addition to your already fantastic collection. Congratulations!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 23, 2024 01:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thank you, Michael and Carles, I'm glad you like my new fluorite, I love it too :-)
| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Maybe you can show us a picture of your new showcase dedicated to German Minerals? |
Sure. The two recent pieces from Bavaria and Saxony still have to find a place but I can take some photos soon. Don't expect too much in terms of quantity, it's just a smaller cabinet with only 24 pieces. Photos will follow soon ...
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Aug 23, 2024 05:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Wonderful addition Tobi
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 23, 2024 16:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thank you, James. This piece is for sure a wonderful addition, especially now after installing my third collection showcase only for German minerals. Such a juicy fluorite eyecandy from the Erzgebirge enhances the value and the beauty of this small but quite good selection of specimens from my mineral-rich home country.
Photos will follow ... I have not forgotten it, Michael ;-)
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 24, 2024 07:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | [...] some weeks ago I got a new showcase especially dedicated to German minerals [...] |
| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Maybe you can show us a picture of your new showcase dedicated to German Minerals? |
As promised, here are some pictures of my new showcase. Just some smartphone photos, not the best quality, sorry. The final arrangement is not done yet, I think I will add 4-5 more specimens. But I think these photos give an impression of my new installation. Maybe some closer photos of some specimens will follow ...
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| The two older showcases that included my entire collection before I got the new one |
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| But now there are three, I like the arrangement with my desk in the middle |
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| Lights on again to take a look at the upper half |
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| Shelf 1 including the new yellow Erzgebirge fluorite |
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| Shelf 2 with a large blue Clara Mine fluorite as main attraction |
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| Shelf 3 with a large Freiberg galena, a small Neudorf galena and the recently added major smoky quartz from southern Hesse |
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| Shelf 4 including an old Hessian rhodo, Bad Ems pyro and others |
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| Shelf 5, yellow quartz, galena pieces and my new dendrite plate from Solnhofen |
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| Shelf 6, my beloved Wölsendorf fluorite, one of my all-time favourites that really deserved his own shelf |
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| Shelf 7, some literature, several Extra Lapis issues, Berthold Ottens' China books and some others |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 24, 2024 08:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Part 2, closer photos of some specimens:
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| The new Erzgebirge fluorite, I love it |
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| Classic Rottleberode/Harz fluorite |
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| Purple fluorite from Thuringia |
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| Clara Mine fluorite plate |
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| Huge Freiberg galena covered with tiny fluorites |
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| Little Neudorf galena floater |
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| Bad Ems pyro from Mercur Mine |
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| Bockenrod (Hesse) rhodo, mined in the 1920s |
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| Manganese dendrites from the Archaeopteryx type locality |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 24, 2024 09:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | | [...] some weeks ago I got a new showcase especially dedicated to German minerals [...] |
| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Maybe you can show us a picture of your new showcase dedicated to German Minerals? |
As promised, here are some pictures of my new showcase. Just some smartphone photos, not the best quality, sorry. The final arrangement is not done yet, I think I will add 4-5 more specimens. But I think these photos give an impression of my new installation. Maybe some closer photos of some specimens will follow ... |
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.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Aug 24, 2024 15:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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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!
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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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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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