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| Posted: Aug 14, 2024 03:58 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Anapaite |
| Locality: | | Chernomorsky Mine, Eltigen-Ortel' Trough, Kerchenskoe deposit, Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine |  |
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| Dimensions: | 8.5 x 10 x 6 cm |
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El'tigen - Ortel'skoye mestorozhdeniye, 2 Chernomorskoye, Kerch', Ukraine
Mass: 561 g
MIM number: 2263
A 3 cm honey-brown barite ball is beautifully placed in a vug resulting from the fossilization of a bivalve (which shape can still be seen) amidst a plethora of translucent, sea-green anapaite tufts. Anapaite is a very rare phosphate: the elements calcium and phosphorus needed to form this species are derived from the fossilized shell material (the initial calcite of the shell still appears in patches outside of the latter), while iron comes from the iron deposit of sedimentary origin in which the bivalve fossilized.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Rasvumite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 8 g
MIM number: 2264
Bundles of elongated parallel crystals, considered large for this extremely rare species, of metallic gray color developed on a thin matrix of micro-crystallized quartz, offering a beautiful contrast.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Gasparite-(Ce) |
| Locality: | | Monte Cervandone, Devero Alp, Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4 x 2 cm / main crystal: 0.7 cm. |
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Mass: 28 g
MIM number: 2265
Barrel-shaped crystal of beige color, developed on a matrix of orthogneiss. It is one of the largest crystals known for this very rare species, homologous to monazite (the phosphorus of the latter being replaced by arsenic in gasparite).
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Enzo Sartori (Italy) |
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| Mineral: | Cervandonite-(Ce) |
| Locality: | | Monte Cervandone, Devero Alp, Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 5.5 x 5 cm / main crystal: 1 cm |
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Mass: 233 g
MIM number: 2266
1 cm wide tuft of black cervandonite rosettes, developed on an orthogneiss matrix. This is one of the largest known tufts of this very rare silicate-arsenate.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Enzo Sartori (Italy) |
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| Mineral: | Tilasite |
| Locality: | | Monte Cervandone, Devero Alp, Baceno, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 6 x 3.5 x 8 cm / main crystal: 0.8 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 202 g
MIM number: 2267
Two well-separated tufts of reddish-brown tilasite developed on an orthogneiss matrix.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Enzo Sartori (Italy) |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite (variety verdelite) on Quartz (variety smoky) and with Albite and 'lepidolite' |
| Locality: | | Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 56 x 37 x 45 cm / main crystal: 49 cm |
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Mina Cruzeiro, São José da Safira, vale Doce, Minas Gerais, Brésil
Mass: 31900 g
MIM number: 2268
Large plate formed of ten very well-formed crystals of smoky quartz (the largest measuring 20 cm), slightly bluish albite blades and lepidolite on which a huge crystal of green tourmaline has formed in a tilted position with several other smaller crystals. The large crystal is translucent on the surface with a deep bottle green color, while the small crystals are transparent. All tourmaline terminations are pointed, some being fibrous. It is remarkable that such an assemblage formed and survived virtually intact, especially in this mine where this is not the usual type of production.
Photographer: MCP / Federico Picciani |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite (variety verdelite) on Quartz (variety smoky) and with Albite and 'lepidolite' |
| Locality: | | Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 56 x 37 x 45 cm / main crystal: 49 cm |
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Mina Cruzeiro, São José da Safira, vale Doce, Minas Gerais, Brésil
Mass: 31900 g
MIM number: 2268
Large plate formed of ten very well-formed crystals of smoky quartz (the largest measuring 20 cm), slightly bluish albite blades and lepidolite on which a huge crystal of green tourmaline has formed in a tilted position with several other smaller crystals. The large crystal is translucent on the surface with a deep bottle green color, while the small crystals are transparent. All tourmaline terminations are pointed, some being fibrous. It is remarkable that such an assemblage formed and survived virtually intact, especially in this mine where this is not the usual type of production.
Photographer: MCP / Federico Picciani |
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Joined: 04 Aug 2015
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Aug 20, 2024 08:51 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Bournonite |
| Locality: | | Víboras Mine, Machacamarca, Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia | |
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| Dimensions: | 16 x 16 x 14.5 cm / main crystal: 10.8 cm. |
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Mass: 4710 g
MIM number: 2269
Large cluster of bright crystals in subparallel formation. These very well-formed crystals resemble cogwheels (which is the characteristic twinning of this species) giving this sample the appearance of a gearbox, hence its nickname, "The Gearbox". It is remarkable that such a large plate could be recovered intact, knowing that bournonite is a very fragile mineral. This is one of the largest and best groups of this mineral found in Bolivia.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Rocks & Minerals: Vol. 98, No.6 Nov/Dec 2023" |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Peñas Blancas Mine, Municipio San Pablo de Borbur, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7 x 45 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 2484 g
MIM number: 2270
Large, perfectly formed and limpid monocrystal with the characteristic habitus known as Muzo (tapered shape, some perfectly smooth faces and others marked with parallel striations, base with the 6 classic faces of quartz merging into 3 faces at the top highlighting the actual trigonal symmetry of this mineral, perfect pointed termination). The saber shape reminiscent of the Star Wars movies earned this crystal its “Lightsaber” nickname.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Pseudobrookite with Topaz |
| Locality: | | Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 6 x 4 cm / main crystal: 1.4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 118 g
MIM number: 2271
Lustrous and perfectly formed needle-like pseudbrookite crystal intersecting a small 1.4cm pink topaz crystal on a white rhyolite matrix, on which another pseudobrookite crystal (4mm) and small topazes have formed.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Sapphirine |
| Locality: | | Farafangana, Farafangana District, Atsimo-Atsinanana Region, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | Main crystal: 8 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 345 g
MIM number: 2272
Set of 13 floating, very well formed, gray-black crystals, with masses ranging from 4 to 118 grams, the largest measuring 8 cm, which is considered large for this species. 4 crystals are not twinned, and are formed of superimposed hexagonal poker chips, with traces of anorthite on some. 7 crystals show a perfect oblique twin, and 2 crystals show a right-angle twin.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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| Mineral: | Scheelite on Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 14 x 12.5 x 11 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 3113 g
MIM number: 2282
Dipyramidal crystal of outstanding size, excellent symmetry, good luster and color (amber-orange, quite dependent on the nature of the lighting), sitting upright on just the right amount of crystallized matrix with all display terminations exposed and showing. Usually more than one termination is buried in the matrix. Here, all but the bottom are free of the matrix. The tips are transparent. It is quite unusual that a crystal of this size could survive extraction totally unscathed.
Photographer: Malte Sickinger |
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| Mineral: | Scheelite on Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 14 x 12.5 x 11 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 3113 g
MIM number: 2282
Dipyramidal crystal of outstanding size, excellent symmetry, good luster and color (amber-orange, quite dependent on the nature of the lighting), sitting upright on just the right amount of crystallized matrix with all display terminations exposed and showing. Usually more than one termination is buried in the matrix. Here, all but the bottom are free of the matrix. The tips are transparent. It is quite unusual that a crystal of this size could survive extraction totally unscathed.
Photographer: Malte Sickinger |
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Aug 30, 2024 04:05 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Cassiterite with Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Yunnan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 5 x 6 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 862 g
MIM number: 1
Big, lustrous black crystal with a few complete faces, a few small goshenites and a little mica
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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649 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Congonhas (Congonhas do Campo), Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 5 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 3.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 186 g
MIM number: 2
Probable year of extraction: 1970
Group of pseudo-cubic crystals with smooth, lustrous faces.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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649 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 15 x 13.5 x 11 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 8200 g
MIM number: 4
Large, lustrous polysynthetic cube
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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648 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 15 x 13.5 x 11 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 8200 g
MIM number: 4
Large, lustrous polysynthetic cube
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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651 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rutile |
| Locality: | | Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 7.5 x 9.5 cm / main crystal: 9 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 1046 g
MIM number: 5
Large crystal with a striking knee-shaped twin.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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649 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 13 x 8 x 7 cm |
| Description: |
MIM number: 6
Intact selenite ball with large twinned honey-colored crystals randomly protruding around it.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza |
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651 Time(s) |
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Sep 05, 2024 08:00 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 7 x 6 cm / main crystal: 2.7 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 168 g
MIM number: 1726
Probable year of extraction : 2014
A thick red-orange translucent and very sharp crystal rising from a matrix made of limonite and what appears to be small crystals of cerussite.
Photographer: FMI / Federico Picciani |
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441 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cerussite on Baryte |
| Locality: | | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 8.5 x 7 cm / main crystal: 4.9 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 683 g
MIM number: 1725
Two buff colored, well formed crystals, consisting of cyclic twins taking the shape of hexagonal dipyramids, on a matrix made of slightly orange barite blades. Under longwave ultraviolet light the cerussite becomes lemon yellow.
Photographer: FMI / Federico Picciani;
Publication: "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2" |
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441 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Catapleiite with Analcime |
| Locality: | | Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 3 x 6.5 cm / main crystal: 2.1 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 102 g
MIM number: 1716
Stacked, slightly iridescent catapleiite tabs standing upright in parallel from a matrix of intergrown sharp, milky white, trapezohedral analcime crystals (the largest measuring 1.9 cm) - an association not frequently seen.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Lapis: Jan 2015"
Ex collections: Keith Proctor (USA), Scott Rudolph (USA) |
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442 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cerussite with Mimetite (variety Cr-bearing Mimetite) |
| Locality: | | Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province, Iran | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 8.5 x 4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 340 g
MIM number: 1715
Floating mass of white reticulated cerussite in "snowflake" habit, with preferential coverage on one face of orange microcrystalline Cr-bearing mimetite
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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448 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Cassiterite with Quartz |
| Locality: | | Viloco Mine, San Antonio Section, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia | |
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| Dimensions: | 11 x 8.5 x 4 cm / main crystal: 3 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 557 g
MIM number: 1714
Plate covered with very shiny cyclically twinned crystals which appear black, but show golden translucent areas when light passes through. Small quartz crystals with filamentous black inclusions are interspersed with the cassiterites.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Sep 07, 2024 02:32 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Bournonite with Quartz, Sphalerite and Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 22 x 26 x 13 cm / main crystal: 12.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 7950 g
MIM number: 1696
Very large twinned crystal shaped like an extruded cross, bright and very well-formed, on a matrix of small quartz crystals, sphalerite tufts and small pale blue fluorite crystals. This specimen was nicknamed "Lalibela" in reference to the Unesco World Heritage Site Lalibela, Ethiopia, due to the resemblance of the crystal with the churches built as extruded crosses found at that site.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott |
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| Mineral: | Grossular |
| Locality: | | Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm / main crystal: 5.4 cm |
| Description: |
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzanie
Mass: 165 g
MIM number: 1693
Probable year of extraction : 2014
Shiny, beautiful green translucent crystal terminated all around with graphite at the base.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publications: "Lapis: Jul-Aug 2015", "101 Minéraux et Pierres Précieuses qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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188 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Buttgenbachite with Cuprite and Malachite |
| Locality: | | Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 6 x 6 cm / main crystal: 1 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 524 g
MIM number: 1657
Beautiful tuft of bright blue acicular crystals on a matrix of small cuprite crystals on which green malachite needles have also grown.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Brussells, Belgium) |
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188 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Plumbogummite |
| Locality: | | Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 18 x 24 x 24 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 6780 g
MIM number: 1636
Block of whitish matrix (likely microcrystallized quartz) covered on two faces by botryoidal plumbogummite of deep blue color with hints of green
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Le Règne Minéral: Sep-Oct 2016" |
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186 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Carletonite with Quartz and Siderite |
| Locality: | | Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 2.5 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 1.3 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 32 g
MIM number: 1606
Aggregate of carletonite crystals with quartz needles and other minerals. One of the crystals is perfectly formed and seems to have had no contact with other crystals or with the matrix as is often the case for this species. It is 0.8 cm wide and is very pleochroic: sapphire dark blue along the main axis and white to slightly pink on the perpendicular axis. Another larger well formed crystal has its faces striated lengthwise and shows the same pleochroism.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2015"
Ex collection: Daniel Comtois (Canada) |
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187 Time(s) |
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