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I love that fluorite / tourmaline combination from Stak Nala!
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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. |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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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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 |
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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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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 |
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Mass: 8200 g MIM number: 4 Large, lustrous polysynthetic cube Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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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 |
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Mass: 8200 g MIM number: 4 Large, lustrous polysynthetic cube Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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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 |
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Mass: 1046 g MIM number: 5 Large crystal with a striking knee-shaped twin. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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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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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. |
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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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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 |
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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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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 |
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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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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 |
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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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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 |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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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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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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 |
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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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Posted: Sep 11, 2024 01:55 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Mineral: | Powellite with Stilbite-(Ca) |
Locality: | Aurangabad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India | |
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Dimensions: | 9 x 6.5 x 9.5 cm / main crystal: 5.8 cm |
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Mass: 376 g MIM number: 1604 Probable year of extraction : 2014 Subparallel bi-pyramid shaped crystals whose ends are transparent and very sharp. This powellite has a dark amber color which is unusual for the species. White stilbite crystals are attached at the base of the specimen. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Powellite with Stilbite-(Ca) |
Locality: | Aurangabad, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India | |
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Dimensions: | 9 x 6.5 x 9.5 cm / main crystal: 5.8 cm |
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Mass: 376 g MIM number: 1604 Probable year of extraction : 2014 Subparallel bi-pyramid shaped crystals whose ends are transparent and very sharp. This powellite has a dark amber color which is unusual for the species. White stilbite crystals are attached at the base of the specimen. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety faden) |
Locality: | South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 11 x 8 x 9.5 cm |
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Mass: 358 g MIM number: 1603 Two lustrous and transparent crystals of unusual shape, the largest being crossed through by a "thread". At the base of these crystals are a series of small flattened quartz crystals developed in the same way around a "thread". Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Pyrite with Hematite |
Locality: | Rio Mine (Rio Marina Mine), Valle Giove stope, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Dimensions: | 25 x 13 x 17.5 cm / main crystal: 7.5 cm |
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Mass: 9950 g MIM number: 1601 Probable year of extraction : 2013 Large mass of black lamellar hematite studded with lustrous crystals of pentagonal dodecahedra shaped pyrite. In the center of the sample is a well formed 7.5 cm wide "iron cross" twin resulting from the 90 degrees overlapping of two dodecahedra. It is surprising to see in the same sample equilibrium domains where sulfur can give compounds in its least oxidized state (as in pyrite, FeS2), and where, simultaneously, iron has its highest degree of oxidation (as in hematite, Fe2O3). The deposits of the island of Elba and of Tuscany constitute the basis of the Etruscan iron industry and are thus at the origin of one of the oldest civilizations that used iron. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Sphalerite (variety cleiophane) on Löllingite |
Locality: | Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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Dimensions: | 5 x 6 x 8 cm / main crystal: 3.2 cm |
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Mass: 295 g MIM number: 1600 Fan shaped bright löllingite crystal (max 6.9 cm) covered on both sides with several crystals of intact translucent yellow sphalerite with some faces showing a natural "molten" aspect. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten" |
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Mineral: | Gypsum |
Locality: | Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China | |
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Dimensions: | 8 x 3.5 x 9 cm / main crystal: 7.7 cm |
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Mass: 51 g MIM number: 1599 Large transparent crystal with a well formed internal brown-orange "phantom". It is crossed by an internal "thread" that extends at both ends and serves as a support to a row of smaller crystals that are exact replicas of the large crystal. The specimen is a complete floater. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Posted: Sep 16, 2024 08:26 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Mineral: | 'Xenotime' |
Locality: | Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 1.5 x 1.5 x 5 cm / main crystal: 4.7 cm |
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Mass: 33 g MIM number: 1598 Well formed shiny crystal with a brown color in daylight, taking a more orange red color in artificial light. It is slightly translucent and twisted along the vertical axis. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | 'Monazite' |
Locality: | Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan | |
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Dimensions: | 3.5 x 2 x 7 cm |
Description: |
Mass: 97 g MIM number: 1597 Long bright translucent pseudo-hexagonal prism with reddish brown color. The top is well terminated and the bottom is flat with several smaller flat transparent crystals. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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Mineral: | Stibiocolumbite with Parisite-(Ce) |
Locality: | Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi | |
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Dimensions: | 4.5 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm |
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Mass: 33 g MIM number: 1596 Elongated translucent orange crystal with a spear shaped tip. This crystal is flanked on either side with 4 parallel barrel shaped sharp crystals of parisite (max 3 cm). Photographer: FMI / Federico Picciani |
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Mineral: | Stibiocolumbite with Parisite-(Ce) |
Locality: | Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi | |
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Dimensions: | 4.5 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm |
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Mass: 33 g MIM number: 1596 Elongated translucent orange crystal with a spear shaped tip. This crystal is flanked on either side with 4 parallel barrel shaped sharp crystals of parisite (max 3 cm). Photographer: FMI / Federico Picciani |
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Mineral: | Stibiocolumbite with Parisite-(Ce) |
Locality: | Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi | |
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Dimensions: | 4.5 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm |
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Mass: 33 g MIM number: 1596 Elongated translucent orange crystal with a spear shaped tip. This crystal is flanked on either side with 4 parallel barrel shaped sharp crystals of parisite (max 3 cm). Photographer: FMI / Federico Picciani |
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Mineral: | Cubanite with Calcite |
Locality: | Henderson No. 2 Mine, Chibougamau, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada | |
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Dimensions: | 11 x 8.5 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 2.6 cm |
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Mass: 256 g MIM number: 1595 Perfectly formed crystal showing a sixfold twin, on a matrix covered with a few crystals of lens shaped colorless calcite (1.3 cm max). Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" Ex collection: Bernard Borduas (Canada) |
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Mineral: | Fluorite on Calcite |
Locality: | Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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Dimensions: | 14 x 11 x 16 cm / main crystal: 4 cm |
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Mass: 1850 g MIM number: 1594 Probable year of extraction : 2011 Large 15 cm cream colored calcite rhombohedron studded with lustrous and completely colorless fluorite crystals with the truncated octahedron shape. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Publications: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2012", "Lapis Jg. 38, Nr. 10, Oct. 2013", "extraLapis No. 52: Moderne Klassiker", "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten" |
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Mineral: | Fluorite on Calcite |
Locality: | Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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Dimensions: | 14 x 11 x 16 cm / main crystal: 4 cm |
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Mass: 1850 g MIM number: 1594 Probable year of extraction : 2011 Large 15 cm cream colored calcite rhombohedron studded with lustrous and completely colorless fluorite crystals with the truncated octahedron shape. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publications: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2012", "Lapis Jg. 38, Nr. 10, Oct. 2013", "extraLapis No. 52: Moderne Klassiker", "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten" |
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Mineral: | Moschellandsbergite |
Locality: | Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 7.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 1.6 cm |
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Mass: 99 g MIM number: 1590 Five silvery crystals developed on a black matrix; the two largest crystals have complex shapes while the smaller ones have more classical polyhedral forms; the faces of the crystals are quite visible. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Jan-Feb 2012" Ex collection: Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences (USA) |
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Mineral: | Moschellandsbergite |
Locality: | Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 7.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 1.6 cm |
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Mass: 99 g MIM number: 1590 Five silvery crystals developed on a black matrix; the two largest crystals have complex shapes while the smaller ones have more classical polyhedral forms; the faces of the crystals are quite visible. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Jan-Feb 2012" Ex collection: Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences (USA) |
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Mineral: | Corundum (variety sapphire) with rhodolite, Phlogopite and Spinel |
Locality: | Zazafotsy Quarry, Zazafotsy Commune, Fianarantsoa, Ihosy District, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar | |
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Dimensions: | 6.5 x 6 x 8 cm / main crystal: 2.9 cm |
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Mass: 431 g MIM number: 1587 Two perfectly formed hexagonal, shiny and red/violet crystals growing on a matrix of rhodolite garnet, phlogopite mica and tiny spinels Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Stillwellite-(Ce) on Quartz |
Locality: | Dara-i-Pioz Massif, Alay Range, Tobei District, Nohiyahoi Tobei Jumhuri Region, Tajikistan | |
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Dimensions: | 4.5 x 7 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 1.5 cm |
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Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan Mount, Tadjikistan
Mass: 112 g MIM number: 1584 Crystal showing a perfect flat triangular termination, perched on a shard of white quartz. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2015" |
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Mineral: | Stillwellite-(Ce) |
Locality: | Dara-i-Pioz Massif, Alay Range, Tobei District, Nohiyahoi Tobei Jumhuri Region, Tajikistan | |
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Dimensions: | 4.5 x 7 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 1.5 cm |
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Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Alayskiy Range, Tien Shan Mount, Tadjikistan
Mass: 112 g MIM number: 1584 Crystal showing a perfect flat triangular termination, perched on a shard of white quartz. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2015" |
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Mineral: | Wulfenite |
Locality: | M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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Dimensions: | 3 x 2.5 x 3 cm |
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Mass: 20 g MIM number: 1579 Probable year of extraction : 2014 Floating rectangle resulting from the concatenation of 3 quadratic crystals Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Jul-Aug 2018" |
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Mineral: | Wulfenite |
Locality: | M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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Dimensions: | 2 x 2 x 3 cm / main crystal: 2.4 cm |
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Mass: 12 g MIM number: 1578 Probable year of extraction : 2014 Quadratic crystal with small sidecar crystals on on side Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Wulfenite |
Locality: | M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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Dimensions: | 3 x 3 x 4.5 cm / main crystal: 2.1 cm |
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Mass: 30 g MIM number: 1577 Probable year of extraction : 2014 Vertical cluster consisting of ten quadratic very sharp crystals. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Jul-Aug 2018" |
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Mineral: | Wulfenite |
Locality: | M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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Mass: 29 g MIM number: 1576 Probable year of extraction : 2014 One thick very well defined quadratic crystal with several small crystals appended to it. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Wulfenite and Quartz |
Locality: | M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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Dimensions: | 7 x 7 x 5 cm / main crystal: 3.1 cm |
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Mass: 109 g MIM number: 1575 Probable year of extraction : 2014 Crystals showing a very distinctly quadratic habit with a deep orange color; they have developed on a thin matrix and some of them are partially covered with a thin veil of micro-crystallized quartz. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Wulfenite and Quartz |
Locality: | M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo | |
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Dimensions: | 5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm / main crystal: 3.8 cm |
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Mass: 127 g MIM number: 1574 Probable year of extraction : 2014 Fat, well terminated quadratic crystals with a deep orange color, growing on a thin matrix. The largest crystals has a tuft of a yellow mineral at the base, most likely a chromate. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publications: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2015", "Mineralogical Record: Jul-Aug 2018" |
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Posted: Sep 27, 2024 02:53 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Mineral: | Bikitaite |
Locality: | Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 1.5 x 0.5 x 4.5 cm / main crystal: 4.2 cm |
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Mass: 2 g MIM number: 1573 Probable year of extraction : 1960 Colorless transparent thin well terminated single crystal Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Zircon with Orthoclase |
Locality: | Vishnevye Mountains (Vishnevogorsk), Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural Federal District, Russia | |
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Dimensions: | 8 x 6 x 12 cm / main crystal: 6.8 cm |
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Mass: 597 g MIM number: 1572 Probable year of extraction : 1990 Two large sharp and intact crystals with complex shape and beige color, translucent around the edges, perched on a matrix made of small orthoclase crystals Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Ex collection: Herbert Obodda (USA), Joseph Freilich (USA), Keith Proctor (USA), Scott Rudolph (USA) |
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Mineral: | Zircon with Orthoclase |
Locality: | Vishnevye Mountains (Vishnevogorsk), Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural Federal District, Russia | |
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Dimensions: | 8 x 6 x 12 cm / main crystal: 6.8 cm |
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Mass: 597 g MIM number: 1572 Probable year of extraction : 1990 Two large sharp and intact crystals with complex shape and beige color, translucent around the edges, perched on a matrix made of small orthoclase crystals Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Ex collection: Herbert Obodda (USA), Joseph Freilich (USA), Keith Proctor (USA), Scott Rudolph (USA) |
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Mineral: | Zircon with Orthoclase |
Locality: | Vishnevye Mountains (Vishnevogorsk), Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural Federal District, Russia | |
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Dimensions: | 8 x 6 x 12 cm / main crystal: 6.8 cm |
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Mass: 597 g MIM number: 1572 Probable year of extraction : 1990 Two large sharp and intact crystals with complex shape and beige color, translucent around the edges, perched on a matrix made of small orthoclase crystals Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Ex collection: Herbert Obodda (USA), Joseph Freilich (USA), Keith Proctor (USA), Scott Rudolph (USA) |
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Mineral: | Andalusite |
Locality: | Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | 3 x 3 x 5.5 cm |
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Mass: 65 g MIM number: 1571 Probable year of extraction : 1960 Fat translucent crystal with one good termination; it shows an olive green color on the main face, and a slightly brownish green color when seen along the vertical axis Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" Ex collection: Josephine Scripps (USA) |
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Mineral: | Londonite |
Locality: | Ambatomigaby pegmatite, Ampanivana, Andrembesoa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar | |
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Dimensions: | 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm / main crystal: 3.7 cm |
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Mass: 85 g MIM number: 1568 Probable year of extraction : 2001 Group of translucent olive green crystals; on of them is a perfect octahedron, the other an elongated octahedron and the third one a perfect spinel-type twin which is very uncommon for this species. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Publication: "extraLapis No. 53: Zwillinge" |
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Mineral: | Londonite |
Locality: | Ambatomigaby pegmatite, Ampanivana, Andrembesoa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar | |
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Dimensions: | 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm / main crystal: 3.7 cm |
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Mass: 85 g MIM number: 1568 Probable year of extraction : 2001 Group of translucent olive green crystals; on of them is a perfect octahedron, the other an elongated octahedron and the third one a perfect spinel-type twin which is very uncommon for this species. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Publication: "extraLapis No. 53: Zwillinge" |
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Posted: Oct 03, 2024 02:09 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Mineral: | Fluorapatite on Muscovite |
Locality: | Fazenda Pavão, Serra do Salitre Municipality, Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaíba Region , Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | 13 x 7 x 11 cm / main crystal: 4.8 cm |
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Mass: 551 g MIM number: 1566 Transparent perfectly formed amber pink colored crystal sitting atop a book of very shiny diamond shaped mica sheets; the specimen seems to be a floater Photographer: FMI / James Elliott |
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Mineral: | Fluorapatite on Muscovite |
Locality: | Fazenda Pavão, Serra do Salitre Municipality, Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaíba Region , Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | 13 x 7 x 11 cm / main crystal: 4.8 cm |
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Mass: 551 g MIM number: 1566 Transparent perfectly formed amber pink colored crystal sitting atop a book of very shiny diamond shaped mica sheets; the specimen seems to be a floater Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Fluorapatite on Muscovite |
Locality: | Fazenda Pavão, Serra do Salitre Municipality, Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaíba Region , Brazil | |
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Dimensions: | 13 x 7 x 11 cm / main crystal: 4.8 cm |
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Mass: 551 g MIM number: 1566 Transparent perfectly formed amber pink colored crystal sitting atop a book of very shiny diamond shaped mica sheets; the specimen seems to be a floater Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Sekaninaite with Quartz and Albite (variety cleavelandite) |
Locality: | Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 14 x 11 x 14 cm / main crystal: 8.4 cm |
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Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Mass: 1800 g MIM number: 1565 Probable year of extraction : 1995 Fat greenish crystal showing some orthorhombic faces protruding from a matrix of massive quartz with smaller and incompletely formed crystals at the base and iron oxide stained cleavelandite blades Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2015" |
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Mineral: | Copper |
Locality: | Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 15 x 8 x 12 cm / main crystal: 3.3 cm |
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Mass: 1100 g MIM number: 1563 Probable year of extraction : 2011 Three dimensional group of well formed crystals, some assuming polyhedral shapes and others dendritic or hoppered shapes Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Fluorite on Quartz and Pyrite |
Locality: | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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Dimensions: | 10 x 8.5 x 14.5 cm / main crystal: 9.5 cm |
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Mass: 970 g MIM number: 1562 Probable year of extraction : 2004 Big polysynthetic octahedron with shiny and perfectly parallel facets, translucent with a slight lavender hint, mounted on very shiny and perfectly formed pyrite crystals (the largest one measuring 3 cm), which are themselves perched on a crown of white quartz points. The specimen is completely terminated all around and is a floater. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Manganoneptunite with Serandite, Natrolite and Analcime |
Locality: | Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
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Dimensions: | 5.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm / main crystal: 2.7 cm |
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Mass: 60 g MIM number: 1561 Probable year of extraction : 1972 Well formed, stout dark red crystal perched on a mound of serandite, natrolite and analcime, along with another slender, more coarsely formed manganoneptunite crystal Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Posted: Oct 10, 2024 02:04 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Mineral: | Narsarsukite |
Locality: | Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
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Dimensions: | 5 x 3.5 x 4.5 cm / main crystal: 2.2 cm |
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Mass: 52 g MIM number: 1560 Probable year of extraction : 1997 Two tabular quadratic deep green crystals well cleared of the hard grey matrix that encased them; the crystals show some transparent yellow-green sections around their centers. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; AINU |
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Mineral: | Scapolite |
Locality: | D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania | |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 7.2 cm |
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Mass: 76 g MIM number: 1558 Probable year of extraction : 2014 Clear amber colored crystal with a perfect top termination, smooth faces with little striations, and a complete recrystallized bottom. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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Mineral: | Scapolite |
Locality: | D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania | |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2 x 6 cm / main crystal: 5.7 cm |
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Mass: 51 g MIM number: 1559 Probable year of extraction : 2014 Very clean amber colored crystal with smooth faces. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Publication: "101 Minéraux et Pierres Précieuses qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie" |
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Mineral: | Danburite |
Locality: | Aurora Mine, Charcas, Municipio Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 25 x 17 x 16 cm / main crystal: 14 cm |
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Mass: 2150 g MIM number: 1557 Probable year of extraction : 2003 Sheaf of diverging, well separated crystals with wedge shaped, sharp and transparent terminations showing a slightly pink hue. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott |
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Mineral: | Danburite |
Locality: | Aurora Mine, Charcas, Municipio Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 25 x 17 x 16 cm / main crystal: 14 cm |
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Mass: 2150 g MIM number: 1557 Probable year of extraction : 2003 Sheaf of diverging, well separated crystals with wedge shaped, sharp and transparent terminations showing a slightly pink hue. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Augelite on Quartz |
Locality: | Tamboras Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department, Peru | |
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Dimensions: | 5.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm |
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Mass: 31 g MIM number: 1555 Probable year of extraction : 2013 Green translucent crystal surrounded by slender quartz crystals, one of which is twinned. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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Mineral: | Albite with Quartz and Chlorite (Group) |
Locality: | Ganadao (Gandao Hill), Mohmand District, Peshawar Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 4 x 6 x 4.5 cm / main crystal: 5.1 cm |
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Mass: 97 g MIM number: 1553 Probable year of extraction : 2013 Shiny twinned transparent crystals showing a pale lavender color, perched on a white matrix with spots of a black-green mineral (likely chlorite). Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Publication: "Lapis: Oct 2016" |
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Mineral: | Diamond |
Locality: | Catoca Diamond Mine, Saurimo, Lunda Sul Province, Angola | |
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Dimensions: | 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm |
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Mass: 7 g MIM number: 1550 Pale yellow, very clean octahedron weighing 33.38 carats. On one faces, growth figures are reminiscent of the M letter. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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Dimensions: | 13 x 10 x 9 cm |
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Mass: 1550 g MIM number: 1547 Probable year of extraction : 1975 Polysynthetic blue-green translucent cube terminated all around, showing transparency near the faces as well as inclusions of small sulfide crystals. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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Dimensions: | 13 x 10 x 9 cm |
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Mass: 1550 g MIM number: 1547 Probable year of extraction : 1975 Polysynthetic blue-green translucent cube terminated all around, showing transparency near the faces as well as inclusions of small sulfide crystals. Photographer: Jeffrey A. Scovil Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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Mineral: | Meta-autunite |
Locality: | Daybreak Mine, Mount Kit Carson, Spokane County, Washington, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 17 x 12.5 x 8 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm |
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Mass: 1150 g MIM number: 1546 Intact block covered with thick tufts of dark green lamellar crystals. These crystals exhibit strong green fluorescence in ultra-violet light. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" Ex collection: Mark Weil (USA) |
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Mineral: | Meta-autunite |
Locality: | Daybreak Mine, Mount Kit Carson, Spokane County, Washington, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 17 x 12.5 x 8 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm |
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Mass: 1150 g MIM number: 1546 Intact block covered with thick tufts of dark green lamellar crystals. These crystals exhibit strong green fluorescence in ultra-violet light. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" Ex collection: Mark Weil (USA) |
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Mineral: | Meta-autunite |
Locality: | Daybreak Mine, Mount Kit Carson, Spokane County, Washington, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 17 x 12.5 x 8 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm |
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Mass: 1150 g MIM number: 1546 Intact block covered with thick tufts of dark green lamellar crystals. These crystals exhibit strong green fluorescence in ultra-violet light. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" Ex collection: Mark Weil (USA) |
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Posted: Oct 28, 2024 04:28 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Mineral: | Diamond |
Locality: | South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm |
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Kimberley?, Afrique du Sud
Mass: 15 g MIM number: 1545 Intact 73.78-carat octahedron , almost colorless and a little deformed, some faces studded with triangular growth patterns; a black inclusion at one summit and a small veil near one face. This crystal is thought to be in color K (very light yellow), with a VS inclusion level and the possibility of cutting two neat stones of 24 and 14 carats from the crystal. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Publication: "101 Minéraux et Pierres Précieuses qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie" |
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Mineral: | Diamond |
Locality: | South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm |
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Kimberley?, Afrique du Sud
Mass: 15 g MIM number: 1545 Intact 73.78-carat octahedron , almost colorless and a little deformed, some faces studded with triangular growth patterns; a black inclusion at one summit and a small veil near one face. This crystal is thought to be in color K (very light yellow), with a VS inclusion level and the possibility of cutting two neat stones of 24 and 14 carats from the crystal. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Publication: "101 Minéraux et Pierres Précieuses qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie" |
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Mineral: | Diamond |
Locality: | South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm |
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Kimberley?, Afrique du Sud
Mass: 15 g MIM number: 1545 Intact 73.78-carat octahedron , almost colorless and a little deformed, some faces studded with triangular growth patterns; a black inclusion at one summit and a small veil near one face. This crystal is thought to be in color K (very light yellow), with a VS inclusion level and the possibility of cutting two neat stones of 24 and 14 carats from the crystal. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott; Publication: "101 Minéraux et Pierres Précieuses qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie" |
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Mineral: | Spinel |
Locality: | Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma) | |
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Dimensions: | 4.5 x 3 x 4 cm / main crystal: 2.7 cm |
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Mass: 59 g MIM number: 1544 Two very dark red twins stuck together so as to give an impression of pentagonal symmetry (a five-pointed star in which one point would be missing). Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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Mineral: | Corundum (variety sapphire) |
Locality: | Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka | |
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Dimensions: | 4.5 x 2 x 2.5 cm / main crystal: 3.9 cm |
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Mass: 18 g MIM number: 1543 Two slender white twinned crystals with blue extremities, bristling with several smaller crystals with blue bands and also twinned. The whole group is floating and intact. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publications: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2015", "101 Minéraux et Pierres Précieuses qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie" |
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Mineral: | Siderite on Quartz with Ferberite and Fluorapatite |
Locality: | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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Dimensions: | 12 x 11 x 21 cm / main crystal: 4.2 cm |
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Mass: 2100 g MIM number: 1542 Probable year of extraction : 1986 Large quartz (20 cm) with a smaller side quartz, both covered by intact, flattened, ochre-gray colored rhombohedrons of siderite. A ferberite crystal is at the base. A few small, almost colorless apatite crystals are stuck in the large quartz crystal. The ensemble appears to be floating: the lower portion of the large quartz is entirely recrystallized, while there appears to be a little contact at the level of the ferberite. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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Mineral: | Quartz with Siderite and Arsenopyrite inclusions |
Locality: | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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Dimensions: | 20 x 9 x 18.5 cm |
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Mass: 1200 g MIM number: 1541 Probable year of extraction : 1979 Well formed double-terminated quartz with inclusions of arsenopyrite at the base, topped by 3 lenticular crystals of gray-ochre colored siderite (the largest crystal measures 5.4 cm) and by micro-crystals of siderite carpeting one face. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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Mineral: | Siderite |
Locality: | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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Dimensions: | 14.5 x 13.5 x 18 cm / main crystal: 8.1 cm |
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Mass: 1500 g MIM number: 1540 Probable year of extraction : 1979 Two intact, well formed cream-colored rhombohedrons with another smaller one at the junction of the two larger ones. These siderites are stuck at the base of two quartz crystals in a V-shape exhibiting black inclusions at their terminations (the largest quartz measuring 18 cm). The group is a floater: the lower portion of the quartz crystals is entirely recrystallized. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Corundum (variety ruby) |
Locality: | Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma) | |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm |
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Mass: 9 g MIM number: 1539 Probable year of extraction : 1995 Lustrous ruby crystal in pink-fuchsia with inclusions; the "melted" aspect is typical of rubies from Myanmar. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Corundum (variety sapphire) |
Locality: | Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma) | |
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Dimensions: | 5 x 2 x 2 cm |
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Mass: 24 g MIM number: 1538 Probable year of extraction : 2013 Barrel-shaped crystal with slightly "melted" faces showing a different color according to the light (gray-green in daylight, more pinkish in artificial light); this effect could be due to the presence of traces of vanadium. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: “Mineralogical Record, Jan-Feb 2022” |
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Mineral: | Corundum (variety sapphire) |
Locality: | Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka | |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm |
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Mass: 3 g MIM number: 1537 Probable year of extraction : 1945 Small, perfectly formed, transparent blue crystal in the shape of a hexagonal bipyramid. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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Mineral: | Corundum (variety sapphire) |
Locality: | Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka | |
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Dimensions: | 8.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm |
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Mass: 62 g MIM number: 1536 Probable year of extraction : 1945 Tapered, yellow and lustrous crystal in a hexagonal bipyramid. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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Mineral: | Weloganite |
Locality: | Francon Quarry, Montréal, St. Michel District, Jacques Cartier County, Québec, Canada | |
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Dimensions: | 6 x 4.5 x 6 cm / main crystal: 2.6 cm |
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Mass: 128 g MIM number: 1535 Three yellow crystals on a matrix, including a thick crystal clearly exhibiting the hemimorphism of this species. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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