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PostPosted: Nov 08, 2024 03:35    Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon  

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Siderite-MIM_Museum(1540).jpg
 Mineral: Siderite on Quartz
 Locality:
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal
 Dimensions: 14.5 x 13.5 x 18 cm / main crystal: 8.1 cm
 Description:
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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Corundum(variety ruby)-MIM_Museum(1539).jpg
 Mineral: Corundum (variety ruby)
 Locality:
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
 Dimensions: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
 Description:
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
 Viewed:  10088 Time(s)

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Corundum(variety sapphire)-MIM_Museum(1538).jpg
 Mineral: Corundum (variety sapphire)
 Locality:
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
 Dimensions: 5 x 2 x 2 cm
 Description:
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”
 Viewed:  10088 Time(s)

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Corundum(variety sapphire)-MIM_Museum(1537).jpg
 Mineral: Corundum (variety sapphire)
 Locality:
Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
 Dimensions: 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm
 Description:
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"
 Viewed:  10088 Time(s)

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Corundum(variety sapphire)-MIM_Museum(1536).jpg
 Mineral: Corundum
 Locality:
Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
 Dimensions: 8.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm
 Description:
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
 Viewed:  10086 Time(s)

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Weloganite-MIM_Museum(1535).jpg
 Mineral: Weloganite
 Locality:
Francon Quarry, Montréal, St. Michel District, Jacques Cartier County, Québec, Canada
 Dimensions: 6 x 4.5 x 6 cm / main crystal: 2.6 cm
 Description:
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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PostPosted: Nov 14, 2024 04:58    Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon  

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Cronstedtite-MIM_Museum(1532).jpg
 Mineral: Cronstedtite with Siderite and Dolomite
 Locality:
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
 Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.5 x 4 cm / main crystal: 0.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 48 g
MIM number: 1532
Probable year of extraction : 1954
Several spherical sprays of lustrous black prismatic crystals with triangular summits, having developed on a matrix of dolomite and siderite
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  9575 Time(s)

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Spinel-MIM_Museum(1531).jpg
 Mineral: Spinel
 Locality:
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
 Dimensions: 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm
 Description:
Mass: 10 g
MIM number: 1531
Two 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;
Publication: “Mineralogical Record, Jan-Feb 2022”
 Viewed:  9566 Time(s)

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Phosphophyllite-MIM_Museum(1530).jpg
 Mineral: Phosphophyllite
 Locality:
Unificada Mine, Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí City, Potosí Department, Bolivia
 Dimensions: 6 x 3 x 6 cm / main crystal: 4.1 cm
 Description:
Mass: 80 g
MIM number: 1530
Also known as "Inca King". Spray in the form of a diadem made up solely of twinned crystals in a beautiful blue-green turquoise color.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2015"
 Viewed:  9568 Time(s)

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Corundum(variety ruby)-MIM_Museum(1529).jpg
 Mineral: Corundum (variety ruby) with Calcite
 Locality:
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
 Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.5 x 7 cm
 Description:
Mass: 148 g
MIM number: 1529
Crystal in a well defined hexagonal column with a few extremities presenting a "melted" aspect typical of this mine. The color is dark red, some portions are translucent and there are some marble inslusions.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "101 Minéraux et Pierres Précieuses qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie", “Mineralogical Record, Jan-Feb 2022”
 Viewed:  9564 Time(s)

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Corundum(variety ruby)-MIM_Museum(1529-1).jpg
 Mineral: Corundum (variety ruby) with Calcite
 Locality:
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
 Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.5 x 7 cm
 Description:
Mass: 148 g
MIM number: 1529
Crystal in a well defined hexagonal column with a few extremities presenting a "melted" aspect typical of this mine. The color is dark red, some portions are translucent and there are some marble inslusions.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "101 Minéraux et Pierres Précieuses qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie", “Mineralogical Record, Jan-Feb 2022”
 Viewed:  9562 Time(s)

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Grossular-MIM_Museum(1527).jpg
 Mineral: Grossular
 Locality:
Kayes Region, Mali
 Dimensions: 6 x 5 x 6.5 cm / main crystal: 5.6 cm
 Description:
Kayes, Pays Soninké, Mali

Mass: 223 g
MIM number: 1527
Probable year of extraction : 2009
Perfect brown rhombo-dodecahedron with a cluster of small side crystals at the base
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
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Hematite-MIM_Museum(1526).jpg
 Mineral: Hematite with Orthoclase (variety adularia)
 Locality:
Fibbia, Fontana, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
 Dimensions: 13 x 10 x 8 cm / main crystal: 5.6 cm
 Description:
Mass: 794 g
MIM number: 1526
Probable year of extraction : 1998
Apparently floating group of several rosettes of lustrous gray hematite in different sizes and having developed around a translucent white adularia crystal that has recrystallized
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  8791 Time(s)

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Elbaite-MIM_Museum(1523).jpg
 Mineral: Elbaite with Quartz (variety smoky) and 'lepidolite'
 Locality:
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
 Dimensions: 19 x 14 x 14.5 cm / main crystal: 9.2 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 2205 g
MIM number: 1523
Probable year of extraction : 2008
Large crystal with a triangular section rising vertically from the center of several lustrous smoky quartz crystals (maximum size 13.4 cm). The elbaite's core is pink, the head and transversal crust green. The top of the elbaite is smooth and lustrous, as are most of the quartz crystals. A cluster of light purple lepidolite is on the quartz. The sample is totally intact.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
 Viewed:  8787 Time(s)

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Euxenite-(Y)-MIM_Museum(1520).jpg
 Mineral: Euxenite-(Y) with Aegirine and Zircon
 Locality:
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
 Dimensions: 15 x 9 x 9 cm / main crystal: 1.8 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 433 g
MIM number: 1520
Several prismatic crystals of aegirine (8 cm max), often well terminated and lustrous, on which a few rare black crystals of euxenite have developed that are almost entirely covered by a white mineral. Some small cream-colored zircons are also present.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
 Viewed:  8788 Time(s)

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Rutile-MIM_Museum(1516).jpg
 Mineral: Rutile
 Locality:
Moreau claim, Champion Mine area, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
 Dimensions: 9.5 x 5 x 6.5 cm / main crystal: 4.3 cm
 Description:
Morean Claim, Champion Mine Area, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA

Mass: 342 g
MIM number: 1516
Sharp, lustrous crystal striated with red veins and nestled in a cream-colored matrix
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Philip Ostwalt (USA)
 Viewed:  8790 Time(s)

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Hercynite-MIM_Museum(1515).jpg
 Mineral: Hercynite
 Locality:
Kaluganga Valley, Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
 Dimensions: 8 x 3 x 10 cm / main crystal: 3.6 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 236 g
MIM number: 1515
Sharp, lustrous octahedrons in parallel growth on both sides of a thin matrix
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  8785 Time(s)

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Curite-MIM_Museum(1514).jpg
 Mineral: Curite
 Locality:
Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Dimensions: 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 0.2 cm
 Description:
Mass: 103 g
MIM number: 1514
Small lustrous red needles on a piece of green matrix.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  8366 Time(s)

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Catapleiite-MIM_Museum(1513).jpg
 Mineral: Catapleiite
 Locality:
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
 Dimensions: 11 x 4.5 x 10 cm / main crystal: 6 cm
 Description:
Mass: 370 g
MIM number: 1513
Large, thick rosette of lustrous parallel crystals with transparent terminations, well developed on back and front.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Gilles Haineault (Canada)
 Viewed:  8371 Time(s)

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Hydroboracite-MIM_Museum(1512).jpg
 Mineral: Hydroboracite
 Locality:
Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
 Dimensions: 8 x 6.5 x 5 cm / main crystal: 4.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 139 g
MIM number: 1512
Probable year of extraction : 2012
Perfectly formed, colorless, lustrous crystals on a matrix.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  8371 Time(s)

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Bastnäsite-(Ce)-MIM_Museum(1510).jpg
 Mineral: Bastnäsite-(Ce)
 Locality:
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
 Dimensions: 2.5 x 1.5 x 4 cm
 Description:
Mass: 41 g
MIM number: 1510
Probable year of extraction : 2012
Transparent, amber-colored floating single crystal with a perfect termination and recrystallized bottom.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
 Viewed:  8372 Time(s)

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Bastnäsite-(Ce)-MIM_Museum(1509).jpg
 Mineral: Bastnäsite-(Ce)
 Locality:
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
 Dimensions: 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 29 g
MIM number: 1509
Probable year of extraction : 2012
Perfect, lustrous hexagonal prism having developed on a little bit of matrix
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
 Viewed:  8375 Time(s)

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Beryl(variety aquamarine)-MIM_Museum(1508).jpg
 Mineral: Beryl (variety aquamarine) on Orthoclase
 Locality:
Chhappu, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
 Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 23.5 cm / main crystal: 8.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 2050 g
MIM number: 1508
Perfect crystal with an unusual termination, narrower than the body; the beryl has developed on the side of a large, lustrous white othoclase crystal exhibiting a Baveno twin at the summit, with a completely recrystallized bottom.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  7737 Time(s)

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Beryl(variety aquamarine)-MIM_Museum(1508-1).jpg
 Mineral: Beryl (variety aquamarine) on Orthoclase
 Locality:
Chhappu, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
 Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 23.5 cm / main crystal: 8.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 2050 g
MIM number: 1508
Perfect crystal with an unusual termination, narrower than the body; the beryl has developed on the side of a large, lustrous white othoclase crystal exhibiting a Baveno twin at the summit, with a completely recrystallized bottom.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  7732 Time(s)

Beryl(variety aquamarine)-MIM_Museum(1508-1).jpg



Calcite-MIM_Museum(1507).jpg
 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Nandan, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
 Dimensions: 6 x 5.5 x 16.5 cm / main crystal: 8.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 164 g
MIM number: 1507
Probable year of extraction : 2013
A cream-colored limestone stalactite has developed such that it ended up penetrating the surface of a lagune of water rich in dissolved calcite, causing the latter to crystallize into a white crystal at the stalactite's extremity; this crystal's perfectly horizontal base precisely reflects the surface of the lagune.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  7736 Time(s)

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Calcite-MIM_Museum(1506).jpg
 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Nandan, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
 Dimensions: 18 x 13 x 28 cm / main crystal: 6.3 cm
 Description:
Mass: 1800 g
MIM number: 1506
Probable year of extraction : 2013
A cream-colored limestone stalactite has developed such that it ended up penetrating the surface of a lagune of water rich in dissolved calcite, causing the latter to crystallize in a cluster of white crystals around the stalactite's extremity; the cluster's horizontal base precisely reflects the surface of the lagune.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
 Viewed:  7751 Time(s)

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Tarbuttite-MIM_Museum(1505).jpg
 Mineral: Tarbuttite
 Locality:
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 10 x 6 x 6 cm / main crystal: 2.7 cm
 Description:
Mass: 367 g
MIM number: 1505
Rosettes of green lamellar crystals covering a piece of matrix
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  7731 Time(s)

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Tarbuttite-MIM_Museum(1504).jpg
 Mineral: Tarbuttite
 Locality:
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lüderitz District, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 10 x 6 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 2.3 cm
 Description:
Mass: 209 g
MIM number: 1504
Pinwheel of pale green lamellar crystals growing on a matrix of black oxides, giving a beautiful contrast.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "extraLapis No. 52: Moderne Klassiker", "Lapis Jg. 46 - Nr.4 - Apr 2021"
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Diamond-MIM_Museum(1503).jpg
 Mineral: Diamond
 Locality:
MIBA area, Mbuji-Mayi (Mbujimayi; Bakwanga), Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 3.8 cm
 Description:
Mass: 60 g
MIM number: 1503
Probable year of extraction : 1983
Two translucent, lustrous gray cuboids forming a perfect penetration twin
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Jan-Feb 1984"
Ex collections: William Pinch (USA), Julius Zweibel (USA), Perkin Sams (USA), Houston Museum (USA)
 Viewed:  7056 Time(s)

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Dolomite-MIM_Museum(1497).jpg
 Mineral: Dolomite
 Locality:
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre), Spain
 Dimensions: 33 x 23.5 x 13.5 cm / main crystal: 8.4 cm
 Description:
Mass: 7050 g
MIM number: 1497
Large block covered with intact, transparent twinned rhombohedrons, even for the largest crystals
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Michael Harris (UK)
 Viewed:  7048 Time(s)

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Söhngeite-MIM_Museum(1496).jpg
 Mineral: Söhngeite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm / main crystal: 0.6 cm
 Description:
Mass: 54 g
MIM number: 1496
Probable year of extraction : 1965
Two aggregates of cream-coloured söhngeite, the largest of which measures 6 mm across, rest on a blackish matrix. The söhngeite aggregates are made up of penetration twins, in which the individual crystals present with a characteristic perpendicular orientation. Two small, elongated, transparent crystals (probably stibioclaudetite?) are also on the gangue. This remarkable specimen was originally in the collection of Professor Hugo Strunz, who described söhngeite as a new mineral from Tsumeb (Strunz, 1965).
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "Mineralogical Record: May-June 1977", "Lapis Jg. 9, Jul/Aug 1984", "Namibia - Minerals and Localities", "Namibia - Minerals and Localities - I", "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2015"
Ex collections: Karl Hugo Strunz (Germany), Mineralogisches Institut der Technischen Universität Berlin (Germany)
 Viewed:  7049 Time(s)

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Alabandite-MIM_Museum(1494).jpg
 Mineral: Alabandite with Graphite
 Locality:
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
 Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 4 cm
 Description:
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzanie

Mass: 182 g
MIM number: 1494
Large, very sharp, black crystal in a pointy pyramid shape, terminated on all sides with crevices in which graphite has developed.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
 Viewed:  7057 Time(s)

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Alabandite-MIM_Museum(1493).jpg
 Mineral: Alabandite with Graphite and Zoisite (variety tanzanite)
 Locality:
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
 Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.5 x 5 cm / main crystal: 7.2 cm.
 Description:
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzanie

Mass: 216 g
MIM number: 1493
Large, very sharp, black crystal in a pyramid shape, terminated on all sides, with crevices in which graphite as well a small blue tanzanite crystal of 12 mm have developed.
Photographer: John Jaszczak;
Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2014"
 Viewed:  7048 Time(s)

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Alabandite-MIM_Museum(1493-1).jpg
 Mineral: Alabandite with Graphite and Zoisite (variety tanzanite)
 Locality:
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
 Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.5 x 5 cm / main crystal: 7.2 cm.
 Description:
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzanie

Mass: 216 g
MIM number: 1493
Large, very sharp, black crystal in a pyramid shape, terminated on all sides, with crevices in which graphite as well a small blue tanzanite crystal of 12 mm have developed.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2014"
 Viewed:  7069 Time(s)

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Creedite-MIM_Museum(1491).jpg
 Mineral: Creedite with Fluorite
 Locality:
Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Rodeo, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
 Dimensions: 20 x 10 x 10 cm / main crystal: 1.7 cm
 Description:
Mass: 931 g
MIM number: 1491
Block covered with balls of radiating orange crystals, with several green fluorites (max 4 cm) of melted aspect studding the ensemble
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  6689 Time(s)

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Monazite-(Ce)-MIM_Museum(1490).jpg
 Mineral: Monazite-(Ce)
 Locality:
São João da Chapada, Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
 Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 6 cm
 Description:
Mass: 366 g
MIM number: 1490
Large, intact, X-shaped twinned crystal, smooth over a small portion and grainy over the rest of the surface with an earthy color
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  6692 Time(s)

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Silver-MIM_Museum(1489).jpg
 Mineral: Silver with Calcite
 Locality:
Kongsberg mining district, Kongsberg, Norway
 Dimensions: 7.5 x 7 x 12 cm
 Description:
Mass: 122 g
MIM number: 1489
Aggregate of curved, threadlike crystals in the form of a cage with white calcite crystals at the base; the silver crystals exhibit a graded structure that reflects the cubic symmetry of this species.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
 Viewed:  6695 Time(s)

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Silver-MIM_Museum(1489-1).jpg
 Mineral: Silver with Calcite
 Locality:
Kongsberg mining district, Kongsberg, Norway
 Dimensions: 7.5 x 7 x 12 cm
 Description:
Mass: 122 g
MIM number: 1489
Aggregate of curved, threadlike crystals in the form of a cage with white calcite crystals at the base; the silver crystals exhibit a graded structure that reflects the cubic symmetry of this species.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott
 Viewed:  6695 Time(s)

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Pyrite-MIM_Museum(1488).jpg
 Mineral: Pyrite with Calcite and Graphite
 Locality:
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
 Dimensions: 13 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 5.5 cm.
 Description:
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzanie

Mass: 436 g
MIM number: 1488
3 crystals in the shape of perfect dodecahedrons, smooth and very lustrous, on a matrix of graphite covered on all sides by small crystals of white calcite; the pyrite faces are irregular pentagons that clearly illustrate the false symmetry (class 5) of this species.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publication: "Lapis: Jul-Aug 2015"
 Viewed:  6702 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1487).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite with Baryte
 Locality:
Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
 Dimensions: 23 x 27 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 6.2 cm
 Description:
Mass: 3670 g
MIM number: 1487
Block of very lustrous, transparent, dark blue twinned cubic crystals, all with a milky-white face in the same direction. The crystals appear deep purple under incandescent light, probably due to fluorescence; white-cream baryte crystals stud the tops of a few fluorite crystals.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publication: "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2015"
 Viewed:  6693 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1487-1).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite with Baryte
 Locality:
Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
 Dimensions: 23 x 27 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 6.2 cm
 Description:
Mass: 3670 g
MIM number: 1487
Block of very lustrous, transparent, dark blue twinned cubic crystals, all with a milky-white face in the same direction. The crystals appear deep purple under incandescent light, probably due to fluorescence; white-cream baryte crystals stud the tops of a few fluorite crystals.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publication: "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2015"
 Viewed:  6694 Time(s)

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Volborthite-MIM_Museum(1486).jpg
 Mineral: Volborthite
 Locality:
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
 Dimensions: 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm / main crystal: 1.8 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 10 g
MIM number: 1486
Very smooth and lustrous dark green crystals, some in a V-shape (probably twinned crystals), partially hollow, the whole on a little bit of gray matrix
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publications: "Lapis: Aug 2017", "Mineralogical Record, Sep-Oct 2021"
 Viewed:  6520 Time(s)

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Volborthite-MIM_Museum(1486-1).jpg
 Mineral: Volborthite
 Locality:
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
 Dimensions: 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm / main crystal: 1.8 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 10 g
MIM number: 1486
Very smooth and lustrous dark green crystals, some in a V-shape (probably twinned crystals), partially hollow, the whole on a little bit of gray matrix
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publications: "Lapis: Aug 2017", "Mineralogical Record, Sep-Oct 2021"
 Viewed:  6523 Time(s)

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Volborthite-MIM_Museum(1485).jpg
 Mineral: Volborthite
 Locality:
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
 Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm / main crystal: 2 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 24 g
MIM number: 1485
Very smooth and lustrous dark green crystals, some in a V-shape (probably twinned crystals), intact and on a little bit of gray matrix
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publication: "Mineralogical Record, Sep-Oct 2021"
 Viewed:  6525 Time(s)

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Volborthite-MIM_Museum(1485-1).jpg
 Mineral: Volborthite
 Locality:
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
 Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm / main crystal: 2 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 24 g
MIM number: 1485
Very smooth and lustrous dark green crystals, some in a V-shape (probably twinned crystals), intact and on a little bit of gray matrix
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publication: "Mineralogical Record, Sep-Oct 2021"
 Viewed:  6520 Time(s)

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Datolite-MIM_Museum(1484).jpg
 Mineral: Datolite
 Locality:
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
 Dimensions: 3.5 x 2 x 6 cm
 Description:
Mass: 49 g
MIM number: 1484
Crystal terminated on both sides, very shiny, light blue and largely transparent
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  6520 Time(s)

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Dioptase-MIM_Museum(1482).jpg
 Mineral: Dioptase with Cerussite and Plancheite
 Locality:
Gombe-Lutete, Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Dimensions: 10.5 x 11 x 6.5 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 672 g
MIM number: 1482
Probable year of extraction : 2013
Well separated, lustrous and translucent crystals rising from a piece of siliceous ochre-colored matrix with blue plancheite veins. One of the crystals is totally transparent. A V-shaped 1,4 cm cerussite twin lies between two crystals.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  6521 Time(s)

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Scheelite-MIM_Museum(1480).jpg
 Mineral: Scheelite with Muscovite
 Locality:
Pingwu Mine, Huya township, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
 Dimensions: 10 x 8.5 x 15 cm / main crystal: 7.3 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 793 g
MIM number: 1480
Perfectly crystallized yellow-colored bi-pyramid perched on the end of a matrix covered with white mica crystals sprinkled with colorless quartz points.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Kenneth Roberts (USA)
 Viewed:  6524 Time(s)

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Monazite-(La)-MIM_Museum(1479).jpg
 Mineral: Monazite-(La) with Holmquistite
 Locality:
Danburite Mine, Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
 Dimensions: 6 x 2 x 3.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 79 g
MIM number: 1479
Translucent red-brown, double terminated single crystal with some white fibrous holmquistite at the base
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  6290 Time(s)

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Teallite-MIM_Museum(1478).jpg
 Mineral: Teallite with Quartz and Pyrite
 Locality:
Carguaicollo Mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
 Dimensions: 19 x 12 x 9.5 cm / main crystal: 3.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 5700 g
MIM number: 1478
Aggregate of flexible leaves of teallite on a gangue of pyrite and sprinkled with small, double terminated white quartz crystals
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
 Viewed:  6294 Time(s)

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Gersdorffite-MIM_Museum(1477).jpg
 Mineral: Gersdorffite on Calcite
 Locality:
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 8 x 7 x 3 cm / main crystal: 2 cm
 Description:
Mass: 217 g
MIM number: 1477
Three sharp pyramidal crystals in the middle of a matrix made of rhombohedral white calcite; smaller pyramids can be seen at the periphery.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
 Viewed:  6292 Time(s)

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Lazulite-MIM_Museum(1476).jpg
 Mineral: Lazulite
 Locality:
Laila base camp area, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
 Dimensions: 5 x 4.5 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 4.8 cm
 Description:
Mass: 92 g
MIM number: 1476
Probable year of extraction : 1998
Very well formed crystal measuring 4.8 cm, with a secondary crystal of more complex form measuring 3.7 cm and making a right angle at the base. The two crystals are translucent and strongly dichroic (yellow/blue-green). They are set on a matrix of granular phosphate (probably xenotime).
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publications: "Lapis, Jg. 23, Nr. 10, Oct. 1998", "Le Règne Minéral: #22, 1998", "Mineralogical Record: Jan-Feb 1999" , "Le Règne Minéral: Mai-Jun 2016", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Alexandre Delerm (France)
 Viewed:  6293 Time(s)

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Fluor-liddicoatite-MIM_Museum(1474).jpg
 Mineral: Fluor-liddicoatite
 Locality:
Tsitondroina, Ikalamavony District, Haute Matsiatra Region, Madagascar
 Dimensions: 16 x 13.5 x 33.5 cm / main crystal: 33 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 8050 g
MIM number: 1474
Probable year of extraction : 2012
Spray of large, perfectly terminated, very dark red crystals; the ensemble is practically intact and the surface very shiny. The base is terminated and covered with microcrystals of quartz.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
 Viewed:  6292 Time(s)

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Mimetite-MIM_Museum(1472).jpg
 Mineral: Mimetite
 Locality:
Endeavor Mine (Elura Mine), Cobar, Robinson County, New South Wales, Australia
 Dimensions: 16 x 19 x 11 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 3547 g
MIM number: 1472
Probable year of extraction : 1986
Well formed crystals in hexagonal tablets of a beautiful green color carpeting a geode of limonite.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collections: Albert Chapman (Australie), Michael Newnham (Australie), Mark Weill (USA)
 Viewed:  5869 Time(s)

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Mimetite-MIM_Museum(1472-1).jpg
 Mineral: Mimetite
 Locality:
Endeavor Mine (Elura Mine), Cobar, Robinson County, New South Wales, Australia
 Dimensions: 16 x 19 x 11 cm / main crystal: 2.5 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 3547 g
MIM number: 1472
Probable year of extraction : 1986
Well formed crystals in hexagonal tablets of a beautiful green color carpeting a geode of limonite.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collections: Albert Chapman (Australie), Michael Newnham (Australie), Mark Weill (USA)
 Viewed:  5868 Time(s)

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Witherite-MIM_Museum(1471).jpg
 Mineral: Witherite, Fluorite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Bethel level, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 3 x 7 x 3.6 cm / main crystal: 4 cm
 Description:
Mass: 88 g
MIM number: 1471
Probable year of extraction : 1965
Three well formed, cream-colored crystals on a matrix of light purple fluorite
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  5871 Time(s)

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Strontianite-MIM_Museum(1470).jpg
 Mineral: Strontianite, Fluorite and Sphalerite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Bethel level, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 12.5 x 10 x 8.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 929 g
MIM number: 1470
Probable year of extraction : 1994
Balls of white pointy crystals developed on a matrix of massive sphalerite. Two yellow-brown fluorites have grown on the matrix on either side of the strontianite balls, one of which has a blue border at the top.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  5869 Time(s)

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Strontianite-MIM_Museum(1470-1).jpg
 Mineral: Strontianite, Fluorite, Sphalerite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Bethel level, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 12.5 x 10 x 8.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 929 g
MIM number: 1470
Probable year of extraction : 1994
Balls of white pointy crystals developed on a matrix of massive sphalerite. Two yellow-brown fluorites have grown on the matrix on either side of the strontianite balls, one of which has a blue border at the top.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  5870 Time(s)

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Sphalerite-MIM_Museum(1469).jpg
 Mineral: Sphalerite, Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Sub-Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 6.5 x 7.6 x 6.3 cm / main crystal: 1.5 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 252 g
MIM number: 1469
Probable year of extraction : 1990
Around 10 small crystals, well formed and lustrous, studding the front face of a piece of fluorite
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  5871 Time(s)

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Sphalerite-MIM_Museum(1468).jpg
 Mineral: Sphalerite, Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Sub-Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 4 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm / main crystal: 2.9 cm
 Description:
Mass: 37 g
MIM number: 1468
Probable year of extraction : 1986
Perfectly crystallized, lustrous, complex knob-shaped crystal which has grown on a pedestal of altered purple fluorite.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publications: "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2008", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  5874 Time(s)

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Sphalerite-MIM_Museum(1468-1).jpg
 Mineral: Sphalerite, Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Sub-Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 4 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm / main crystal: 2.9 cm
 Description:
Mass: 37 g
MIM number: 1468
Probable year of extraction : 1986
Perfectly crystallized, lustrous, complex knob-shaped crystal which has grown on a pedestal of altered purple fluorite.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Publications: "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2008", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  5870 Time(s)

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Galena-MIM_Museum(1467).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite, Galena
 Locality:
Crystal Mine, Rosiclare formation, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 12 x 10.5 x 6 cm
 Description:
Mass: 1375 g
MIM number: 1467
Probable year of extraction : 1945
Spray of complex elongated crystals of galena topped by a crest of small crystals of purple fluorite (2.4 cm maximum).
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1474 Time(s)

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Galena-MIM_Museum(1467-1).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite, Galena
 Locality:
Crystal Mine, Rosiclare formation, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 12 x 10.5 x 6 cm
 Description:
Mass: 1375 g
MIM number: 1467
Probable year of extraction : 1945
Spray of complex elongated crystals of galena topped by a crest of small crystals of purple fluorite (2.4 cm maximum).
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1469 Time(s)

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Galena-MIM_Museum(1466).jpg
 Mineral: Galena, Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Sub-Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 10.4 x 10 x 9.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 2671 g
MIM number: 1466
Probable year of extraction : 1992
Group of lustrous galena crystals in the shape of modified cubes with a few cubes of purple fluorite developed on the surface, the largest of which measures 3.6 cm
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1472 Time(s)

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Galena-MIM_Museum(1465).jpg
 Mineral: Galena, Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Sub-Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 18.4 x 15.2 x 7.8 cm
 Description:
Mass: 1939 g
MIM number: 1465
Probable year of extraction : 1992
Large purple fluorite, naturally corroded at the periphery and topped by a carpet of small tabular crystals of galena, with later resumption of growth of the fluorite in a rectangular prism reaching 13.4 cm.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1470 Time(s)

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Galena-MIM_Museum(1465-1).jpg
 Mineral: Galena, Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Sub-Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 18.4 x 15.2 x 7.8 cm
 Description:
Mass: 1939 g
MIM number: 1465
Probable year of extraction : 1992
Large purple fluorite, naturally corroded at the periphery and topped by a carpet of small tabular crystals of galena, with later resumption of growth of the fluorite in a rectangular prism reaching 13.4 cm.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1473 Time(s)

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Galena-MIM_Museum(1463).jpg
 Mineral: Galena, Fluorite
 Locality:
Hill-Ledford Mine, Rosiclare/Sub-Rosiclare formation, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 11.5 x 12.2 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 11.2 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 3663 g
MIM number: 1463
Probable year of extraction : 1965
Group of lustrous crystals in the form of elongated, rectangular prisms having developed on a matrix of purple fluorite crystals; the faces of some galena crystals are studded with microscopic crystals of fluorite.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1472 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1462).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 3 x 4.5 x 3 cm / main crystal: 3.2 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 33 g
MIM number: 1462
Probable year of extraction : 1991
Two small transparent cubes, side by side and of a light blue color, with a pale yellow interior and a separation surface studded with little drops of hydrocarbons. The lower portions of the cubes are naturally altered and taper into a point.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1104 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1462-1).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 3 x 4.5 x 3 cm / main crystal: 3.2 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 33 g
MIM number: 1462
Probable year of extraction : 1991
Two small transparent cubes, side by side and of a light blue color, with a pale yellow interior and a separation surface studded with little drops of hydrocarbons. The lower portions of the cubes are naturally altered and taper into a point.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1102 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1461).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite with Baryte inclusions
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 5 x 7 x 4 cm
 Description:
Mass: 131 g
MIM number: 1461
Probable year of extraction : 1990
Piece of a cube of fluorite with a yellow-brown core and violet border at the surface; one face of this cube exhibits a white inclusion of barite in the form of a half ball with the equivalent next to it, only black in color, probably another half ball of barite that was submerged by an influx of hydrocarbons through natural slits in the crystal by way of capillarity
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1105 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1460).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Rosiclare formation, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 5.4 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm / main crystal: 5.1 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 107 g
MIM number: 1460
Probable year of extraction : 1935
Small fuchsia-colored cube with concentric parallel "phantoms" and smaller side crystals at one extremity
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1106 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1459).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite, Baryte, Calcite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 6.5 x 6 x 4 cm / main crystal: 4.1 cm
 Description:
Mass: 161 g
MIM number: 1459
Probable year of extraction : 1993
Translucent cubes of pastel blue fluorite, with a slightly grainy surface, having developed on massive baryte with a few calcite crystals at the base
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publication: "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2008"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1105 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1458).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 5 x 6 x 3 cm / main crystal: 5.1 cm
 Description:
Mass: 131 g
MIM number: 1458
Probable year of extraction : 1993
Two interpenetrating, transparent blue cubes with a purple central "phantom".
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  1104 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Feb 10, 2025 08:38    Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon  

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1457).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Bethel level, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 8 cm / main crystal: 5.2 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 309 g
MIM number: 1457
Probable year of extraction: 1965
Translucent pastel yellow cubes with a base that appears "melted", studded with small crystals of beige calcite and a pastel blue border at the edges.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collections: Stephen Neely (USA), Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  848 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1457-1).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Bethel level, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 8 cm / main crystal: 5.2 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 309 g
MIM number: 1457
Probable year of extraction : 1965
Translucent pastel yellow cubes with a base that appears "melted", studded with small crystals of beige calcite and a pastel blue border at the edges.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collections: Stephen Neely (USA), Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  853 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1456).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 5.5 x 9.7 x 11.4 cm / main crystal: 11.1 cm
 Description:
Mass: 894 g
MIM number: 1456
Probable year of extraction : 1981
Translucent pastel yellow cubes with a base that appears "melted" and a violet border at the edges
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  850 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1455).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 8 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 616 g
MIM number: 1455
Probable year of extraction : 1990
Translucent, amber-colored, interpenetrating cubes with very sharp, lustrous edges and vitreous faces exhibiting polysynthetic motifs. These cubes exhibit inclusions near the outer surfaces resulting from infiltration of hydrocarbons during their formation.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  847 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1453).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Sub-Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 7.5 x 12.5 x 14.5 cm / main crystal: 6.2 cm.
 Description:
Mass: 1050 g
MIM number: 1453
Probable year of extraction : 1993
Translucent violet cubes in polysynthetic parallel growth with microcrystals of chalcopyrite sprinkled on the upper face
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  850 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1454).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 20 x 14 x 8 cm / main crystal: 10.6 cm
 Description:
Mass: 2688 g
MIM number: 1454
Probable year of extraction : 1983
Cluster of large translucent cubes of a pastel blue color, fairly well separated and with matte faces. The main cubes exhibit resumption of growth near the edges, and microcrystals of chalcopyrite stud the interstices.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publications: "American Mineral Treasures", "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2008"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  852 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1454-1).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 20 x 14 x 8 cm / main crystal: 10.6 cm
 Description:
Mass: 2688 g
MIM number: 1454
Probable year of extraction : 1983
Cluster of large translucent cubes of a pastel blue color, fairly well separated and with matte faces. The main cubes exhibit resumption of growth near the edges, and microcrystals of chalcopyrite stud the interstices.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "American Mineral Treasures", "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2008"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  850 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Feb 17, 2025 08:26    Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon  

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1452).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 9.5 x 11 x 6 cm / main crystal: 7.8 cm
 Description:
Mass: 676 g
MIM number: 1452
Probable year of extraction : 1983
Four crystals with sharp edges and lustrous faces and a yellow-brown interior; a "phantom" made of microcrystals of chalcopyrite and resumption of growth producing transparent faces of a violet-gray color.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  252 Time(s)

Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1452).jpg



Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1452-1).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 9.5 x 11 x 6 cm / main crystal: 7.8 cm
 Description:
Mass: 676 g
MIM number: 1452
Probable year of extraction : 1983
Four crystals with sharp edges and lustrous faces and a yellow-brown interior; a "phantom" made of microcrystals of chalcopyrite and resumption of growth producing transparent faces of a violet-gray color.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  251 Time(s)

Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1452-1).jpg



Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1451).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
 Description:
MIM number: 1451
Probable year of extraction : 1991
Large, transparent blue polysynthetic cube with lustrous faces and a violet "ghost" in the center and small secondary crystals at the base
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  252 Time(s)

Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1451).jpg



Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1450).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite, Calcite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Sub-Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 10 x 9.5 x 6.5 cm / main crystal: 4.5 cm
 Description:
Mass: 464 g
MIM number: 1450
Probable year of extraction : 1983
Block of perfectly formed, lustrous cubic crystals of a very dark violet color (requiring strong lighting to reveal their transparency, the base of the specimen having developed on an opaque crust). The crystals are topped by double-terminated crystals of calcite, the largest measuring 2.1 cm.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  253 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1449).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite, Calcite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 6 x 7 x 8 cm / main crystal: 5.1 cm
 Description:
Mass: 201 g
MIM number: 1449
Probable year of extraction : 1993
Transparent pale violet crystals with an inner "phantom" of a darker color, developed on a small strip of white matrix. Some crystals are topped with pointy crystals of cream-colored calcite, the largest measuring 7 cm.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "American Mineral Treasures", "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2008"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  251 Time(s)

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Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1448).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite, Sphalerite
 Locality:
Denton Mine, Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 12.6 x 10 x 11.8 cm / main crystal: 7.2 cm
 Description:
Mass: 1241 g
MIM number: 1448
Probable year of extraction : 1994
Translucent cubes of a very deep blue with dull surfaces, the whole having developed on a pedestal of cream-colored, micro-crystallized barite studded with small crystals of sphalerite
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  251 Time(s)

Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1448).jpg



Fluorite-MIM_Museum(1447).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
 Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm / main crystal: 3.7 cm
 Description:
Mass: 455 g
MIM number: 1447
Probable year of extraction : 1992
Aggregate of lustrous, transparent dark blue cubes with at the center of each cube a violet "ghost" topped with micro-crystals of white barite
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA)
 Viewed:  251 Time(s)

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