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Joined: 05 May 2007
Posts: 1531
Location: Catalonia
Posted: Feb 24, 2025 14:19 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan: Moroccan gold
Gold Au
Description: A humble (and cheap) Moroccan specimen, just to increase my parallel chemical elements' collection. It is a loose beautifully spinel law twinned grouping of bright crystallized native gold. In super condition all around. Collected in September 2021.
Dimensions: 25 mm x 3 mm x 2 mm.
Largest crystal size: 25 mm.
Mass: 1.15 g.
Joined: 05 May 2007
Posts: 1531
Location: Catalonia
Posted: Mar 14, 2025 05:05 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan: Anapaite from Catalonia
Anapaite Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2.4H2O
Description: Sparkly greenish and bright transparent microcrystals of anapaite lining a Miocene clay matrix inside an open nodule vug. From a very well-known locality in Europe. A gift from Francesc Coma (former curator of the Joaquim Folch collection), who field collected it in 1966.
Dimensions: 96 mm x 79 mm.
Mass: 370 g.
Locality: Prats i Sansor, Baixa Cerdanya, Catalonia.
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Joined: 05 May 2007
Posts: 1531
Location: Catalonia
Posted: Mar 19, 2025 04:55 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan: Titanite from Madagascar
Titanite CaTi(SiO4)O, Albite Na(AlSi3O8)
Description: A great number of lustrous, translucent yellow-green crystals of titanite, accompanied by colorless crystals of albite perched all around throughout a matrix with a columnar shape. Ex-collection Marc A. Fleischer, Phoenix, AZ.
Dimensions: 85 mm x 34 mm.
Largest crystal size: 12 mm.
Mass: 95 g.
Posted: Mar 30, 2025 10:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan
What a nice collection!
Thanks for sharing your splendid specimens with the mineralogical brotherhood. Keep 'em coming.
Regards
Martin _________________ It won't always be like this...
Posted: Apr 11, 2025 13:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan
Carles Millan wrote:
Tobi wrote:
I love the gold nugget!
Thank you for your opinion, but I would much prefer to own yours.
Thanks for the compliment, Carles. But please consider that my nugget may be a bit larger but consists mostly of quartz while yours is pure gold! I think we can both be happy with our goldies :-)
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