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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Denton Mine, Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 12 x 15.5 x 6 cm / main crystal: 5.7 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 1356 g
MIM number: 1439
Probable year of extraction : 1984
Group of perfectly formed and very lustrous cubic crystals, of a dark purple color on the surface and amber on the inside.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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18563 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Calcite |
| Locality: | | "Green Tracts” (North Green Mine, East Green Mine, West Green Mine), Bethel Level, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.5 x 7.5 x 6 cm |
| Description: |
MIM number: 1438
Probable year of extraction : 1955
Two interpenetrating crystals (probably twinned) of a vivid amber-orange color, lustrous and transparent with smooth surfaces; growth of small fluorite cubes on some faces.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publication: "American Mineral Treasures"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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18553 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Calcite |
| Locality: | | Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 14 x 15.5 cm / main crystal: 6 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 2741 g
MIM number: 1437
Probable year of extraction : 1992
Cluster of perfectly formed, lustrous, translucent cubes of fluorite on a pedestal of altered baryte. The cubes are of a dark yellow color and some retain crevices in the shape of a flattened cone on their surface resulting from an old dissolution of the baryte that had developed there.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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18560 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Calcite |
| Locality: | | Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 14 x 15.5 cm / main crystal: 6 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 2741 g
MIM number: 1437
Probable year of extraction : 1992
Cluster of perfectly formed, lustrous, translucent cubes of fluorite on a pedestal of altered baryte. The cubes are of a dark yellow color and some retain crevices in the shape of a flattened cone on their surface resulting from an old dissolution of the baryte that had developed there.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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18552 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 11.5 x 6 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 426 g
MIM number: 1436
Probable year of extraction : 1990
Yellow fluorite altered by partial dissolution of the baryte with which it had co-crystallized, leaving some cavities. It is topped by a piece of a cube of transparent blue fluorite, perfectly formed and intact.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publications: "American Mineral Treasures", "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2008"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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| Viewed: |
18559 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 11.5 x 6 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 426 g
MIM number: 1436
Probable year of extraction : 1990
Yellow fluorite altered by partial dissolution of the baryte with which it had co-crystallized, leaving some cavities. It is topped by a piece of a cube of transparent blue fluorite, perfectly formed and intact.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "American Mineral Treasures", "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2008"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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18555 Time(s) |
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Posts: 243
Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Mar 04, 2025 06:18 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Bethel Level, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 16 x 15 x 22 cm / main crystal: 10 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 5800 g
MIM number: 1435
Probable year of extraction : 1955
Aggregate of large, perfectly formed cubic crystals--smooth, lustrous, translucent and of amber color with a brown and blue border near the faces.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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18344 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Bethel Level, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 16 x 15 x 22 cm / main crystal: 10 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 5800 g
MIM number: 1435
Probable year of extraction : 1955
Aggregate of large, perfectly formed cubic crystals--smooth, lustrous, translucent and of amber color with a brown border near the faces.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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18350 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Minerva I Mine, Rosiclare formation, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 10 x 11 cm / main crystal: 7.3 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 271 g
MIM number: 1434
Probable year of extraction : 1990
Fluorite cube, violet on the inside and blue on the outside, with an altered yellow fluorite at the base and a corolla of small crystals of light fluorite with black traces of hydrocarbons in the interstices. The ensemble is intact, sharp and very shiny.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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18356 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Denton Mine, Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 6.2 x 5 cm / main crystal: 3.5 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 93 g
MIM number: 1433
Probable year of extraction : 1987
Piece of fluorite on which several calcite crystals have developed, the largest of which has grown perpendicularly to the fluorite. These crystals are all cask-shaped pesudo-hexagonal prisms with a modification at the summit in the form of a hat with 3 sides at equal angles of one another, giving each calcite the appearance of a mushroom. The entire sample is studded with small chalcopyrite crystals.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publication: "101 Minéraux et Pierres Précieuses qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie"
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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| Viewed: |
18344 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Denton Mine, Rosiclare formation, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.7 x 5 x 4 cm / main crystal: 3.9 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 140 g
MIM number: 1432
Probable year of extraction : 1987
Piece of fluorite on which several calcite crystals have developed, the largest of which has grown parallel to the fluorite. These crystals are all cask-shaped pseudo-hexagonal prisms with a modification at the summit in the form of a hat with 3 sides at equal angles of one another, giving each calcite the appearance of a mushroom. The entire sample is sprinkled with small chalcopyrite crystals.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Ex collection: Ross C. Lillie (USA) |
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18345 Time(s) |
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Mar 16, 2025 06:39 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 27 x 20 x 18 cm / main crystal: 17.7 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 5125 g
MIM number: 1431
Probable year of extraction : 2010
Cascade of flattened rhombohedrons in a beautiful pink color that have grown on a matrix covered with small quartz needles and rounded grayish fluorites. A very large polysynthetic crystal, complete on all sides, lies at the base.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "extraLapis #56: Rhodochrosit" |
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18185 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 27 x 20 x 18 cm / main crystal: 17.7 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 5125 g
MIM number: 1431
Probable year of extraction : 2010
Cascade of flattened rhombohedrons in a beautiful pink color that have grown on a matrix covered with small quartz needles and rounded grayish fluorites. A very large polysynthetic crystal, complete on all sides, lies at the base.
Photographer: FMI / James Elliott;
Publication: "extraLapis #56: Rhodochrosit" |
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18176 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Corundum (variety rubi) |
| Locality: | | Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma) | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 4.5 x 8.5 cm / main crystal: 5.2 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 255 g
MIM number: 1430
Probable year of extraction : 2012
Elongated, very lustrous red crystal with some translucent areas, well freed from its slightly bluish calcite matrix
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publication: “Mineralogical Record, Jan-Feb 2022” |
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| Viewed: |
18176 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 5 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 4.1 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 107 g
MIM number: 1429
Intact, translucent, pale purple polysynthetic crystal perched on an apparently floating group of small quartz crystals. The fluorite crystal perfectly exhibits cubic faces (plane) and dodecahedral faces (in steps) over a 360° range.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence |
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18171 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 21 x 12.5 x 11 cm / main crystal: 6.1 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 1111 g
MIM number: 1428
Probable year of extraction : 2012
Octahedrons of green fluorite perched on double terminated white quartz crystals (11.2 cm max). The octahedrons are opaque, except at the ends where they are translucent and show cubic truncations. The sample seems to be floating and intact: even two quartz crystals, which appear to be broken, have actually recrystallized in the mine.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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18173 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 16 x 12 x 11 cm / main crystal: 3.1 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 1441 g
MIM number: 1427
Group of large, intact, very lustrous red crystals on a mound of cream-colored gangue. The ensemble looks perfectly intact from all sides.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza |
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18174 Time(s) |
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Posts: 243
Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Mar 23, 2025 14:59 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine), Cassiterite, Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 15 x 12 x 9 cm / main crystal: 9.1 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 1006 g
MIM number: 1425
Intact, lustrous, pale blue flattened crystal, very rich in facets, and perched on a gangue of small, elongated mica blades. Other small beryls at the back, along with a twinned cassiterite crystal measuring 2.3 cm. The ensemble is a floater.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza |
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17570 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wurtzite |
| Locality: | | A-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 3 x 3 cm / main crystal: 3.9 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 42 g
MIM number: 1424
Probable year of extraction : 2011
Group of well formed, translucent, amber-colored crystals clearly showing the hexagonal hemihedry (widened base and pointy summit).
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publication: "Mineralogical Record: May-Jun 2013" |
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17571 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Edingtonite |
| Locality: | | Bölet Mines, Undenäs, Karlsborg, Västra Götaland, Sweden | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 7 x 1 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 16 g
MIM number: 1423
Probable year of extraction : 1920
Well terminated, parallelepipedal single crystal ranging from white to translucent on a summit and on two lateral faces, with black inclusions
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza; |
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17572 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aphthitalite |
| Locality: | | Kerr McGee Mine, Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 5 x 5 cm / main crystal: 5 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 73 g
MIM number: 1421
Probable year of extraction : 2012
Groupings of perfectly formed, transparent, colorless, tabular hexagonal crystals. The crystals are slightly beveled on the edges in an alternating pattern, revealing a trigonal symmetry despite their hexagonal appearance.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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17574 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Vésigniéite |
| Locality: | | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 3 x 2 x 3 cm / main crystal: 1.6 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 9 g
MIM number: 1420
Probable year of extraction : 2011
Rosette of large, well formed, lustrous olive green blades on a little bit of white matrix
Photographer: Joe Budd; |
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| Viewed: |
17570 Time(s) |
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Mar 27, 2025 10:04 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Brandtite |
| Locality: | | Pajsberg, Persberg District, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 5 x 2.5 cm / main crystal: 0.9 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 68 g
MIM number: 1419
Probable year of extraction : 1899
Beige tufts on a limonite matrix.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Eric Asselborn (France) |
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17344 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Brandtite |
| Locality: | | Pajsberg, Persberg District, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 5 x 2.5 cm / main crystal: 0.9 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 68 g
MIM number: 1419
Probable year of extraction : 1899
Beige tufts on a limonite matrix.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Ex collection: Eric Asselborn (France) |
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17342 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Florencite-(Ce), Magnesite |
| Locality: | | Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 5 x 6 cm / main crystal: 1.1 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 217 g
MIM number: 1418
7 brown-orange, barrel-shaped crystals on a matrix of perfect rhombohedrons of transparent magnesite
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Ex collection: Eric Asselborn (France) |
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17345 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Goethite on Quartz |
| Locality: | | Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 11 x 6.5 x 10 cm / main crystal: 1.2 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 461 g
MIM number: 1416
Geode carpeted with clumps of well crystallized needles of black goethite
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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| Viewed: |
17344 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Baryte, Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 23 x 16.5 x 9 cm |
| Description: |
Les Malines, Mondardier, Gard, France
Mass: 3050 g
MIM number: 1415
Two lustrous half-balls of white barite in ridges --the largest having a diameter of 9.1 cm-- perched on a plate covered with small, very shiny, brown sphalerite crystals.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "extra Lapis # 48: Baryt"
Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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| Viewed: |
17347 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Filon jaune, Valzergues Mines, Valzergues, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 10 x 10 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 952 g
MIM number: 1414
Probable year of extraction : 1973
Two cubes in an interpenetration twin coming from the “Yellow Lode” of the mine; the crystals are orangey-yellow with blue imbricated “phantoms”. The color of the piece changes radically depending on lighting (incandescent versus fluorescent).
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publications: "Les minéraux - Sciences et collections", "Fluorite - Trésors de France/French Treasures"
Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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17346 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Baryte |
| Locality: | | Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 6 x 7 x 4 cm / main crystal: 5 cm |
| Description: |
Les Farges, Ussel, Corrèze, France
Mass: 158 g
MIM number: 1413
Two cubes in a striking orange color with a small tuft of barytine on a ridge. The cubes are in part perfectly transparent, and partly opaque.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publication: "Le Règne Minéral - Hors série #15 - 2009"
Ex collections: Alain Martaud (France), Gilles Emringer (France) |
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17343 Time(s) |
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2025 09:43 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Crichtonite on Feldspar (Group) |
| Locality: | | Grand Châtelard Massif, Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 6 x 2 x 4 cm / main crystal: 1.4 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 50 g
MIM number: 1412
Well formed, lustrous black crystal with beveled corners on a matrix of small, cream-colored tablets of feldspar (sample discovered by the mineralogist Lilian Schaub).
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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17059 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Austinite (variety copper-bearing austinite) coating limonite after Calcite |
| Locality: | | Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 8 x 4.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 124 g
MIM number: 1411
Small crystals of cupriferous green austinite sprinkled on a matrix of calcite scalenohedrons that have apparently pseudomorphed into limonite
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2"
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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17057 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Austinite (variety copper-bearing austinite) coating limonite after Calcite |
| Locality: | | Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 8 x 8 x 4.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 124 g
MIM number: 1411
Small crystals of cupriferous green austinite sprinkled on a matrix of calcite scalenohedrons that have apparently pseudomorphed into limonite
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2"
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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17056 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Olivenite coating Goethite after Calcite |
| Locality: | | Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 12.5 x 5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 528 g
MIM number: 1410
Probable year of extraction : 1997
Green spherules carpeting gray calcite scalenohedrons pseudomorphed into goethite.
Photographer: MIM Museum
Publications: "Lapis Jg,24 #7/8: Jul-Aug 1999", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés", "Griechenland Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten"
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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17058 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Lavendulan |
| Locality: | | Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 9 x 3 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 127 g
MIM number: 1409
Ball shaped aggregates of small blue crystals developed on a limonite matrix.
Photographer: MIM Museum
Publication: "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2"
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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17067 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite (variety flos ferri) |
| Locality: | | Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 8 x 6.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 66 g
MIM number: 1408
Probable year of extraction : 1994
Tuft of twisted needles resembling white coral
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "Lapis Jg,24 #7/8: Jul-Aug 1999", "Griechenland Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten"
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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17060 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite (variety flos ferri) |
| Locality: | | Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 8 x 6.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 66 g
MIM number: 1408
Probable year of extraction : 1994
Tuft of twisted needles resembling white coral
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "Lapis Jg,24 #7/8: Jul-Aug 1999", "Griechenland Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten"
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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17058 Time(s) |
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| Posted: Apr 11, 2025 10:05 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Adamite (variety copper-bearing adamite) on limonite after Calcite |
| Locality: | | Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.5 x 9 x 5.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 197 g
MIM number: 1407
Small crystals of cupriferous green adamite sprinkled on a matrix of limonite.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite on limonite |
| Locality: | | Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 10.5 x 5.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 375 g
MIM number: 1406
Sparkling white spheres on a matrix of massive brown limonite.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publication: "Lapis Jg,24 #7/8: Jul-Aug 1999"
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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16870 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Azurite with Calcite and Malachite on limonite after Calcite |
| Locality: | | Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 6 x 6 x 4.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 67 g
MIM number: 1404
Probable year of extraction : 1996
Crust of crystal balls in a beautiful blue covering what seems to be limonite stalactites, topped by a few calcite crystals and small malachite balls. This piece comes from the “cupriferous cleft" discovered in 1996.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "Lapis Jg,24 #7/8: Jul-Aug 1999", "Griechenland Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten"
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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| Mineral: | Azurite with Aragonite on limonite |
| Locality: | | Maria Mine, Agia Varvara Mines, Sounion area, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4 x 6.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 103 g
MIM number: 1403
Aggregate of small crystals in deep blue balls covering a limonite mound on all sides; the sample is topped with translucent white aragonite becoming slightly green at the back (probably cupriferous).
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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16868 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Azurite coating Goethite after Calcite |
| Locality: | | Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 21.5 x 13 x 14 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 884 g
MIM number: 1402
Plate of calcite scalenohedrons pseudomorphed into brown goethite, and partially covered by a coating of azurite of a beautiful deep blue color.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Wolfgang & Karin Wendel (Germany) |
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16877 Time(s) |
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Joined: 04 Aug 2015
Posts: 243
Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Apr 17, 2025 08:11 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Grossular |
| Locality: | | Kayes Region, Mali | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.1 x 5 x 5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 128 g
MIM number: 1400
Very well formed, pale green rhombic dodecahedron
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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16617 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Grossular |
| Locality: | | Kayes Region, Mali | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.3 x 4 x 4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 65 g
MIM number: 1401
Very well formed, pale green rhombic dodecahedron
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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16617 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Graphite with Diopside and Mesolite |
| Locality: | | Karo Pit, D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm / main crystal: 0.8 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 17 g
MIM number: 1399
Graphite matrix topped with flattened hexagonal crystals of graphite, some small green diopside crystals (1.1 cm max) and tufts of mesolite.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" |
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16619 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Graphite with Diopside and Mesolite |
| Locality: | | Karo Pit, D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm / main crystal: 0.9 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 13 g
MIM number: 1398
Graphite matrix topped with flattened hexagonal crystals of graphite, some small green diopside crystals (1.4 cm max) and tufts of mesolite
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Lapis: Jul-Aug 2015" |
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16626 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Graphite with Diopside and Mesolite |
| Locality: | | Karo Pit, D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm / main crystal: 1.1 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 12 g
MIM number: 1397
Graphite matrix topped with flattened hexagonal crystals of graphite, some small green diopside crystals (1 cm max) and tufts of mesolite.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Lapis: Jul-Aug 2015" |
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16618 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Magnetite on Halite |
| Locality: | | Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 5 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 2.8 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 132 g
MIM number: 1394
Intact, lustrous black cubic crystal showing the faces of a tetrahexahedron, topped by a small cubic crystal and on a white matrix sprinkled with small white halite and magnetite crystals.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza; |
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16618 Time(s) |
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Joined: 04 Aug 2015
Posts: 243
Location: Beirut
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| Posted: Apr 27, 2025 09:22 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Prehnite with Epidote |
| Locality: | | Kayes Region, Mali | |
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| Dimensions: | 31 x 25 x 8 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 6250 g
MIM number: 1391
Practically intact block of green prehnite balls having the form of a dinosaur turning its head (!). Some more coarsely formed, black epidotes on one of the sides.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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16262 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Marcasite with Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 8.5 x 12 cm / main crystal: 4.1 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 231 g
MIM number: 1390
Two tufts of spearhead-shaped twins developed on a clayey chalk base, each one associating 5 crystals, which gives them an almost pentagonal contour. A pyrite ball developed next to the base of one of the tufts.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "101 Minéraux et Pierres Précieuses qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie", "Le Règne Minéral hors-série XXV/XXVI 2019-2020 - Les minéraux du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais"
Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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16265 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Sphalerite on Siderite with Dolomite |
| Locality: | | La Mure area, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 12.5 x 11 x 6.5 cm / main crystal: 3.1 cm |
| Description: |
La Mure, Isère, France
Mass: 849 g
MIM number: 1389
Well separated, sharp, dark red crystals having developed on lenticular siderite (3.8 cm max) with some small dolomite rhombohedrons (1.2 cm max)
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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16263 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite on Quartz |
| 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: | 17.5 x 10.5 x 8 cm / main crystal: 7.7 cm |
| Description: |
Le Beix, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Mass: 548 g
MIM number: 1388
Probable year of extraction : 1975
Intact, transparent blue cube on a strip of small white quartz crystals with a partial covering of orangey iron oxide at the back; the ensemble is a floater.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "Le Règne Minéral hors-série XI-2005", "Le Règne Minéral # 100: Jul-Aug 2011"
Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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16262 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz on Calcite |
| Locality: | | Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 8.5 x 11 cm / main crystal: 7.3 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 357 g
MIM number: 1385
Probable year of extraction : 2006
Translucent and very lustrous, pink polysynthetic octahedron on a small base of white calcite rhombohedrons; some quartz crystals skewer the fluorite laterally.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "Le Règne Minéral # 100: Jul-Aug 2011", "Chroniques de Cristalliers", "Fluorite - Trésors de France/French Treasures", "extraLapis 59 - Mont Blanc - Mineralien vom weißen Berg"
Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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16270 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Tetrahedrite with Sphalerite, Bournonite and Siderite |
| Locality: | | La Mure area, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 x 9 x 7 cm / main crystal: 6.8 cm. |
| Description: |
La Mure, Isère, France
Mass: 522 g
MIM number: 1384
Probable year of extraction : 1981
Two very lustrous, black tetrahedrons imbricated in the form of a cross (though not at a perfect right angle) with a tuft of dark red, polysynthetic sphalerite (4.6 cm) close to the summit of the larger one, some flat crystals of bournonite (1 cm max) and small siderite lenses at the back (0.9 cm max).
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publications: "Le Règne Minéral # 100: Jul-Aug 2011", "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés"
Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France) |
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16266 Time(s) |
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Joined: 10 May 2016
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Location: Normandie
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Joined: 04 Aug 2015
Posts: 243
Location: Beirut
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| Posted: May 06, 2025 09:58 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Epidote with Quartz |
| Locality: | | Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma) | |
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| Dimensions: | 16 x 18 x 15 cm / main crystal: 10.4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 2950 g
MIM number: 1382
Probable year of extraction : 2011
Intact assembly of large thick lustrous tabular crystals with green reflections and a little quartz to the back. The thinnest crystals are translucent.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Publication: "Lapis Jg,37 #12: Dec 2012" |
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1064 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Crocoite |
| Locality: | | Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, West Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 25 x 25 x 15 cm / main crystal: 3.5 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 1200 g
MIM number: 1381
Probable year of extraction : 2012
Bushy tufts of orange needles developed in a structure reminiscent of fractals on a limonite matrix; the ensemble is surprisingly intact considering the brittleness of the needles, the matrix of iron oxide being rather robust.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
Publication: "Le Règne Minéral: Sep-Oct 2016" |
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1060 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Meta-autunite |
| Locality: | | Margnac Mine, Compreignac, Bellac, Haute-Vienne Department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 22 x 14 x 11 cm / main crystal: 0.8 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 2950 g
MIM number: 1380
Green-yellow tabular crystals carpeting the interior of a sandstone sandwich.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France) |
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1059 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Meta-autunite |
| Locality: | | Les Oudots Quarry, Grury, Issy-l'Evêque, Autun District, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 25 x 20 x 7 cm / main crystal: 0.7 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 2450 g
MIM number: 1379
Crust of tabular crystals, fluorescent green-yellow under long UV rays, covering the top of a granite plate. The latter separated naturally from the granite like several others, and water circulating between the interstices has dissolved and deposited autunite in these fissures.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France) |
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1060 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Meta-autunite |
| Locality: | | Les Oudots Quarry, Grury, Issy-l'Evêque, Autun District, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 25 x 20 x 7 cm / main crystal: 0.7 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 2450 g
MIM number: 1379
Crust of tabular crystals, fluorescent green-yellow under long UV rays, covering the top of a granite plate. The latter separated naturally from the granite like several others, and water circulating between the interstices has dissolved and deposited autunite in these fissures.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France) |
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1058 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Galena on Quartz with Siderite |
| Locality: | | Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm / main crystal: 2.2 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 63 g
MIM number: 1378
Two perfect crystals at the two ends of a thin quartz chip studded with some small siderite crystals.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Giancarlo Fioravanti (Rome, Italy) |
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1060 Time(s) |
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Location: Beirut
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| Posted: May 17, 2025 09:12 Post subject: Re: The MIM Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Mineral: | Phosgenite |
| Locality: | | Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 3 x 2 x 5 cm / main crystal: 4.7 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 65 g
MIM number: 1376
Two intact, transparent, double terminated parallel crystals with tabular terminations.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Giancarlo Fioravanti (Rome, Italy) |
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351 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Phosgenite |
| Locality: | | Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 3 x 2 x 5 cm / main crystal: 4.7 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 65 g
MIM number: 1376
Two intact, transparent, double terminated parallel crystals with tabular terminations.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Giancarlo Fioravanti (Rome, Italy) |
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350 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Hauerite |
| Locality: | | Destricella Mine, Raddusa, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 4 x 4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 35 g
MIM number: 1375
Very well formed black octahedron.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Giancarlo Fioravanti (Rome, Italy) |
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350 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Hauerite |
| Locality: | | Destricella Mine, Raddusa, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 4 x 4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 40 g
MIM number: 1374
Very well formed black octahedron.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Giancarlo Fioravanti (Rome, Italy) |
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350 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Epidote |
| Locality: | | Falin Lake, Usseglio, Val di Viù / Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 3 x 3 x 4 cm |
| Description: |
Mass: 52 g
MIM number: 1377
Very lustrous, greenish-black crystal with green moiré reflections revealing a very sharp-edged reentrant twin; a side crystal is also at the base.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;
Ex collection: Giancarlo Fioravanti (Rome, Italy) |
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350 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 4 x 5 cm / main crystal: 1.5 cm. |
| Description: |
Mass: 72 g
MIM number: 1373
Group of thin, transparent, lustrous, orange rectangular tablets which have developed around a white matrix slab.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; |
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350 Time(s) |
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