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Simone Citon Mineral Collection
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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:18 Post subject: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Here a good selection, representative of my collection which consists of about 10,000 specimens collected in 40 years of collecting minerals. I hope you enjoy the photos (and the specimens...)!

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Gold
Bucium, Apuseni District, Alba Co., Romania
0,7 cm in length
Crystallized Gold var. Electrum, from a rare locale.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:25 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Gold and Gold minerals

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Hessite
Botés, Alba Co., Romania
1,6x1,3x1,2 cm
Rounded crystals with Sphalerite and Quartz, from old collection.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:29 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Gold and Gold minerals.

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Gold
Baia de Arieş (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania
6x4x4 cm
Rare sample of partially crystallized Gold in "gray Quartz", from old collection.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:38 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Native elements

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Antimony
Matilde mine, La Viñuela, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
5,5x5x4 cm
Large, cleavaged crystals, with a bit of Quartz matrix. Interesting specimen obtained from J. Fabre at the 1987 Munich Mineral Show

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:43 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Native elements

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Bismuth
Schlema Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
4x3,8x2,5 cm
Very rare crystallized Bismuth associated with Erytrite and Dolomite. The main, euhedral crystal is up to 1 cm.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:47 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Gold and Gold minerals

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Gold
Mina Zapata, Santa Elena de Uairen, Bolívar, Venezuela
1,5 cm in lenght
Hoppered, octahedral crystal, characteristic for the locale.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:51 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Gold and Gold minerals

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Nagyagite
Sacarîmb ( Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
Up to 1 cm crystal cluster
Very rare "rose" of Nagyagite, associated with Rhodochrosite and Quartz, from old collection.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jun 28, 2013 05:56 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Gold and Gold minerals

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Calaverite, Gold
Calaveras County, California, USA
3,7x2x2 cm
Pale yellow, small, striated Calaverite crystals with intense yellow Gold in compact Quartz matrix. Interesting specimen, ex Eugene Carmichael Collection.

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Antonio Alcaide
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Joined: 23 Aug 2009
Posts: 314
Location: Spain

Posted: Jun 28, 2013 10:23 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Your amazing specimens introduce you perfectly, Simone. Our warmest welcome. Please, read this link to add several pictures in a single message. Thank you. Regards _________________ Life is the shortest crystal

Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jul 01, 2013 05:59 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Native elements

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Copper
Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
3,5x2,5x1,5 cm
Crystallized, sculptural Copper.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jul 01, 2013 06:02 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Gold and Gold minerals

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Description:

Gold
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
5x4x1,5 cm
Gold in Quartz, with Sphalerite, from old classic locale.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jul 01, 2013 06:08 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Native elements

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Diamond
Golconda Mines, Golconda, Hyderabad District, Andhra Pradesh, India
4 and 3 mm
Two rare sample form very antique origin.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jul 01, 2013 06:11 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Native elements

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Moschellandsbergite
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5 mm
A 5 mm group of crystallized Moschellandsbergite associated with Cinnabar, from old classic locale.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jul 01, 2013 06:37 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Gold and Gold minerals

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Gold
Baia de Aries (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania
8,5x6x2,5 cm
A large plate quite rich in crystallized Gold for the old locale.

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Simone Citon

Joined: 27 Jun 2013
Posts: 33
Location: Veneto

Posted: Jul 01, 2013 07:07 Post subject: Re: Simone Citon Mineral Collection

Gold and Gold minerals

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Gold
Baia de Aries (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania
1,5 cm
Nicely crystallized 1,5 area of Gold in Quartz.

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