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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Apr 06, 2020 01:54 Post subject: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Hello all, as now is time enough I decided to start to show my collection to all of you. I am not a good photographer, so please excuse if some pictures will not be of good quality. I will add pics irregularly from time to time.
I started collecting decades ago in my childhood. After beginning my geology/mineralogy studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, I lost interest for some years. My restart was triggered by my sons, one of them is still an avid collector, too. My collection comprises pieces that I find myself, buy or swap.
My work lead me for 7 years to China, therefore I have many specimens from there, the self-collected of course not of museum quality. Connections to a friend who is dealer gave the opportunity to buy good additional pieces for little money. From my different working places in Europe I also brought a lot of minerals and fossils. But I enjoy most collecting in my home country, if possible together with my son.
I hope you enjoy my pictures!
Mineral: | Cinnabar on Quartz, Dolomite |
Locality: | Tongren Mine, Tongren, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 13 x 9 cm, crystal size up to 15 mm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 06, 2020 02:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Welcome Volkmar,
wonderful cinnabar specimen, really aesthetic. I think we all want to see more from your collection :-)
Best regards, stay safe and keep on posting
Tobi
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Apr 06, 2020 02:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Thank you, Tobi!
Next two specimens are self-collected on my tunnel construction sites some years ago.
Mineral: | Calcite with Pyrite |
Locality: | Wuyi tunnel north (construction site), Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 12 x 6 cm |
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Zoned pokerchip calcites with small pyrites in the center of the end planes. |
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Apr 06, 2020 02:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Detail of the previous photograph.
Mineral: | Calcite and Pyrite |
Locality: | Wuyi tunnel north (construction site), Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 12 x 6 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Apr 06, 2020 02:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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This was my christmas gift in 2011! Found on Dec. 24th 2011. Sorry for the poor picture.
Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite |
Locality: | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 10 x 9 cm |
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Nice octahedral fluorites with a coating of small quartzes and some pyrite |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Apr 06, 2020 02:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Welcome Volkmar,
Please use:
8.-) You can include up to 15 photos or images within each message. To see how to add photos and how to include up to 15 photos/images in a single message follow this link
Best regards, stay safe and keep on posting
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Apr 06, 2020 03:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Thank you, Jordi! I will follow your link...
The next 3 pieces are also from Baimashan tunnel construction (found between 2012 and 2013).
Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite |
Locality: | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 9 x 7 cm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite |
Locality: | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite |
Locality: | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 4 x 4 cm |
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Very good octahedron (about 15 mm size) with quartz and pyrite on one plane sitting on quartz variety rock crystal |
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Mineral: | Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite |
Locality: | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 4 x 4 cm |
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Very good octahedron (about 15 mm size) with quartz and pyrite on one plane sitting on quartz variety rock crystal |
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Mineral: | Quartz variety Rock Crystal |
Locality: | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 15 x 10 cm |
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Bob Harman
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Posted: Apr 06, 2020 05:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Volkmar, Nice specimens, especially since they were self-collected.
I do have one minor quibble tho; in your last picture, I prefer to call the pictured quartz "druzy quartz". While both rock crystal and druzy quartz are clear colorless quartz, the pictured example shows smallish closely spaced crystal tips; I reserve the term "rock crystal" for larger more robust and dominant perfectly clear quartz crystals. BOB
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Apr 06, 2020 08:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Thank you, Bob! You are right, it would be better to call it like you said.
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Don Lum

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Posted: Apr 06, 2020 10:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Welcome to The Forum, Volkmar. As Tobi said, we are looking forward to seeing more of your collection.
Regards,
Don Lum
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Apr 07, 2020 02:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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For today 3 pieces from the Alps.
Mineral: | Dawsonite |
Locality: | Terlano (Terlan), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy |  |
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Dimensions: | 10 x 9 cm |
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Mineral: | Dawsonite |
Locality: | Terlano (Terlan), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy |  |
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Dimensions: | 10 x 9 cm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Frötschbach, Bad Ratzes, Siusi Alp (Seis Alp, Seiser Alm), Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy |  |
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Dimensions: | 12 x 10 cm |
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Quartz crystals on Limonite ps. after Siderite on Calcite. A one-time find! |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Frötschbach, Bad Ratzes, Siusi Alp (Seis Alp, Seiser Alm), Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy |  |
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Dimensions: | 12 x 10 cm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Weißeck Mountain area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria |  |
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Dimensions: | 11 x 7 cm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Weißeck Mountain area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria |  |
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Dimensions: | 11 x 7 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Apr 08, 2020 23:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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More Chinese pieces from tunnel construction sites.
Mineral: | Fluorite and Quartz |
Locality: | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 13 x 7 cm |
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Green octahedrons up to 3 cm covered with druzy quartz. Self-collected. |
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Mineral: | Fluorite and Quartz |
Locality: | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 13 x 7 cm |
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Mineral: | Calcite and Quartz |
Locality: | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 6 x 5 cm |
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3 cm crystal sitting on druzy quartz. Self-collected. |
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Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz variety smoky |
Locality: | Baimashan tunnel (construction site), Qianbaxia, Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 11 x 6 cm |
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Small calcite crystals on grey Quartzes variety smoky. Self-collected. |
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Mineral: | Pyrite and Quartz on Fluorite |
Locality: | Chengnan tunnel (construction site), Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 14 x 9 cm |
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Thousands of pyrite cubes on a thin quartz layer above fkuorite cubes up to 2 cm. Self-collected. |
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Mineral: | Pyrite and Quartz on Fluorite |
Locality: | Chengnan tunnel (construction site), Wuyishan, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 14 x 9 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Apr 09, 2020 23:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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Two pieces from not widely known localities.
Mineral: | Wulfenite |
Locality: | Haiming, Imst District, North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol, Austria |  |
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Dimensions: | 5 x 4 cm |
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Mineral: | Wulfenite |
Locality: | Haiming, Imst District, North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol, Austria |  |
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Dimensions: | 5 x 4 cm |
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Mineral: | Aragonite |
Locality: | Grissianer Graben, Grissiano, Nalles (Nals), Autonomous Province South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy |  |
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Dimensions: | 9 x 7 cm |
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Mineral: | Aragonite |
Locality: | Grissianer Graben, Grissiano, Nalles (Nals), Autonomous Province South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol), Italy |  |
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Dimensions: | 9 x 7 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Apr 14, 2020 03:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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More from my Chinese collection...
Mineral: | Baryte on Quartz and Fluorite |
Locality: | Xiefang Mine, Ruijin, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 10 x 6 cm |
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Mineral: | Baryte on Quartz and Fluorite |
Locality: | Xiefang Mine, Ruijin, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 10 x 6 cm |
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Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite on Cuprite |
Locality: | Tongshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 8 x 5 cm |
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Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite on Cuprite |
Locality: | Tongshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China |  |
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Dimensions: | 8 x 5 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 14, 2020 04:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Volkmar Stingl |
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I really like that yellow Xiefang baryte!
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