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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Mar 07, 2023 09:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Love the rubellite, Tobi. Good color saturation and cute little sidecar crystal.
Michael
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 10, 2023 05:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Love the rubellite, Tobi. Good color saturation and cute little sidecar crystal. Michael |
Thank you Michael. Indeed a really nice piece from Beni Bouzra, here's an additional photo of the termination, I like the small perfect triangular crystal face in the middle. And Jordi was so kind to send me the page from Le Règne Minéral where the piece was shown.
Maybe the perfect time to thank Jordi for being such a kind and diligent dealer. He's always so accurate and he provides everything you need about a specimen, in this case I even got an analysis of the Beni Bouzra tourmaline material verified as elbaite. Thank you Jordi for being such a luminary of the mineral world :-)
Best regards
Tobi
| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco |  |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen 2 x 1,5 cm in diameter |
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| The page from L.R.M. no. 166 that features this elbaite © Le Règne Minéral |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Mar 10, 2023 05:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Congratulations Tobi for your tourmaline in LRM!
Yes, Jordi Fabre is a serious and reliable dealer.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 10, 2023 10:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thank you Carles!
The next specimen is a rubellite again, this time from Malkhan in Russia:
| Mineral: | Elbaite (variety rubellite) |
| Locality: | | Sosedka vein, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 3,5 cm |
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| Photo © Anton Watzl Minerals |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2023 12:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Fluorite from Morocco:
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 19 cm, largest crystal 2,3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 19 cm, largest crystal 2,3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Aouli, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 19 cm, largest crystal 2,3 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2023 12:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Nice. And big!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2023 12:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Nice. And big! |
Thanks, I agree :-)
The next specimen is smaller and more elegant, a nice quartz cluster from Colombia. The specimen is a complete floater, the whole bottom consists of crystal tips, including those from the double-terminated main crystals. A lovely quartz sculpture :-)
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Santander Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size and also largest crystal size 13 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Santander Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size and also largest crystal size 13 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Santander Department, Colombia | |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2023 12:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Very nice, and very big, and very heavy! (I mean the fluorite.)
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2023 02:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Very nice, and very big ... |
Thank you Carles, I consider both of them beautiful additions to my collection :-)
| Carles Millan wrote: | | ... and very heavy! (I mean the fluorite.) |
1895 g ;-) The specimen feels very heavy for its size, I guess the matrix includes a lot of baryte and/or other minerals with a high specific gravity.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Apr 06, 2023 04:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | 1895 g ;-) The specimen feels very heavy for its size, I guess the matrix includes a lot of baryte and/or other minerals with a high specific gravity. |
Don't worry, I have two Navajún pyrites that weigh 3900 g and 2300 g. But I'm not going to purchase any other specimen that heavy anymore.
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minsur
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| Posted: Apr 07, 2023 15:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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This quartz specimen is most likely from somewhere in the departamento de Santander.
Peñas Blancas produces Muzo habit crystals.
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Dany Mabillard
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2023 01:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Nice specimens. A preference for the Fluorite. Have a nice day.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2023 02:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thank you, Dany!
| minsur wrote: | | This quartz specimen is most likely from somewhere in the departamento de Santander. Peñas Blancas produces Muzo habit crystals. |
Thank you for the advice, I looked this up and compared photos and you seem to be right. I can't edit my post anymore, could one of the admins with full access rights please change the locality to "Santander Department, Colombia" - thanks!
Tobi
Locality corrected.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 29, 2023 05:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Classic Illinois specimen that I got from an older collection, an impressive piece of dark-purple fluorite cubes with a cute calcite attached to the side:
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 x 18 cm, largest fluorite cubes 3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 x 18 cm, largest fluorite cubes 3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Calcite crystal 2 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2023 02:26 Post subject: P.S. Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Classic Illinois specimen that I got from an older collection, an impressive piece of dark-purple fluorite cubes with a cute calcite attached to the side: |
The weather today allowed me to take an additional photo in direct sunlight to show the wonderful colour of this fluorite:
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 x 18 cm, largest fluorite cubes 3 cm |
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