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Ed Huskinson
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Posted: Sep 20, 2009 23:02 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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Wow Darren, nice wulfenite!! You're lucky to have reacquired it. So 30 years ago, that'd be about 1979, same vintage more or less as the one pictured here (1971, as can be seen from the label on the undercarriage of the piece). I bought it in Juarez back in the days when it was safe to cross over the bridge, carouse all night, and stagger home under the influence of Tequila. What do they say? "A hangover is the wrath of grapes." ? I cannot remember exactly how much I paid for the specimen, but given the fact that I rarely had more than two or three dollars in my pocket at any one time back then, it couldn't have been much, and I'm certain it was less than $25.00, maybe even less than $20.00.
The point here is that both specimens look to have originated in the same area of the mine, and they could even be from the same pocket. Do you remember the year of the newspapers in which the specimens were wrapped there at Pebble Pups?
If you come to Tucson in 2010, bring the piece. I'll bring this one, and we can compare them side by side, maybe even factor Bennie Fenn into the mix.
Your specimens are great, muy interesting. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks,
Ed
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Wulfenite, Los Lamentos,Chihuahua, Mexico. Largest "cube" is 9.5 mm. |
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Wulfenite, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Specimen is 10.5 cm long, 7cm by 7cm wide. I don't know what the green stuff is. Anyone? |
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Wulfenite label. 48.1.4.1-19. I found this system to be cumbersome and abandoned it for a simpler one in 1979 or 1980. |
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azsavit
Joined: 19 Sep 2009
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Location: Chicago
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Posted: Sep 21, 2009 08:15 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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Wow, it looks like all the old-timers definitely have the upper hand on this topic. The fact that people are posting stuff they bought when I was still in diapers makes me feel a bit better about posting stuff that I bought fairly close to the source. Granted, these are a couple of the nicer pieces from a larger lot I bought, but still, the per-piece cost was fairly low so think these qualify...
One of the bonuses of wandering into every shop with minerals in the window, no matter where I happen to be in the world... in the US I just go in, drool for a while, and walk out empty handed, but in a source country with no domestic demand, it is another game entirely. Both of these pieces are from Ica, Peru.
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drusy quartz over chrysocolla and malachite |
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gypsum over atacamite with drusy chrysocolla |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Sep 21, 2009 09:11 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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Ed Huskinson wrote: | Wulfenite, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Specimen is 10.5 cm long, 7cm by 7cm wide. I don't know what the green stuff is. Anyone? |
Arsenic-rich Vanadinite (Endlichite), I believe.
Jordi
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Ed Huskinson
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Posted: Sep 21, 2009 12:43 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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Yes, endlichite is found there Jordi. We'll look at the specimen together in Tucson in 2010.
Thanks,
Ed
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Sep 21, 2009 18:36 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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Here are a few coppers from the Chino Pit, Grant County, New Mexico, that I got for about 25 cents each.
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A closer view of the one below, showing some of the spinel twins a bit better |
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Another 11 - 12 cm piece with several spinel twins |
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This piece is about 12 cm across - notice the spinel twin at the left |
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Darren
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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Location: New Mexico
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Posted: Sep 21, 2009 18:40 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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There once was a little old lady (seriously!) who used to sell minerals at our downtown farmers market. I used to put stuff out to sell with her every now and then - locally collected Baryte, micros, fluorite and Mexican minerals I would buy at the Deming show to resale. One day, this popped up in one of the boxes she bought from "some guy" in Arizona. When asked what she wanted for it, she said 3 dollars. It's another one that was traded away a few years ago and just came back to me.
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A nice little Red Cloud wulfenite toenail bought for 3 dollars about 10 years ago. |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Sep 22, 2009 02:23 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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3 US$?
My goodness! ;-)
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Darren
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Posted: Sep 22, 2009 10:50 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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Yep, $3! I was surprised as well? I assume it's worth a bit more than that.
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Tobi
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Posted: Nov 06, 2009 03:51 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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This 5,5 cm vanadinite from Taouz (Morocco) costed 3 euros (4 or 5 dollars)
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Tobi
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Posted: Nov 06, 2009 03:53 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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This 6,5 cm specimen of fluorite from the Erongo mountains (Namibia) had the same price of 3 euros.
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Tobi
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Posted: Nov 06, 2009 03:55 Post subject: Re: Less costly pieces |
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And i bought this calcite specimen from the Sweetwater Mine (Missouri) with a 9 cm (!) crystal for 9 euros (about 14 dollars).
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