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am mizunaka
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 Posted: Feb 25, 2023 22:55 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Barite |
| Locality: | | Los Cobayos Quarry (La Paredona), Berbes mining area, Los Cobayos, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain |  |
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| Dimensions: | 8.9 x 7.3 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 01, 2023 04:03 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky quartz) |
| Locality: | | Smoky Mountain Crystal Mine, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.3 x 7.7 cm |
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| Skeletal smoky quartz capping the termination of an opaque quartz crystal. |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 04, 2023 03:44 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Elbaite |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite, Quartz, Feldspar Group |
| Locality: | | Beni Bouzra (Bni Bouzra), Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.9 x 7.2 cm |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 09, 2023 02:00 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Treasure Mountain Diamond Mine, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.2 x 2.0 cm |
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| Unique "barbell" scepter. Two herkimer style quartz on opposite ends of a black stem. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 09, 2023 08:00 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| am mizunaka wrote: | Fluorite, Barite
Los Cobayos Quarry (La Paredona), Berbes mining area, Los Cobayos, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain
Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 cm |
The deep colour and clarity - what a striking Berbes piece!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 10, 2023 00:55 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Tobi wrote: | | am mizunaka wrote: | Fluorite, Barite
Los Cobayos Quarry (La Paredona), Berbes mining area, Los Cobayos, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain
Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 cm |
The deep colour and clarity - what a striking Berbes piece! |
Thanks Tobi!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2023 02:50 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 26.4 x 12.5 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2023 05:27 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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This is an incredible rich plate with fluorite from Yaogangxian! Never seen before from this locale. Congratulation!
Volkmar
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2023 18:42 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Fluorite |
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| Volkmar Stingl wrote: | This is an incredible rich plate with fluorite from Yaogangxian! Never seen before from this locale. Congratulation!
Volkmar |
Thanks Volkmar!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 12, 2023 17:27 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Celestine |
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| Mineral: | Celestine, Calcite |
| Locality: | | Laman deposit, Qala e Naw District, Badghis Province, Afghanistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.7 x 4.1 cm |
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| From the newish find of celestine from Afghanistan on calcite. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 13, 2023 04:39 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection |
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| What a beautiful celestite specimen!
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 13, 2023 22:47 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Celestine |
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| Tobi wrote: | | What a beautiful celestite specimen! |
Thanks Tobi! It was one of the nicer ones I saw in Tucson this year.
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 15, 2023 05:17 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Four Peaks, Four Peaks Wilderness, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 11.9 x 9.5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2023 04:39 Post subject: Re: The Mizunaka Collection - Celestine |
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| am mizunaka wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | | What a beautiful celestite specimen! |
Thanks Tobi! It was one of the nicer ones I saw in Tucson this year. |
I'm sure it was because it's hard to imagine a nicer piece from that find :-)
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Mar 18, 2023 01:32 Post subject: The Mizunaka Collection - Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
| Locality: | | Tsugawa, Aga, Higashikambara District, Niigata Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.0 x 5.8 cm |
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| Pale blueish/green quartz on matrix. |
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