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John S. White
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Posted: Jul 29, 2011 13:03 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Way to go Vic! Now that you have mastered taking mineral photos I hope we will see more of them.
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vic rzonca

Joined: 18 Nov 2008
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Location: MA



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Posted: Jul 29, 2011 14:03 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Thank you, my avatar. Finally got a little time off for the hobby. Not for long though, I hear the crane coming.
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Mostly prehnite and friends. All Westfield, Massachusetts, USA Field of view 12"x12'x24". |
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vic rzonca

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Location: MA



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Posted: Jul 30, 2011 13:35 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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More personally collected field specimens.
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Babingtonite with prehnite. Westfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts, USA 5x3 cm. |
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Goethite on Quartz South Hampton, Massachusetts, USA. (remote) Crystal size is 1x1 cm. |
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Prenhite and Calcite Westfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts, USA 5x4 cm. |
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Datolite, Calcite, minor Prehnite Westfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts, USA 9x5 cm. |
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vic rzonca

Joined: 18 Nov 2008
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Location: MA



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Posted: Aug 01, 2011 08:46 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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More field collected Quartz.
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Quartz Stafford, Connecticut, USA 19x16x9 cm. |
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Quartz Moosup, Connecticut, USA 40x35x10 cm. |
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vic rzonca

Joined: 18 Nov 2008
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Location: MA



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Posted: Jan 12, 2012 08:50 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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More from my back yard. Not really, but close.
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Calcite Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Westfield, Massasuchetts, USA Crystal is 2 cm. |
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Datolite Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Westfield, Massasuchetts, USA 1 beer flat-the partial contents of a seam waiting for processing. Extremely difficult to collect good specimens of datolite from the very compact basalt. There are few in this flat. |
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vic rzonca

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Posted: Jan 12, 2012 09:51 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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My specimen processing area. It's all self collected and though I try to control myself, I always carry out more than should. Most everything you see is from MA., CT., or NH.
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vic rzonca

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Posted: Feb 22, 2012 15:27 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Quartz, uncleaned, self collected.
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Quartz Moosup, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA 5x3 cm. |
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vic rzonca

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Posted: Feb 22, 2012 16:02 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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More local quartz.
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Quartz Moosup, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA 7x5 cm. |
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Quartz Spruce Hill, Albany County, New Hampshire, USA 17x9 cm. |
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vic rzonca

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Posted: Feb 22, 2012 23:07 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Hydrocarbons in Little Falls dolostone.
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Anthraxolite Fonda, Montgomery Co., New York, USA 2 cm. round |
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Quartz Fonda, Montgomery Co., New York, USA 2.5 cm. tall main crystal |
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Calcite twin Lane Quarry, Hampden Co., Westfield, Massasuchetts, USA 3 cm. tall |
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vic rzonca

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Posted: Apr 27, 2012 17:35 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Oxide stained quartz
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Quartz Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut, USA 5x16 cm. |
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vic rzonca

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Posted: Jun 08, 2012 14:36 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Tools I have known.
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vic rzonca

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Posted: Jun 08, 2012 16:23 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Helpers.
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_Sacrificial steel plates to protect the piston top. One new. |
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_Ram side and rock side. 30 tons of push force leaves the impression of the piston top in the steel plate. |
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_The 30 ton model, less pump. 4" high. The three following shots show what we find with the application of this tool. |
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Dolomite on quartz. Vug size 14cm. wide. Fonda NY. |
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Quartz, 8 cm. tall. Fonda NY. |
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Quartz, 7 cm. long. Fonda, NY. |
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vic rzonca

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Location: MA



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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 07:51 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Here is more quartz, in situ, from the Little Falls dolostone. The pocket was not much larger than the crystal and packed with dirt. Less than a meter from the suface.
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_A casually dressed collecting chum getting an image just after the excavator levered off a block of dolostone. |
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Quartz, 14 cm., Fonda, NY. |
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Let loose from the enclosing dirt , ready to collect, nothing else in the pocket. Collected 6/10/12 |
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vic rzonca

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Location: MA



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Posted: Jun 20, 2012 06:28 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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A complex quartz crystal from the Little Falls dolostone. Two views.
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Quartz, the crystal is 6x4.5 cm., Fonda, NY. Collected 6/18/12. |
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Quartz, 6x4.5 cm. Fonda, NY. |
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vic rzonca

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Posted: Sep 26, 2012 11:40 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Self collected.
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Malachite Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA FOV. aprox.11 cm. |
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Galena on quartz with Baryte. Loudville Lead Mine, North Portal, Easthampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA 1 cm. crystal |
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Sphalerite on quartz Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA 7 cm. |
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