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Greg Lilly
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Location: Tauranga
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 Posted: May 10, 2013 21:14 Post subject: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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My main interests are Quartz, Calcite and fluorite but I also have a soft spot for New Zealand minerals and will make a point of including these in this thread. Mineral photography for me is a source of constant joy and frustration, I hope you enjoy them :)
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Gold in Quartz
Thames area, Coromandel Peninsular, New Zealand
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: May 11, 2013 03:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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| Greg Lilly wrote: | | Mineral photography (...) is a source of constant joy and frustration |
You could not have been more accurate!
Be welcome to FMF. You are encouraged to keep posting here all the photos of your collection.
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Greg Lilly
Joined: 05 May 2013
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Location: Tauranga
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| Posted: May 12, 2013 00:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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Minerals from level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand.
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Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
7x6 cm |
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Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
6.5x4 cm |
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Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
7.5x2.5 cm |
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Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
5x5 cm |
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Linarite on Cerussite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
8.5x6.5 cm |
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Cerussite on Dundasite
Level 2, Tui Mine, Te Aroha, New Zealand
4.5x3.5 cm |
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Mark Ost
Joined: 18 Mar 2013
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Location: Virginia Beach
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| Posted: May 12, 2013 10:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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| I like the way your backgrounds grade from light to dark. It makes the minerals seem to float in air. Fine presentation.
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Greg Lilly
Joined: 05 May 2013
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Location: Tauranga
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| Posted: May 13, 2013 03:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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| Mark Ost wrote: | | I like the way your backgrounds grade from light to dark. It makes the minerals seem to float in air. Fine presentation. |
Thanks Mark, so much trial and error (more error :) ) in getting these photos, I use a suspended sheet of glass to get that effect.
Greg
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Tobi
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| Posted: May 13, 2013 07:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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Hi Greg,
| Greg Lilly wrote: | | I also have a soft spot for New Zealand minerals and will make a point of including these in this thread. |
Sounds interesting to me! New Zealand is a country with rather few minerals on the market, at least here in Europe. I love that beautiful country and appreciate it very much to see a collector who shows some specimens from NZ. Keep it up :-)
| Greg Lilly wrote: | | Mineral photography for me is a source of constant joy and frustration, I hope you enjoy them :) |
Yes, we do! I agree with Mark: Your backgrounds are really good!
Cheers!
Tobi
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Mark Ost
Joined: 18 Mar 2013
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Location: Virginia Beach
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| Posted: May 13, 2013 17:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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| I thought that might be the case with the glass as a very slight reflection was visible but I like it and may try the idea though my camera and skills are not close to yours.
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Greg Lilly
Joined: 05 May 2013
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Location: Tauranga
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| Posted: May 15, 2013 00:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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| Tobi wrote: | Hi Greg,
Sounds interesting to me! New Zealand is a country with rather few minerals on the market, at least here in Europe. I love that beautiful country and appreciate it very much to see a collector who shows some specimens from NZ. Keep it up :-)
Cheers!
Tobi |
Hi Tobi,
you wont see much as sadly the variety of minerals from NZ which make good display specimens is small and the amount of material which comes from the deposits is also very small. Most of my NZ collection is quartz, I will post some in the coming weeks.
Greg
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Greg Lilly
Joined: 05 May 2013
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Location: Tauranga
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| Posted: May 15, 2013 01:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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More from New Zealand
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Gypsum
Bannockburn, Otago, New Zealand
5x4 cm |
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Gypsum
Bannockburn, Otago, New Zealand
5x4.5 cm |
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Calcite
Zeehan Mine, Puhoi Valley, Thames, New Zealand
8x6 cm
ex John Collins Collection |
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Calcite
Zeehan Mine, Puhoi Valley, Thames, New Zealand
8x6 cm
ex John Collins Collection |
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Mike Wood
Joined: 16 Dec 2010
Posts: 456
Location: Northern England
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| Posted: May 15, 2013 12:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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| Greg Lilly wrote: | Hi Tobi,
you wont see much as sadly the variety of minerals from NZ which make good display specimens is small and the amount of material which comes from the deposits is also very small. Most of my NZ collection is quartz, I will post some in the coming weeks.
Greg |
Seems to me that New Zealand has a shortage of rockhounds! Surely there are good mineral specimens to be found in those mountains. Greg, is mineral collecting a popular hobby in NZ? Are there many or few clubs or societies dedicated to this pursuit? I have no idea myself. Would love to travel there sometime and go a-hunting - though it is so very far away...
Keep up the good work Greg; we all would love to see more photographs!
Regards, Mike
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: May 15, 2013 13:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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| Mike Wood wrote: | | Greg Lilly wrote: | Hi Tobi,
you wont see much as sadly the variety of minerals from NZ which make good display specimens is small and the amount of material which comes from the deposits is also very small. Most of my NZ collection is quartz, I will post some in the coming weeks.
Greg |
Seems to me that New Zealand has a shortage of rockhounds! Surely there are good mineral specimens to be found in those mountains. Greg, is mineral collecting a popular hobby in NZ? Are there many or few clubs or societies dedicated to this pursuit? I have no idea myself. Would love to travel there sometime and go a-hunting - though it is so very far away...
Keep up the good work Greg; we all would love to see more photographs!
Regards, Mike |
I have had similar thoughts Mike. Surely those mountains must have some amazing specimens. I cannot wait to see some quartz specimens Greg!
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Greg Lilly
Joined: 05 May 2013
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Location: Tauranga
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| Posted: May 16, 2013 20:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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Sadly our hobby in New Zealand is in decline. There are less than a dozen 'active' clubs and a large focus of them is lapidary. This may be due to the fact that there is a reasonable amount of lapidary material which can be collected here, jasper , agate, petrified wood etc.
Our mountains while beautiful are not vast treasure troves of crystals and most of the material which we collect is from the Coromandel gold mining area. Our mining industry focuses on things like gold, coal, oil and gas, iron sands etc. Deposits of things like copper, lead, zinc etc are few and far between.
Thanks for your comments, will get onto some more photos soon,
Greg
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Joan Martinez Bruguera
Joined: 13 Dec 2012
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Location: Sant Esteve de Palautordera (Barcelona)
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| Posted: May 17, 2013 03:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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Hi Greg
Interesting minerals from a little-known area.
Congratulations for the beautiful minerals!
Best regards ;-)
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supertxango
Joined: 15 Jul 2012
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Location: Madrid
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| Posted: May 17, 2013 10:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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Hi Greg,
Nice pictures. I love your cerussite specimens from Tui Mine and the calcite from Zeehan Mine. They are so interesting.
Thanks and regards,
Juan H
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Greg Lilly
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Location: Tauranga
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| Posted: May 20, 2013 20:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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Thank you for the comments. The calcite from the Zeehan was recovered from tailings stacked outside the mine, now washed away in floods.
Some more NZ minerals...
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Calcite
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi, New Zealand
12x9 cm
The Golden Cross Mine was re opened in 1991 for gold and silver production, closing in 1998. Mostly calcite specimens were preserved |
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Arsenopyrite
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi, New Zealand
6x5 cm |
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Ankerite on Quartz after Calcite
Silver Queen Mine, Maratoto Paeroa, New Zealand
6.5x5.5 cm
ex Arline Broad Collection |
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Ankerite on Quartz after Calcite
Silver Queen Mine, Maratoto, Paeroa New Zealand
8x7 cm
ex Arline Broad Collection |
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Greg Lilly
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Location: Tauranga
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| Posted: May 20, 2013 21:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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Some Australian pieces from my worldwide collection
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Stilbite with Quartz
Coonabarabran, NSW Australia
9x6.5 cm |
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Gypsum
South Australia
14x12 cm |
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Smithsonite
Broken Hill, NSW Australia
8x5.5 cm |
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Greg Lilly
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Location: Tauranga
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| Posted: May 29, 2013 00:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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Back again, firstly some self collected New Zealand quartz specimens. I hve to work through the photos of my NZ quartz specimens and re do most of them as they are over exposed. It might take me some time...
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Quartz, Calcite
Level 7 United MIne, Maratoto, New Zealand
19x15cm
Quartz on small blades after Calcite. The back of this piece is composed of coarse casts of quartz after calcite |
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Quartz
Level 7 United MIne, Maratoto, New Zealand
16x13x11cm
Quartz Vug |
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Quartz
Tararu River, Thames, New Zealand
7x5cm |
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Greg Lilly
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Location: Tauranga
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| Posted: May 29, 2013 00:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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3 more pieces today, I hope you enjoy them
Greg
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Fluorite, Sphalerite and Dolomite
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
8.5x5.7cm |
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Pyrrhotite, Quartz and Calcite
Dalnegorsk, Russia
7.7x4.7cm |
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Quartz
Waziristan, Pakistan
10x3.7cm
Quartz Faden |
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Pierre Joubert
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Location: Western Cape
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Mike Wood
Joined: 16 Dec 2010
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| Posted: May 29, 2013 13:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Greg Lilly |
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Fine specimens Greg. I especially like the large quartz / calcite plate 634.jpg ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/files/634_206.jpg ) it looks interesting. Wouldn't mind seeing a close-up of it !? Well done for collecting it !
Regards, Mike
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