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Antonio Nazario
Joined: 25 Apr 2024
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Location: Florida
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 Posted: Apr 25, 2024 21:44 Post subject: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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Hello, my name is Antonio Nazario. I am a 23yr old mineral collector located in FL, USA. I've been collecting since 2012. My collecting focus is worldwide fluorites and thumbnail minerals, but I have a wide assortment of minerals. I'll be sharing my collection here and hope you'll enjoy them.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | North Green Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 2.5 x 3 cm |
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| I purchased this specimen back in January of 2023. It was originally coated completely in bitumen. |
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Antonio Nazario
Joined: 25 Apr 2024
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2024 22:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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I acquired this last year and it was being showcased a new find. If anyone has anymore information would love to hear it.
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 2 x 2.5 cm |
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| Purple octahedral fluorite associated with hematite included quartz. Purchased at the 2023 Denver show. This was being showcased as a new find. I haven't seen much of it since. |
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Antonio Nazario
Joined: 25 Apr 2024
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2024 22:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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One of my favorite non-fluorite specimens.
| Mineral: | Quartz, Chalcopyrite |
| Locality: | | Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.1 x 1.5 x 3 cm |
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| A rather simple specimen featuring colorless quartz associated with brassy yellow chalcopyrite crystals. I purchased this specimen in December of 2021 off Etsy. |
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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Apr 26, 2024 02:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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Welcome to our community, Antonio!
I just love the first specimens you posted, you have a keen eye for aesthetics, I would consider the Indian fluorite/quartz combo and the Yaogangxian piece as perfect little competition specimens! I hope we will see a lot more from your collection!
Best regards
Tobi
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Apr 26, 2024 03:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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Welcome Antonio. Nice specimens
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Apr 26, 2024 09:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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| James Catmur wrote: | Welcome Antonio. Nice specimens
You can include up to 15 photos or images within each message. To see how to add photos and how to include up to 15 photos/images in a single message follow this
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As you add each photo we ask that you include sufficient information. There are 3 simple fields that need to be completed in each photo and these are: Mineral, Locality, and Dimensions (if you know them). These fields, once there are filled in, will automatically appear as text in that order respectively in the Description box of the published message.
This does not stop you adding any other comments you might have, which you can do in the normal way in the 'Comments on the file' field, it is just that by filling in the three fields we will ALWAYS see the mineral name first, then the locality, then the size and thus will see the images correctly in order in the FMF Gallery. |
...and please read and use this: New Data Base of localities within the FMF!
Thanks!
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Antonio Nazario
Joined: 25 Apr 2024
Posts: 5
Location: Florida
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| Posted: Apr 26, 2024 10:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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Still working on getting a hang of this, but here are a couple more photos for today.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Lady Annabella Mine, Eastgate, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.7 x 1.7 cm |
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| A thumbnail penetration twin of fluorite featuring rather sharp zoning. Purchased in 2021. Photo taken with an iphone. |
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| Mineral: | Agardite - (Nd), Conichalcite |
| Locality: | | Big 3 Mine, Railroad Springs District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 3 cm |
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Aqua-blue sprays of Agardite-(Nd) with gemmy green spheres of Conichalcite perched upon them. I acquired this in December of 2023. This is a macro photo.
Photo taken using an Iphone 14 + with no stacking. |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite (variety Cu-bearing) |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.7 x 3.7 cm |
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| Apple green crystals of cuprian smithsonite on a thin piece of matrix. Purchased from Crystal Classics in 2022. |
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Apr 27, 2024 05:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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Looks like you have got the hang of the two items - multiple photos and localities. For Spanish localities FMF aims to be as thorough as possible and checks them in detail.
Great specimens.
| Antonio Nazario wrote: | | Still working on getting a hang of this, but here are a couple more photos for today. |
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Antonio Nazario
Joined: 25 Apr 2024
Posts: 5
Location: Florida
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2024 10:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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It's been a while since I've posted here, but I recently had a couple of specimens from my collection photographed. I had to compress the images due to them exceeding the size hopefully it doesn't impact the quality too seriously.
| Mineral: | Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Muscovite, Microcline |
| Locality: | | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 3 cm x 2.6 cm x 2.5 cm |
| Description: |
| Blue fluorapatite with small yellowish muscovite crystals and purple fluorite on tan microcline. The fluorite appears to form a thin epimorph after an unknown mineral. This was from a small find done in March 2024. |
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| Mineral: | Sphalerite, Marcasite |
| Locality: | | Standard Slag Quarry, Adams County, Ohio, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3 cm x 2.6 cm x 2.5 cm |
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| Iridescent sphalerite twin with small marcasite blades on a dolomite matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Grossular Garnet |
| Locality: | | Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans and Lamoille Counties, Vermont, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2 cm x 1.3 cm x 2.5 cm |
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| Small gemmy group of dodecahedral grossular garnets on matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Pyromorphite, Malachite |
| Locality: | | Brown's open pit, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.1 cm x 4 cm x 2.6 cm |
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| Olive green barrel shaped pyromorphite crystals on velvet green malachite. This specimen is from the Emerald Pocket which was collected in August 2010 by D. Rosewall and P. Melville. Purchased at the 2024 Denver Hardrock show. Ex Gerry Morvell. |
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Dany Mabillard
Joined: 01 Jul 2019
Posts: 345
Location: Valais
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| Posted: Oct 20, 2024 13:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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| Nice specimens. I have a preference for the Pyromorphite and Malachite from Australia.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 21, 2024 04:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Antonio Nazario |
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| That pyromorphite / malachite combination from Rum Jungle is gorgeous!
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