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Elbaite

Three contacted, undamaged elbaite crystals, one of them with some color zoning and doubly terminated, on an indefined matrix. Overall specimen size: 57 x 28 mm². Longest crystal: 45 x 6 mm². Widest crystal: 12 mm wide.

Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.

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Description:	Elbaite Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan 57 x 28 mm²
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Description:	Elbaite Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan 57 x 28 mm² Photo published in "Infomíner" (newsletter of the "Grup Mineralògic Català", Barcelona), #51, 2/2011, page 11
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[Tobi]

One word:

>>> Beautiful <<<

[Carles Millan]

[olelukoe]

Good and very aesthetic miniature !

[Carles Millan]

[Carles Millan]

Pyrrhotite

Group of several pyrrhotite pseudohexagonal crystals, with etched faces but well defined edges. Weight: 134 g. Overall size: 80 mm x 45 mm. Widest crystal size: about 28 mm on edge. Taller crystal size: over 18 mm high. A specimen purchased from Jaume Serrate, Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, in 1978 for about €20.

Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

This specimen is no longer in my collection.

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[Luiz Menezes]

Hello Carles:

Congratulations for your specimens; your scheelite with Japan-law quartz twin and your elbaite from Paprok are two small big killers.

Luiz Menezes

[jamesb]

2 words, unbelieveable, unbelievabe! It is amazing. Beautiful!

(The tourmaline matrix)

((other things too))

[Carles Millan]

Quartz

Group of several, completely transparent, colorless crystals. Overall size: 83 mm x 67 mm. Major crystal size: 65 mm tall, 35 mm wide. Purchased from Joan Montal in 1981. The gray and black areas, especially in the tip of the left crystal, are not real, must be a mistake of the camera I believe. (According to what Paul S. writes in the post below, these areas are the reflections of the more opaque white areas at the underside of the crystals, where they are attached on the matrix.)

Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

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[Paul S]

Very very nice crystals, they form a lovely specimen.

[Jim]

Carles,

Your elbaite specimen is really eye-catching.... congrats on a very fine piece!

Keep them coming!

Cheers,

[Carles Millan]

To Luiz Menezes from Belo Horizonte, jamesb from Arizona, Paul S. from Enschede and Jim from Dallas

Very glad you like them. Many thanks for the time spent in posting your kind comments.

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Carles

[Carles Millan]

Phenakite, quartz, microcline, schorl

Complete all around, transparent and colorless, undamaged, doubly terminated phenakite crystal with smoky quartz and several small black schorl crystals on a matrix of microcline showing also several well defined faces. The phenakite crystal is somewhat cloudy at the bottom, yet it is geometrically perfect. Size: 67 mm x 62 mm x 52 mm. Phenakite crystal: 24 mm tall x 12 mm wide. Weight: 224 g.

Palelni Mine, Khetchel village, Molo quarter, Momeik township, Mogok area, Mandalay division, Burma (Myanmar)

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[Carles Millan]

Titanite, "adularia", chlorite

Group of titanite, "adularia" and chlorite crystals on a complex matrix. The "adularia" crystals, colorless, show a rhombohedral habit. Overall size: 50 mm x 32 mm x 24 mm. Main titanite crystal size: 10 mm. Main adularia crystal size: 6 mm. Weight: 46 g. Purchased from Jordi Figueras, Barcelona, Catalonia, in 1964 for €0.90.

Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland.

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Free software for mineral collectors, more photos, and several maps

[Carles Millan]

Skutterudite, calcite

Several cuboctahedral {100}{111} skutterudite crystals with calcite. Weight: 676 g. Overall size: 80 mm x 72 mm. Longest edge: 13 mm. Purchased in 1983 in Sant Celoni-Barcelona, Catalonia, fair.

Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco.

This specimen is no longer in my collection.

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