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Carles Millan
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Copper
A complex cluster of native copper crystals. From a new find at the Chino mine. The group shows interlocking herringbone growths with a large number of small crystals attached. An undamaged floater that could be displayed several ways.
Overall size: 81 mm x 47 mm x 36 mm. Weight: 101 g.
Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA.
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| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 81 mm x 47 mm x 36 mm |
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| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA | |
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| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA | |
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| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA | |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Oct 08, 2014 15:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Carles,
That is a beautiful cluster of copper crystals from the Chino Mine. Congratulations
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Oct 08, 2014 20:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Excellent copper Carles! Nice to see you on here.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 09, 2014 14:16 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | Carles, That is a beautiful cluster of copper crystals from the Chino Mine. Congratulations |
| GneissWare wrote: | | Excellent copper Carles! Nice to see you on here. |
To Don and Bob:
Thanks so much for your kind comments. I'm very glad you like the copper.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 29, 2014 10:24 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Pyrite, quartz
Group of complex pyrite crystals, with a predominant octahedron habit and some faces showing striations. Partially covered with small crystals of quartz, on a matrix made of pyrite. Dimensions: 60 mm x 41 mm. Largest crystal size: 20 mm. Weight: 125 g.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru.
Pictured at the 2016 Grup Mineralògic Català calendar.
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| Mineral: | Pyrite, quartz |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 60 mm x 41 mm |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite, quartz |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 60 mm x 41 mm |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite, quartz |
| Locality: | | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 60 mm x 41 mm |
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| Showing supposed Miller indices. If somebody disagrees please let me know. Might the {110} striated faces be composed by an alternated combination of cube {100} and pyritohedron {210} very narrow faces? |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Nov 29, 2014 11:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Beautiful specimen , Carles. The dominant crystal looks hoppered.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 29, 2014 11:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | Beautiful specimen, Carles. The dominant crystal looks hoppered. |
Thanks for your comments, Don. But such crystal is not hoppered at all. There is just a natural surface malformation, likely caused while growing.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 30, 2014 03:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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A wonderful specimen from Huanzala, Carles, far beyond the mass of common pyrites from that mine! The form and the growth structure of the main crystals are really amazing, and the contrast makes this one a really superb Peruvian specimen (I know your love for specimens from Peru and I can imagine how proud you are with this thing in your collection).
Not to mention the great photo quality (as usual) :-)
Tobi
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 30, 2014 09:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Tobi wrote: | | A wonderful specimen from Huanzala, Carles, far beyond the mass of common pyrites from that mine! The form and the growth structure of the main crystals are really amazing, and the contrast makes this one a really superb Peruvian specimen (I know your love for specimens from Peru and I can imagine how proud you are with this thing in your collection).Not to mention the great photo quality (as usual) :-)Tobi |
Tobi, many thanks for your kind compliments.
Great photo quality? Right, but it's not my merit. It's the specimen's, which is highly photogenic (unlike many others). Shooting such pieces is a pleasure.
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Fiebre Verde
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| Posted: Nov 30, 2014 09:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Don Lum wrote: | | Beautiful specimen, Carles. The dominant crystal looks hoppered. |
Thanks for your comments, Don. But such crystal is not hoppered at all. Just a natural surface malformation, likely caused while growing. |
The Museo Andres Del Castillo in Lima/Peru hosts some spectacular Huanzala (massive) pieces featuring the same natural malformation as the ones shown in Carles' beautiful specimen.
If you are visiting the area, don't miss it.
Gérard
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Dec 09, 2014 09:37 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan - Scheelite |
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Scheelite, magnetite
Single nearly white color bipyramidal scheelite crystal, showing several secondary faces, perched on a matrix of rhombododecahedral {110} magnetite. Overall size: 67 mm x 56 mm. Scheelite crystal size: 30.0 mm tall, 18.5 mm wide. Weight: 170 g.
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit (Huanggangliang Mine; Huanggang Mine), Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.
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| Mineral: | Scheelite, magnetite |
| Locality: | | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 67 mm x 56 mm. Scheelite crystal: 30.0 mm tall |
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| Mineral: | Scheelite, magnetite |
| Locality: | | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 67 mm x 56 mm. Scheelite crystal: 30.0 mm tall |
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Dec 09, 2014 10:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Very nicely balanced specimen!
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Vitaliy
Joined: 30 Nov 2014
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| Posted: Dec 09, 2014 13:00 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Interesting scheelite Carles. I usually see the Mt. Xuebaoding or Yaogangxian scheelite but this is the first I have seen of the Huangangliang scheelite. Huangangliang sure does have the potential to be another Yaogangxian.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Dec 24, 2014 08:48 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan - Fluorapatite |
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Fluorapatite, quartz, siderite
Group of dark green fluorapatite crystals accompanied by several quartz crystals, siderite showing a tabular hexagonal habit, muscovite and calcite-dolomite. Overall size: 110mm x 72mm. Main fluorapatite crystal size: 30mm wide, 12mm tall. Main quartz crystal size: 41mm tall, 17mm wide. Weight: 399g.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal.
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| Mineral: | Fluorapatite, quartz, siderite, muscovite and calcite-dolomite |
| Locality: | | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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| Dimensions: | 110mm x 72mm. Main fluorapatite crystal size: 30mm wide, 12mm tall. Main quartz crystal size: 41mm tall, 17mm wide |
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| Mineral: | Fluorapatite, quartz, siderite, muscovite and calcite-dolomite |
| Locality: | | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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| Dimensions: | 110mm x 72mm. Main fluorapatite crystal size: 30mm wide, 12mm tall. Main quartz crystal size: 41mm tall, 17mm wide |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 26, 2014 12:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| A fine specimen from a famous locality, Carles, as usual a good choice! And with (apatite) crystal sizes up to 3 cm this sample is really impressive, congratulations!
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Dec 27, 2014 05:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Tobi wrote: | | A fine specimen from a famous locality, Carles, as usual a good choice! And with (apatite) crystal sizes up to 3 cm this sample is really impressive, congratulations! |
Tobias, many thanks for your kind words. The specimen is much better in person, but unfortunately it must be classified as not photogenic.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 27, 2014 07:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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Don't worry Carles, many years of collecting and photographing minerals taught me which minerals are easy to shoot and which are not, and shiny apatites are usually not among the easy ones. Though your photo may be not the best, one can see the quality of this wonderful Panasqueira specimen, and I do not doubt that it is even much better in person. Fluorapatite from Panasqueira is among the minerals that are on my wishlist for my own collection, thanks for inspiring me with this one ...
Tobi
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Vitaliy
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| Posted: Dec 28, 2014 20:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles I really like the well crystallized New Mexico copper. Thanks for sharing.
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Joseph D'Oliveira
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| Posted: Dec 29, 2014 21:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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One of the better Huanzala pyrite specimens I've seen, not to mention the excellent photography. I've often had issues with photographing pyrite specimens, I always have trouble balancing the light intensity.
Thanks for posting this beautiful specimen Carles.
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Dec 30, 2014 05:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Joseph D'Oliveira wrote: | | One of the better Huanzala pyrite specimens I've seen, not to mention the excellent photography. I've often had issues with photographing pyrite specimens, I always have trouble balancing the light intensity. Thanks for posting this beautiful specimen Carles. |
Many thanks Joseph for your comments. A specimen such that pyrite may be succesfully photographed even by a six-year old.
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