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Joined: 05 May 2007
Posts: 1336
Location: Catalonia
Posted: May 31, 2019 08:39 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan - Aegirine and quartz
Aegirine, quartz
Highly aesthetic specimen, a fine example for the species in that already classic locale. A prominent incredibly lustrous aegirine crystal 82mm in length choicely arranged with glassy gemmy and complete doubly terminated smoky quartz crystals. In very good condition and fully crystallized all around. Ex Douglas Toland collection.
Overall size: 88mm x 60mm. Main quartz crystal: 88mm long; main aegirine crystal: 82mm long. Mass: 67g.
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 3590
Location: Good Old Germany
Posted: Jun 01, 2019 02:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan
Finally something new from your wonderful collection, dear Carles! Unlike you, I am not that interested in Mt. Malosa specimens, but that one is simply incredible, it shows a wonderful "architecture" of both quartz and aegirine. A really highly aesthetic specimen, this was for sure not easy to capture on photo, not even for a professional like Dan. Great one!
Joined: 05 May 2007
Posts: 1336
Location: Catalonia
Posted: Jun 01, 2019 03:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan
Tobi wrote:
Finally something new from your wonderful collection, dear Carles! Unlike you, I am not that interested in Mt. Malosa specimens, but that one is simply incredible, it shows a wonderful "architecture" of both quartz and aegirine. A really highly aesthetic specimen, this was for sure not easy to capture on photo, not even for a professional like Dan. Great one!
Regards
Tobi
Tobi, I always greatly appreciate your comments as you may know. That's very kind of you. 😊
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 3590
Location: Good Old Germany
Posted: Jun 08, 2019 03:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan
Carles Millan wrote:
Tobi wrote:
Finally something new from your wonderful collection, dear Carles! Unlike you, I am not that interested in Mt. Malosa specimens, but that one is simply incredible, it shows a wonderful "architecture" of both quartz and aegirine. A really highly aesthetic specimen, this was for sure not easy to capture on photo, not even for a professional like Dan. Great one!
Tobi, I always greatly appreciate your comments as you may know. That's very kind of you.
Thank you so much!
You're welcome :-) I always enjoy your presentation of new specimens. It's not only that the minerals are very fine, you also combine very good photos with detailed descriptions and often even with maps that show the locality. I like this kind of presentation very much and I hope there will be a lot more!
Joined: 05 May 2007
Posts: 1336
Location: Catalonia
Posted: Sep 06, 2019 07:46 Post subject: Collection of Carles Millan
The renowned ethologist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins asked me for permission some time ago to include a photo of a Navajun pyrite from my collection in his projected book Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide as a little help to back his theories about biological evolution. And finally here it is.
The original specimen photo in full color can be seen at FMF just by clicking here.
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