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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 03, 2009 05:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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A few fun photo's,
The first one broke off a Lazurite specimen I was pruning, it reminds me of those little ghost things pacman used to chase, then we have some Aragonites in a convoy and finally a number 7 shaped Calcite on matrix which I was given last year, the person who gave me it had field collected it around 40 years ago and couldnt remember where from.
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Lazurite on Microcline with Pyrite Afghanistan, 15 mm tall |
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A flotilla of Aragonite's 20 - 30 mm, Tazouta Morocco |
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7 shaped Calcite on Matrix 95 x 85 mm locality unknown. |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Oct 03, 2009 07:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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nurbo wrote: | ....A flotilla of Aragonite's 20 - 30 mm, Tazouta Morocco... |
Tazouta is the name of the searching area of Aragonite in Sefrou, Morocco ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=7455#7455 )
Nurbo, are you sure that these Aragonites comes from there? Them looks a lot as from Minglanilla area, Cuenca, Spain...
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 03, 2009 08:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Hi Jordi,
I cant be 100% sure they came from there as I didnt actually collect them, I bought a huge bag full and they were labelled simply "Tazouta Morocco" is there any way of telling if they are from Spain? like any special feature that differentiates the Spanish ones from the Moroccan ones.
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 03, 2009 08:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Having had a poke around in my Aragonites I think there might be some from different locations, some are glassy and almost transparent some are the opposite, I dont know if both can occur in the same place, heres a couple of photo's of the different ones to try to illustrate the opposing appearances.
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to the other Size: 29 mm x 12 mm x 10 mm |
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Carles Millan
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Posted: Oct 03, 2009 09:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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nurbo wrote: | ...heres a couple of photo's of the different ones to try to illustrate the opposing appearances. |
Hi, Nurbo!
Please, don't forget their sizes, it's a crucial detail. I could add them if you provide that data in a further message.
Thanks,
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 03, 2009 10:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Hi Carles,
Sorry about that, the first photo's specimen is 29 x 16 x 12 mm, the second is 29 x 12 x 10.
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Carles Millan
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Posted: Oct 03, 2009 10:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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nurbo wrote: | Hi Carles, Sorry about that, the first photo's specimen is 29 x 16 x 12 mm, the second is 29 x 12 x 10. |
Added.
Thanks,
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Oct 03, 2009 14:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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nurbo wrote: | ...Is there any way of telling if they are from Spain? like any special feature that differentiates the Spanish ones from the Moroccan ones. |
I added pics of three specimens of Aragonite, two of them from two different Spanish localities, both from Cuenca, Spain and the other one from Sefrou, Morocco, different of the usual shape of the Aragonites from there (pinecones) and similar to the Spanish ones. Hopefully it helps.
Also you can take a look in the Mindat images. The link to see the Spanish Aragonites from Cuenca is:
https://www.mindat.org/photosearch.php?frm_id=mls&cform_is_valid=1&minname=aragonite&cf_mls_page=1®ion=cuenca&sort=&submit_mls=Search
and the link to see the Moroccan ones is:
https://www.mindat.org/photosearch.php?frm_id=mls&cform_is_valid=1&minname=Aragonite&cf_mls_page=1®ion=Morocco&sort=&submit_mls=Search
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Aragonite from La Pesquera, Cuenca, Spain Specimen size: 8.9 × 3.3 × 3 cm = 3.5” × 1.3” × 1.2” Photo: http://www.fabreminerals.com/specimens/RSES-spain-notable-specimens.php#N8BL6 |
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Aragonite from Minglanilla, Cuenca, Spain Specimen size: 8.5 × 7 × 3 cm = 3.3” × 2.8” × 1.2” Fluorescent long UV http://www.fabreminerals.com/specimens/SOLI-sold-fine-minerals.php#FD52 |
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Aragonite from Sefrou, Morocco Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.3” Photo: Reference Specimens -> http://www.fabreminerals.com/specimens/RSSLV-silvane-notable-specimens.php#AD59M9 |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 08, 2009 16:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Great pictures of the Spanish Aragonites, most of the ones I have certainly look more like the Sefrou ones, I have another larger Aragonite that looks a little like the Spanish ones but is supposed to be from Morocco, Ill dig it out and photograph it, in the meantime heres a few more from the shelves. Feel free to post corrections to any mistakes :-)
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Prehnite 96 x 75 x 50 mm, O & G Quarry, Southbury, Connecticut, USA |
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Phenakite on matrix, Mogok, Burma, 45 x 28 x 21 mm Phenakite 8 mm (Max dimension) |
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Zircon, Mogok, Burma 14 x 7 x 6 mm |
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Tourmaline, Mogok, Burma, 28 x 22 x 11 mm |
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Arsenopyrite Panasqueira Portugal 52 x 41 x 29 mm. |
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Small clusters of Siderite crystals (approx 3 mm diameter) on the side of the Arsenopyrite. |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 23, 2009 01:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Here are a few more, I just got the Jeremejevite, Ive never seen a twinned terminated one before so when I stopped drooling I bought it.. The Topaz had been in the sun long enough to wreck the glue and the base it was on, (maybe I should post this in the "Light Sensitive" thread) but still retains its vibrant colour, I do like Boleite but I wish I could afford a huge one, and the Pyro's are ex Freiburg Mining Academy..
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Pyromorphite, Bad Ems, Germany, 15 x 8 x 8 mm |
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Pyromorphite, Bad Ems, Germany, 12 x 6 mm |
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Boleite on Anglesite, 4 x 4 x 2 mm El Boleo, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico |
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Topaz on Rhyolite, Mina Veronica, Copetillo, Zacatecas, Mexico. 17 x 15 x 15 mm (Topaz 10 mm) |
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Twinned Jeremejevite Farm Ameib, Erongo, Namibia (2001) 8 x 3 x 2.5 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 25, 2009 01:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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A couple more, Im not sure if the Topaz on Quartz is Japan law twinned, its hard to tell so I wont label it as such. The Azurite nodule is just a nice thing to own it has a couple of small terminated what look like Calcite crystals on it too I'll try and get a photo of those one day soon..
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Topaz on Quartz Mogok Burma 30 x 20 mm |
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Topaz on Quartz (Reverse side) Mogok Burma 30 x 20 mm |
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Azurite Malachite nodule, Mogok Burma. (Two pieces fit together perfectly) each half is around 30 x 25 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Oct 27, 2009 02:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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A few more of my Pyromorphites from the Friedrichsegen mine, Bad Ems, Germany
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Pyromorphite Bad Ems Germany 19 x 12 mm |
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Pyromorphite Bad Ems Germany 22 x 12 mm |
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Pyromorphite Bad Ems Germany 21 x 9 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Dec 07, 2009 04:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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A few more pieces from my collection....
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Three photos of an Annabergite from the KM3 Mine, Laurion Greece, it has what Im led to believe are Siderite balls on it which are really amazing looking, I dont know what the white powdery dusting on them is Im afraid, it is present on the Annabergite crystals too.. Im open to suggestions from anyone as to what this is.
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Cerrusite on matrix from Mibladen, Morocco,
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A twinned Watermelon Tourmaline from Mogok.
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Annabergite on matrix KM3 mine Laurion Greece.45 x 38 x 34 mm |
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Annabergite, Dolomite and Siderite KM3 Mine Laurion Greece. FOV 12 x 8 mm |
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Cerrusite w Salmon Pink Baryte, Mibladen Morocco FOV25 x 22 mm (Approx) |
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Watermelon Tourmaline, Mogok, Burma, 23 x 20 x 18 mm |
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nurbo
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Posted: Jan 01, 2010 17:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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A Xmas present ... Stellerite twins, Maharastra, India. I can find no contact points on this piece.
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Stellerite 4.8 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm |
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Showing where the two bows meet. |
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nurbo
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Posted: Mar 24, 2010 03:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Hello,
That was a hectic few months I mean really crazy, still mucho new rocks to display, Ive recently decided to shift my focus to British specimens having decided that "Anything that looks nice from anywhere in the world" was too wide an objective for a collection, not to mention confusing, and its hard to learn about the geology of localities when you cant visit them, reading about somewhere is no substitute for being able to go there.
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Pyromorphite/Mimetite on Quartz from Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, Regarded as being closer to Mimetite than Pyromorphite. 10 x 6 cm |
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Baryte Taffs Well Quarry, Mid Glamorgan, Wales.7.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cms, this piece is encrusted with tiny clear sharp Calcite crystals. |
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Baryte Taffs Well Quarry, Mid Glamorgan, Wales.7.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cms, close up showing tiny sharp Calcite crystals. |
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nurbo
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Posted: Mar 27, 2010 01:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Here is one of my Florence Mine pieces, the cubic Fluorites (to 2 mm) are such a light shade of blue its quite hard to capture on a photograph, but I think I did OK. At the edges of the piece some of the Fluorites are Hematite stained pink and on the back the Kidney ore has flaked away revealing an unusual Hematite pattern underneath.
Specimen size 80 x 40 x 25 mm
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Blue Fluorite and Specularite on Hematite, Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, 80 x 40 x 25 mm |
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Close up on the Fluorite showing a faint hint of pink in one or two on the edges. |
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Close up on the Specularite on Kidney Ore . |
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nurbo
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Posted: Jun 26, 2010 11:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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More pieces from my rapidly expanding UK collection.
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Fluorite with Baryte and Sulphide inclusions, Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire. 28 x 20 cm (fluorite to 2 cm) |
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Close up showing Sulphide inclusions in 2 cm Fluorite cube. |
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Aragonite, Rowrah, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria. 6 x 3 cm |
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Baryte, Hungry Hushes, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire. 8 x 6 cm. |
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Baryte, again from Hungry Hushes, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire. 4 x 3.5 cm |
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Calcite, Bogg Shaft, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria. 5 x 4 cm. |
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Sphalerite, Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria. 15 x 10 cm |
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Sphalerite, Galena, Quartz, Siderite and Ankerite. Wellhope Shaft, Nentsbury Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria. 6 x 4 cm |
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Close up of 0.5 cm Sphalerite |
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Close up of Galena, FOV 2 x 1 cm (Approx) |
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Posted: Nov 21, 2010 01:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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Some more world pieces, some new some not so new.
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Quartz pseudomorph after Calcite on pseudostalactitic Quartz with what I believe to be little white Mordenite balls, Aurangabad, Maharastra, India. 4.1 cm wide. |
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Vanadinite, ACF Mine, Mibladen, Morocco, , approx 25 mm across. |
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Amazonite twins with smoky Quartz, allegedly from the Devils Head pegmatite in Colorado, 6.7 cm tall |
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Wulfenite and Mimetite, Ojuela Mine, Mun de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, largest Wulfenite approx 7 mm across. |
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Chalcopyrite on Manganoan Calcite with Pyrite and Quartz, Concepcion del oro, Mun de Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico, 13 x 7 x 5 cm. |
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Aquamarine and Mica on Albite, Gilgit, Pakistan, 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, the Aquamarine has 12 faces on the termination. |
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Boleite on Anglesite, Santa Rosalia (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun de Mulege , Baja sur California, Mexico. 4 mm max dimension. too small to get a clear photo but beatifully perfect for so small a thing. |
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Austinite, Ojuela Mine, Mun de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. 6.6 x 5 x 2 cm, these Austinite clusters seem to glow from within. |
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nurbo
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Posted: Nov 23, 2010 17:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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I found this little beauty sitting on the corner of a Greenlaws Fluorite.
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Fluorite crystal 7 mm across |
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Posted: Dec 26, 2010 02:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo |
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A couple more photos
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Twinned Rogerley Fluorites to 15 mm |
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Mimetite enclosed in Calcite, Santa Eulalia Mexico.FOV approx 15 x 15 mm |
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