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PostPosted: Feb 09, 2013 07:59    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

I also just got this terrific Millerite from Coldberry Gutter with a huge white arrow glued to it, Its going to have to go!


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Millerite in Septarian Nodule
Coldberry Gutter, Middleton in Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK.
50 x 35 mm
 Viewed:  40708 Time(s)

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Millerite in Septarian Nodule
Coldberry Gutter, Middleton in Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK.
vug containing Millerite is 7 mm on its longest dimension
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PostPosted: Feb 09, 2013 18:57    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

I like your taste in minerals. I think you are fortunate to have the wulfenite on Mottramite.

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PostPosted: Feb 13, 2013 23:42    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

Firstly I'd like to thank everyone who has visited my collection thread over the past 4 years, helping it to join Carles and Gail's threads in passing 100 000 views It is satisfying to know that the huge amount of time and effort I've put into it is not going totally unnoticed.

A new piece from the Hilton Mine ... Im going to clean and trim this piece up and when I've done Ill post the pictures, All the potential display faces are coated in a "Skin" of Fe oxides, a day in Super Iron Out will soon resolve that though, underneath it will be the yellow we all have come to expect from the Hilton Mine, it has some tiny Galena's on there too.



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Fluorite and Galena.
Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England, UK.
95 x 60 mm
 Viewed:  40570 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite and Galena.
Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England, UK.
95 x 50 mm
 Viewed:  40579 Time(s)

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Fluorite and Galena.
Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England, UK.
Fluorite to 8 mm
 Viewed:  40590 Time(s)

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Fluorite and Galena.
Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England, UK.
Fluorite to 6 mm
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PostPosted: Feb 17, 2013 16:04    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

Here is an octahedral fluorite from Berta that I got


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Fluorite.
Berta Quarry, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Spain.
25 x 20 mm
 Viewed:  40494 Time(s)

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Fluorite.
Berta Quarry, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Spain.
Fluorite to 4 mm approx
 Viewed:  40498 Time(s)

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Fluorite.
Berta Quarry, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Spain.
FOV 10 x 10 mm approx
 Viewed:  40512 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Feb 18, 2013 14:49    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

Hi, Nurbo !

My sincere congratulations for your reaching 100,000 views and winning the yellow star. You've worked hard and deserve it. Others will follow you in the not distant future.
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PostPosted: Feb 18, 2013 15:27    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

Congratulations Nurbo!!
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PostPosted: Feb 20, 2013 12:15    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

Thanks Carles, Jordi,

Here we have a Cerussite from Force Crag in Coledale,Im a big fan of these, they;re, very delicate and the matrix falls apart very easily, There is some debate as to what colours them blue,



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Cerussite.
Force Crag mine, Coledale, Braithwaite, Cumbria, England, UK
45 x 15 mm.
 Viewed:  39951 Time(s)

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Cerussite.
Force Crag mine, Coledale, Braithwaite, Cumbria, England, UK
Cerussite to 4 mm
 Viewed:  39953 Time(s)

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 Description:
Cerussite.
Force Crag mine, Coledale, Braithwaite, Cumbria, England, UK
FOV 25 x 20 mm approx
 Viewed:  39959 Time(s)

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Cerussite.
Force Crag mine, Coledale, Braithwaite, Cumbria, England, UK
FOV 20 x 10 mm approx
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PostPosted: Feb 21, 2013 15:36    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

So I just got this little polished Agate pebble, it was in the James R Gregory collection and dates between 1866 and 1874,


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Agate,
Perthshire, Scotland, UK.
40 x 30 mm
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Agate,
Perthshire, Scotland, UK.
40 x 20 mm
 Viewed:  39979 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Feb 23, 2013 10:02    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

Here's a rare find, interpenetrant interpenetrant twin's, It's, from Bayles Hush in Teesdale, the Fluorite is a very light mauve colour and highly fluorescent.


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 Description:
Fluorite on Quartz.
Bayles Hush, Newbiggin,Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK.
55 x 30 mm
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Fluorite on Quartz.
Bayles Hush, Newbiggin,Teesdale, Co Durham, England, UK.
Fluorite max dimension 9 mm
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PostPosted: Feb 27, 2013 17:43    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

I said this already and now I find I have to say it again ... I dont collect Chinese minerals but every now and again something comes along that I cant resist. This Spessartine sample is one such piece.


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Spessartine Garnet
Wushon Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co, Fujian Province, China.
4 x 4 cm
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Spessartine Garnet
Wushon Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co, Fujian Province, China.
Spessartine to 2 mm
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PostPosted: Mar 03, 2013 05:47    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

I've been lucky enough to get my hands on some really good Fluorite's recently, this one is from Dawsons Vein,
I also got this one, from Gutterby Pit, it's not pristine but it's one of the best I've seen from there.
Finally today Graphite from the Lake District, in the early 1800's this stuff was selling for over £4000 a ton, (1 imperial ton = 0.907 metric tonnes) the mines had armed guards 24 hours a day and the miner's were cavity searched when they left work.I used an online calculator which said that £4000 in 1800 would equate to £1/4 million today.



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Fluorite.
Dawsons Vein, Middlehope, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK.
35 x 20 mm
 Viewed:  39674 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite.
Dawsons Vein, Middlehope, Weardale, Co Durham, England, UK.
Fluorite to 6 mm
 Viewed:  39692 Time(s)

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 Description:
Fluorite.
Gutterby pit, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England, UK.
17 x 11 mm
 Viewed:  39705 Time(s)

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Graphite.
Seathwaite Graphite Mine, Borrowdale, Cumbria, England, UK.
34 x 30 mm
 Viewed:  39728 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Mar 05, 2013 02:48    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

Today Ive got my most expensive thumbnail purchase, ever,.and it came glued to styrofoam, thankfully I managed to work it free and put it in a box with white tack.

Here is an unusual piece, so far I've had it in super iron out and given it several goes in an ultrasonic cleaner but there is still a fair bit of dirt on it, one day I'll clean it up a bit more. The Baryte has tiny Smithsonite blobs on it and sits on a matrix of Calcite. Shame its got a tiny ding on it.



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Wulfenite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia.
20 x 10 mm
 Viewed:  39532 Time(s)

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 Description:
Wulfenite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia.
Wulfenite to 7 mm
 Viewed:  39533 Time(s)

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 Description:
Wulfenite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia.
Wulfenite to 7 mm
 Viewed:  39498 Time(s)

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 Description:
Wulfenite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia.
Wulfenite to 7 mm
 Viewed:  39541 Time(s)

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 Description:
Baryte and Smithsonite.
Wet Grooves Mine, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
30 x 20 mm
 Viewed:  39478 Time(s)

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 Description:
Baryte and Smithsonite.
Wet Grooves Mine, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Baryte twin 6 mm across
 Viewed:  39494 Time(s)

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 Description:
Baryte and Smithsonite.
Wet Grooves Mine, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Baryte twin 6 mm across
 Viewed:  39505 Time(s)

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 Description:
Baryte and Smithsonite.
Wet Grooves Mine, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Baryte twin 6 mm across
 Viewed:  39476 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Mar 08, 2013 02:36    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

Here are a couple of pieces, the first is unusual, this was the first time I'd seen Crinoids brecciated with Fluorite! I collected this piece from a small working near Kirkby Stephen in Cumbria, I only found a couple of pieces, there are other veins of Crinoid stems in the area but those are Brecciated by Calcite.
I am a huge fan of Sphalerite, this piece is from Brownley Hill.



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Crinoids in Fluorite,
Near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England, UK.
75 x 75 mm
 Viewed:  39358 Time(s)

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Crinoids in Fluorite,
Near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England, UK.
FOV 40 x 20 mm approx
 Viewed:  39367 Time(s)

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 Description:
Sphalerite.
Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England, UK.
110 x 80 mm
 Viewed:  39391 Time(s)

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 Description:
Sphalerite.
Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England, UK.
FOV 50 x 30 mm approx
 Viewed:  39364 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Mar 12, 2013 05:55    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

For today Ive done three more UK pieces, first up is Dolomite that has brecciated some broken Kidney Ore leaving behind the cast of the Botryoidal structure, it has some great flattened red Quartz crystals that grew between the layers.

Next we have a Pyromorphite from Force Crag in Coledale, I especially like the banded crystal in the top left of the second photo.

Finally today one of those weird Mexico Opencut Pyro's that look like shiny fungus.



kidney ore dolomite friz parks (1).jpg
 Description:
Dolomite and Kidney Ore Haematite.
Frizington Parks mine, Frizington Cumbria, England, UK.
70 x 70 mm
 Viewed:  39295 Time(s)

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kidney ore dolomite friz parks (2).jpg
 Description:
Dolomite and Kidney Ore Haematite.
Frizington Parks mine, Frizington Cumbria, England, UK.
70 x 70 mm
 Viewed:  39236 Time(s)

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kidney ore dolomite friz parks (3).jpg
 Description:
Dolomite and Kidney Ore Haematite.
Frizington Parks mine, Frizington Cumbria, England, UK.
FOV 30 x 25 approx
 Viewed:  39222 Time(s)

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kidney ore dolomite friz parks (4).jpg
 Description:
Dolomite and Kidney Ore Haematite.
Frizington Parks mine, Frizington Cumbria, England, UK.
FOV 35 x 30 mm approx
 Viewed:  39266 Time(s)

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kidney ore dolomite friz parks (5).jpg
 Description:
Dolomite and Kidney Ore Haematite.
Frizington Parks mine, Frizington Cumbria, England, UK.
70 x 30 mm approx
 Viewed:  39268 Time(s)

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kidney ore dolomite friz parks (6).jpg
 Description:
Dolomite and Kidney Ore Haematite.
Frizington Parks mine, Frizington Cumbria, England, UK.
FOV 15 x 10 mm approx
 Viewed:  39267 Time(s)

kidney ore dolomite friz parks (6).jpg



pyro force crag (1).jpg
 Description:
Pyromorphite.
Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumbria, England, UK.
30 x 20 mm
 Viewed:  39233 Time(s)

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pyro force crag (2).jpg
 Description:
Pyromorphite.
Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumbria, England, UK.
Pyromorphite to 4 mm
 Viewed:  39259 Time(s)

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Pyro Mexico Mine (1).jpg
 Description:
Pyromorphite.
Mexico Opencut, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK.
30 x 18 mm
 Viewed:  39335 Time(s)

Pyro Mexico Mine (1).jpg



Pyro Mexico Mine (2).jpg
 Description:
Pyromorphite.
Mexico Opencut, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK.
FOV 20 x 15 mm approx
 Viewed:  39200 Time(s)

Pyro Mexico Mine (2).jpg



Pyro Mexico Mine (3).jpg
 Description:
Pyromorphite.
Mexico Opencut, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK.
FOV 20 x 20 mm approx
 Viewed:  39249 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Mar 21, 2013 13:27    Post subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo  

I got this Tsumeb Azurite ridiculously cheaply, it has some green stuff on it which Id normally assume to be Malachite but I guess with Tsumeb it could be any one of a number of other things.


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 Description:
Azurite.
Tsumeb, Namibia, SW Africa
70 x 40 mm
 Viewed:  39083 Time(s)

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 Description:
Azurite.
Tsumeb, Namibia, SW Africa
FOV 30 x 25 mm approx
 Viewed:  39052 Time(s)

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 Description:
Azurite.
Tsumeb, Namibia, SW Africa
FOV 50 x 30 mm
 Viewed:  39072 Time(s)

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Azurite + ?
Tsumeb, Namibia, SW Africa
FOV 30 x 20 mm approx
 Viewed:  39020 Time(s)

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