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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 777
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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 Posted: Apr 08, 2017 00:15 Post subject: Collection of Firmo Espinar |
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Hello,
I will begin showing you my little mineral collection.
I think the beginning may be a very small gold specimen, like a sweet tribute to my twenty century mining family.
This is a gold from the María Josefa Mine in the village called Rodalquilar in Almería, Andalucía, Spain.
Approximately a hundred years ago the father of my grandmother was a lawyer in Almería, and they paid him a job with a 15% of the mine actions.
So this was a familiar mine during more than forty years, sixty perhaps.
The following samples of this mine I´ll show has been picked by my friend Adrian Pesudo, a micromount specialist and great expert in María Josefa Mine.
He sent me many Mª Josefa micros and I sent him another kind of crystals (wine fillings).
Regards.
| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain |  |
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| Dimensions: | 5 x 4 x 3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Small golden drops; approximately between 0,5 and 1 mm cristals. |
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| Mineral: | Dolomite on Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 13 x 15 x 5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Dolomite on Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 13 x 15 x 5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Dolomite on Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | Detail |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4 x 7 x 5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Barite and Chalcopyrite |
| Locality: | | Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 17 x 11 x 4 cm |
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| A 1.971 specimen. Ex – Gerard Vogell collection. |
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| Mineral: | Barite and Chalcopyrite |
| Locality: | | Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 17 x 11 x 4 cm |
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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2017 01:00 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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| Really fine quartz from Muzo! And concerning the barite from Dreislar, do you have also other minerals from Germany?
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alfredo
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Joined: 30 Jan 2008
Posts: 1012
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2017 03:35 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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| I've always loved the yellow Moscona mine fluorites, with their sprinkling of pearly dolomites on top! Nice ones.
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Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2918
Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2017 12:20 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Welcome to the FMF, Franjungle. Look forward to seeing more of your fine collection.
Regards,
Don
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 777
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2017 12:27 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Hello and thanks to Tobi, Alfredo, Carles and Carrizo.
I think this barite is the only German beauty in my army. I´ll try to look for more German stones.
Alfredo I like your description. I need to update my forgotten English.
See you soon.
Firmo.
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jun 24, 2017 16:16 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Thank´s very much Doc Lum.
Here we are.
| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Las Salinillas saltworks (San Ramón saltworks or Cabezo Hortales saltworks), La Salinilla, Prado del Rey, Comarca Sierra de Cádiz, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 cm x 5 cm x 4 cm |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Las Salinillas saltworks (San Ramón saltworks or Cabezo Hortales saltworks), La Salinilla, Prado del Rey, Comarca Sierra de Cádiz, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 cm x 5 cm x 4 cm |
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 777
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jun 27, 2017 16:58 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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An opal.
| Mineral: | Opal |
| Locality: | | Opal outcrop, Camarillas reservoir, Agramón, Hellín, Comarca Campos de Hellín, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 26 mm x 15 mm x 8 mm |
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| Menilita Opal with turritellas |
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59678 Time(s) |
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 777
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jun 29, 2017 07:06 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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From India.
| Mineral: | Scolecite |
| Locality: | | Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 cm x 7 cm x 6 cm |
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59591 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Scolecite |
| Locality: | | Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 cm x 7 cm x 6 cm |
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 777
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jun 30, 2017 05:37 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Now a small classic Spanish.
| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Keuper outcrop, extremo Este del anticlinal del río Dulce, Pelegrina, Sigüenza, Comarca Sierra Norte de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 2 cm x 2 cm x 1 cm |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Keuper outcrop, extremo Este del anticlinal del río Dulce, Pelegrina, Sigüenza, Comarca Sierra Norte de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 2 cm x 2 cm x 1 cm |
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jul 01, 2017 11:03 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Another one.
| Mineral: | Calcite and Conichalcite. |
| Locality: | | La Cena del Depósito Claim, Huércal-Overa, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 cm x 6 cm x 4 cm |
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| Calcite-(Co). Collected by me. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite and Conichalcite. |
| Locality: | | La Cena del Depósito Claim, Huércal-Overa, Comarca Levante Almeriense, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 cm x 6 cm x 4 cm |
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jul 03, 2017 13:26 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Mibladen example .
| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 cm x 7 cm x 6 cm |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | ACF Mine area, Mibladen mining district, Mibladen, Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 7 cm x 7 cm x 6 cm |
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 777
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jul 04, 2017 10:48 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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A Spanish Pyrite.
| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 13 cm x 12 cm x 11 cm |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Ampliación a Victoria Mine, De Alcarama Range, Navajún, Comarca Cervera, La Rioja, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 13 cm x 12 cm x 11 cm |
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2017 05:13 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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From the south of Spain.
| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Marble Quarries, Macael, Comarca Valle del Almanzora, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 15 cm x 7 cm x 12 cm |
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59108 Time(s) |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Marble Quarries, Macael, Comarca Valle del Almanzora, Almería, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 15 cm x 7 cm x 12 cm |
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Pierre Joubert
Joined: 09 Mar 2012
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Location: Western Cape
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2017 05:31 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Nice aragonite. I am always amazed how they remove and clean them without too much damage.
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Firmo Espinar
Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 777
Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Jul 16, 2017 11:09 Post subject: Re: Franjungle Collection |
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Thank´s Pierre.
A Colombian quartz.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Santander Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 13 cm x 4 cm x 3 cm |
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