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Jordi Fabre
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 Posted: Oct 21, 2012 11:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | A small, undamaged sample of a classic from Missouri: Cuboctahedral galena crystals crusted with grey dolomite and associated with some very tiny crystals of another sulfide (pyrite? chalcopyrite? marcasite?): |
Chalcopyrite I believe
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 21, 2012 11:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi, Tobias
The some brownish feldspar matrix in AquaX.JPG (beryl from Erongo) is indeed corroded microcline. Do you want me to add this detail?
And what's the size of WestForkBLEIGLANZ.JPG (galena from West Fork Mine)?
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 21, 2012 12:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hi Carles,
yes, please add this info to the aquamarine. And the size of the galena specimen is 5 cm, somehow i forgot to fill in this field, would you please add it, too (i can't edit the post anymore)?
Thanks!
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Done.
Carles M.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 22, 2012 08:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Carles, thanks for adding the missing info!
Next specimen shows a calcite from Missouri. A pale yellow scalenohedron on sulfidic matrix that also features a small 5 mm galena cube. Looks like Sweetwater Mine at first sight, but comes from the less known Buick Mine:
(Thanks to Carles again who helped me to improve this picture)
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Calcite, galena
Buick Mine (Amax Buick Mine; Moloc Mine), Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri, USA
Specimen height 7,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 26, 2012 06:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen, better photos - hemimorphite from China
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Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Yunnan Province, China
Specimen size 11 cm |
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Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Yunnan Province, China
Specimen size 11 cm
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 26, 2012 07:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen, better photo - lazurite from Afghanistan:
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Lazurite
Ladjuar Medam (Lapis-lazuli deposit), Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Specimen size 7,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 27, 2012 08:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen, better photo - clear quartz from New York:
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Quartz
Crystal Grove Diamond Mine, St Johnsville, Montgomery Co., New York, USA
Specimen size 5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 27, 2012 08:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen after trimming, new photo - halite from Hesse:
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Halite
Neuhof-Ellers Potash Works, Neuhof, Fulda, Hesse, Germany
Specimen height 10,5 cm, largest crystals 1,5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 27, 2012 08:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen, MUCH better photo ;-)
- galena from Missouri (one of my own favourite specimens in my collection):
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Galena
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Specimen size 9 cm, largest crystals 4 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 28, 2012 06:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen, better photo from a better angle - German galena from Harz Mountains:
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Galena on siderite
Hilfe Gottes Mine, Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Specimen size 4,5 cm, largest galena crystals 8 mm
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 28, 2012 06:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen, better photo - amethyst from Kazakhstan:
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Amethyst
Priozersk, Balkhash Region, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
Specimen height 6,5 cm, large amethyst 1 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 28, 2012 06:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Old specimen, better photo from a better angle - mimetite from China:
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Mimetite
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
Specimen size 5 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 30, 2012 09:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| The galena from Sweetwater mine above is picture of the day on Germany's largest mineral website Mineralienatlas.de today :-)
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 30, 2012 09:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | The galena from Sweetwater mine above is picture of the day on Germany's largest mineral website Mineralienatlas.de today :-) |
Congratulations! You deserve it.
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Tracy
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| Posted: Oct 30, 2012 10:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Congratulations!
- Tracy
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