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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 05, 2014 08:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Here's another quite new specimen that took me long to finally get a good photo:
Clear smoky quartz coated with some small bertrandites from Kara Oba n Kazakhstan.
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Smoky quartz, bertrandite Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan Specimen height 13 cm |
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Posted: Jan 29, 2014 11:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Calcite from Harz Mountains:
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Calcite St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany 6 x 4 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 29, 2014 11:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Galena from Saxony:
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Galena (matrix: quartz, fluorite) Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 5,5 x 4 cm |
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Posted: Jan 29, 2014 11:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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And another German galena:
Somehow i'm galena-addicted ;-)
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Galena, sphalerite Lüderich Mine, Altenbrück, Bensberg, Overath, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 6 x 6 cm
Galena, sphalerite (reddish-brown) |
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Posted: Mar 03, 2014 11:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Due to my lack of time it's been a while that i presented my last mineral collage - but here's a new one dedicated to smoky quartz, a mineral that has become one of my favourites during the last years:
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Posted: Mar 05, 2014 10:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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New specimen - spessartine and quartz from China:
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Spessartine, smoky quartz Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China Specimen size 8 cm
Spessartine (two generations?), smoky quartz |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Mar 05, 2014 12:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Very nice Tobi.
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Posted: Mar 08, 2014 06:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Thanks! Here's my own photo of the specimen. It is a wonderful combination of white matrix, dark red spessartines (up to 7 mm), smaller and orange ones (1-2 mm) and smoky quartzes up to 2 cm. A nice addition to my China collection :-)
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Spessartine, smoky quartz Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China Specimen size 8 cm
Spessartine (two generations?), smoky quartz |
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Posted: Mar 08, 2014 06:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Another new specimen (that was really hard to photograph ...) - double-terminated schorl on matrix from Erongo Mountains in Namibia, specimen size 6 cm, the massive main schorl crystal measures 4 x 3 x 2,5 cm.
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Schorl Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia Specimen size 6 cm, main crystal 4 cm |
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Schorl Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia Specimen size 6 cm, main crystal 4 cm |
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Posted: Mar 09, 2014 03:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Another addition to my collection - "Honigspat" fluorite from Wölsendorf/Bavaria; yellow cubes up to 1 cm on a matrix of another purple fluorite generation:
(Actually not an addition but a replacement because some Wölsendorf fluorites of lower quality have to leave the collection for this one)
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Fluorite Marienschacht Mine, Wölsendorf Fluorite mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany Specimen size 7 cm
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Posted: Mar 23, 2014 06:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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An addition to my wulfenite collection:
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Wulfenite Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Specimen size 7 cm, largest crystal 13 mm |
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Posted: Mar 23, 2014 06:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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An addition to my quartz collection:
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Quartz, prehnite Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia Specimen size 8 cm, main quartz measures 6 cm
Quartz (colourless with a purple amethyst phantom inside) and small prehnite ball attached |
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Posted: Mar 23, 2014 06:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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An addition to my fluorite collection:
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Fluorite, quartz Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia Specimen size 8 cm, largest crystal 2 cm |
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Posted: Mar 23, 2014 06:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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And finally a new specimen of vanadinite fom Morocco (with one of the most dramatic blood-red colours i've ever seen on a vanadinite):
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Vanadinite Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco Specimen size 12 cm, largest crystal 8 mm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Mar 23, 2014 12:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Tobi, that vanadinite is a killer specimen !!! Congratulations.
Don
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Posted: Apr 17, 2014 08:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Something that I have desired since I started mineral collecting 20 years ago: A matrix specimen of emerald from Colombia. Not gemmy (I don't care because I collect minerals and not gems), but with such a vivid green colour that this photo doesn't do this specimen justice. A wonderful highlight in my collection :-)
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Emerald (with some minor pyrite and calcite) Chivor Mine, Mun. de Chivor, Guavió-Guatéque Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia Specimen size 7 cm, largest crystal 2,5 cm |
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Posted: May 01, 2014 13:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Older specimens - better photos:
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Galena on fluorite Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Specimen size 5 cm |
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Pyrite Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru Specimen height 5,5 cm |
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Galena on quartz Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru Specimen size 9 cm |
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Wulfenite, mimetite San Francisco Mine (Cerro Prieto Mine), Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Municipio de Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico Specimen size 4,5 cm |
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Wulfenite Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Specimen size 6,5 cm |
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Posted: May 08, 2014 13:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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- Beryl from China (old specimen, not shown before)
- Fluorapatite from Brazil (old specimen, better photo)
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Beryl on muscovite Pingwu beryl mine, Mt Xuebaoding, Sichuan Province, China Specimen size 7 cm, beryl crystals about 3 cm |
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Fluorapatite on albite Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Specimen size 11 cm, largest apatite crystal 1,5 cm |
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Posted: May 24, 2014 04:05 Post subject: Collection of Tobi - Pyromorphite from Germany |
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Hi all, here's another German pyromorphite from my collection:
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Pyromorphite Heilige Dreifaltigkeit Mine, Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Specimen height 5 cm, largest crystal 1,5 cm |
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Posted: May 29, 2014 06:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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One more mineral specimen from Germany - a gypsum from a quarry not far from my home Marburg in northern Hesse (two photos from the same specimen):
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Gypsum Zimmersrode Quarry, Zimmersrode, Neuental, Hesse, Germany Specimen height 9,5 cm |
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