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vic rzonca
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Location: MA
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 Posted: Jan 03, 2011 18:41 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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More from the trapps of western MA.
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| 10 cm. prehnite and calcite, with minor epidote collected 2010. |
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| 11 cm. calcite and minor quartz, hemitite stained. Collected 05. |
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vic rzonca
Joined: 18 Nov 2008
Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2011 10:28 Post subject: Re: Hoppered galena |
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1 cm. hoppered galena crystal found in a calcite seam at the Lanes Quarry. The contact of the basalt with the underlying silt-stone shows small amount of sulfide veining . South, along the traprock ridge, is found the Newgate Prison / copper mine.
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| 1 cm. galena two opposite views. |
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vic rzonca
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Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2011 20:40 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Quartz shelf-testing new camera.
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Quartz
various locations
15"w x12'high x12d
Part of my quartz shelf, just testing my new i-mac and cannon set up. |
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vic rzonca
Joined: 18 Nov 2008
Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2011 08:03 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Garnet from a classic location, found 9/10.
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Almandine Garnet
Russell, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA
Crystal size: 4x3 cm. |
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vic rzonca
Joined: 18 Nov 2008
Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2011 11:22 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Several more field collected by myself.
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Quartz, Tessin habit
Spruce Hill, New Hampshire, USA
6x3 cm. |
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Siderite on Quartz
Ossipee, New Hampshire, USA
7x5 cm. |
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34527 Time(s) |
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Julgoldite (Pumpellyite Group) on Prehnite
Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Specimen size 10x10 cm. |
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John S. White
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Joined: 04 Sep 2006
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Location: Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2011 13:03 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Way to go Vic! Now that you have mastered taking mineral photos I hope we will see more of them.
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vic rzonca
Joined: 18 Nov 2008
Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2011 14:03 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Thank you, my avatar. Finally got a little time off for the hobby. Not for long though, I hear the crane coming.
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Mostly prehnite and friends.
All Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
Field of view 12"x12'x24". |
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vic rzonca
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Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jul 30, 2011 13:35 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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More personally collected field specimens.
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Babingtonite with prehnite.
Westfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts, USA
5x3 cm. |
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34443 Time(s) |
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Goethite on Quartz
South Hampton, Massachusetts, USA. (remote)
Crystal size is 1x1 cm. |
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34479 Time(s) |
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Prenhite and Calcite
Westfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts, USA
5x4 cm. |
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34437 Time(s) |
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Datolite, Calcite, minor Prehnite
Westfield, Hampden county, Massachusetts, USA
9x5 cm. |
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vic rzonca
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Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Aug 01, 2011 08:46 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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More field collected Quartz.
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Quartz
Stafford, Connecticut, USA
19x16x9 cm. |
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Quartz
Moosup, Connecticut, USA
40x35x10 cm. |
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vic rzonca
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Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jan 12, 2012 08:50 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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More from my back yard. Not really, but close.
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Calcite
Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Westfield, Massasuchetts, USA
Crystal is 2 cm. |
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Datolite
Lane Quarry, Hampden County, Westfield, Massasuchetts, USA
1 beer flat-the partial contents of a seam waiting for processing. Extremely difficult to collect good specimens of datolite from the very compact basalt. There are few in this flat. |
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vic rzonca
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Location: MA
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| Posted: Jan 12, 2012 09:51 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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My specimen processing area. It's all self collected and though I try to control myself, I always carry out more than should. Most everything you see is from MA., CT., or NH.
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vic rzonca
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Location: MA
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2012 15:27 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Quartz, uncleaned, self collected.
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Quartz
Moosup, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA
5x3 cm. |
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33125 Time(s) |
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vic rzonca
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Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2012 16:02 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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More local quartz.
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Quartz
Moosup, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA
7x5 cm. |
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33115 Time(s) |
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Quartz
Spruce Hill, Albany County, New Hampshire, USA
17x9 cm. |
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33128 Time(s) |
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vic rzonca
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Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2012 23:07 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Hydrocarbons in Little Falls dolostone.
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Anthraxolite
Fonda, Montgomery Co., New York, USA
2 cm. round |
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Quartz
Fonda, Montgomery Co., New York, USA
2.5 cm. tall main crystal |
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Calcite twin
Lane Quarry, Hampden Co., Westfield, Massasuchetts, USA
3 cm. tall |
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vic rzonca
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Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Apr 27, 2012 17:35 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Oxide stained quartz
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Quartz
Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut, USA
5x16 cm. |
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vic rzonca
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Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jun 08, 2012 14:36 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Tools I have known.
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vic rzonca
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Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jun 08, 2012 16:23 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Helpers.
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| _Sacrificial steel plates to protect the piston top. One new. |
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| _Ram side and rock side. 30 tons of push force leaves the impression of the piston top in the steel plate. |
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| _The 30 ton model, less pump. 4" high. The three following shots show what we find with the application of this tool. |
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| Dolomite on quartz. Vug size 14cm. wide. Fonda NY. |
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| Quartz, 8 cm. tall. Fonda NY. |
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| Quartz, 7 cm. long. Fonda, NY. |
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vic rzonca
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Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jun 11, 2012 07:51 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Here is more quartz, in situ, from the Little Falls dolostone. The pocket was not much larger than the crystal and packed with dirt. Less than a meter from the suface.
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| _A casually dressed collecting chum getting an image just after the excavator levered off a block of dolostone. |
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| Quartz, 14 cm., Fonda, NY. |
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| Let loose from the enclosing dirt , ready to collect, nothing else in the pocket. Collected 6/10/12 |
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vic rzonca
Joined: 18 Nov 2008
Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Jun 20, 2012 06:28 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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A complex quartz crystal from the Little Falls dolostone. Two views.
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| Quartz, the crystal is 6x4.5 cm., Fonda, NY. Collected 6/18/12. |
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| Quartz, 6x4.5 cm. Fonda, NY. |
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vic rzonca
Joined: 18 Nov 2008
Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Sep 26, 2012 11:40 Post subject: Re: Vics collection |
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Self collected.
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Malachite
Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA
FOV. aprox.11 cm. |
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30892 Time(s) |
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Galena on quartz with Baryte.
Loudville Lead Mine, North Portal, Easthampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA
1 cm. crystal |
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Sphalerite on quartz
Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA
7 cm. |
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30896 Time(s) |
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