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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 18, 2014 17:51:17 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Sept 19, 2014 12:28:01 GMT -5
Many thanks for the links for stands, Don!  Have them bookmarked in favorites. Hope you get a chance to snap some pics of your latest wins this weekend! |
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 19, 2014 12:35:48 GMT -5
Gonna try to Jan. Got about 10 lbs of TeePee Canyon agate to slice up, so time management may be a problem.
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 20, 2014 9:56:54 GMT -5
WOO HOO !! My new specimens are out for delivery. If all goes as planned, pics tonight.
Jan, watch for a specimen of Fluor-Buergerite. It's a very rare form of Tourmaline from the type locality in San Luis Petosi, Mexico.
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 20, 2014 20:38:41 GMT -5
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deserthound
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Post by deserthound on Sept 20, 2014 21:30:50 GMT -5
great new selection to add to your collection..
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 21, 2014 12:40:16 GMT -5
I just got this add emailed to me. It might be of interest to you mineral collectors. Also, this seller has a wide selection of other display stands. www.ebay.com/itm/201157171096I haven't bought from this seller, so I can't vouch for them other than to say they have a 100% approval rating. They claim to be able to beat anyones prices, but I can beat their small cab stand prices by a long shot, just by shopping for coin & medal display stands. |
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 22, 2014 10:08:04 GMT -5
Getting to be a beautiful collection Don...Thumbs up
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 22, 2014 10:23:12 GMT -5
Getting to be a beautiful collection Don...Thumbs up I'm working on it Mike. Only another 20,000 specimens to go, + or - a few. |
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Post by gingerkid on Sept 22, 2014 21:09:16 GMT -5
Enjoyed viewing your new specimens and freebie, Don! Had to check out clinoptilolite and heulandite on mindat since clinoptilolite is a member of the heulandite family (zeolites), which confused me. www.mindat.org/min-1889.htmlGotta check out info on your rare tourmaline, too - that's an awesome score!!!  |
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Post by gingerkid on Sept 24, 2014 7:13:38 GMT -5
Don, read on Mindat that the fluor-buergerite tourmaline was originally named 'buergerite' for Martin Julian Buerger. Martin Julian Buerger was "a pioneer of crystal structure analysis. He invented the X-ray precession camera permitting undistorted photography of the reciprocal lattice. He wrote many standard works concerning x-ray crystallography and was the PhD adviser for Harvard University mineralogist Clifford Frondel." Source: Mindat  Looked up info on reciprocal lattice...  mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/phys/lattice.htm#Reci |
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 27, 2014 10:00:09 GMT -5
It seems that I have a rockhound friend on a hot rod forum that I belong to. These came as a surprise in yesterdays mail. First some very nice amethyst crystals with a reddish tinge to them.   And a small Thomsonite.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 27, 2014 14:10:50 GMT -5
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 27, 2014 18:48:16 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Sept 27, 2014 23:55:08 GMT -5
 Those are superb specimens, jakesrocks! Are the first two amethyst covered with hematite? Really like the thomsonite (polished?) on its matrix. Don, isn't there a guy on the LC forum that made a polished thomsonite in matrix specimen? Sure would like to have one like it one day. Thank you for sharing the link to the stands! Can anyone bid on the private listings? I noticed that some of the other listings in the links you posted had private listings also. Finally entered most of the mineral specimen info in a database. Should've entered the specimens as they were acquired until doing it at one time. Do y'all weigh your specimens for record keeping purposes? Thanks!
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 28, 2014 9:37:35 GMT -5
The second amethyst has a nice sprinkling of hematite over it, but the first is pretty clean.
Jan, the guy I got these from is on the Lapidary / Gemstone forum and goes by John Likes Rocks. I couldn't find him on here by that user name, but he may go by another name. I'm going to see if he'll send me a natural, unpolished specimen.
I'll check that sellers link and find his ebay name. If the link won't work for you, maybe by going to his sellers name you'll be able to view what he has for sale. But if this link works for you, you should be able to buy or bid on his stuff. I don't think ebay restricts who can bid or buy.
One of these days I'll have to enter my minerals into a database. Right now I have 30 pages of minerals by alphabetical order. It's gonna take a few days to get them all moved. I'll keep the alphabetical list for now. I need to make labels for many of them, and the list makes them easier to find.
I haven't weighed any of my specimens yet, but will when I transfer them to a database. I don't have a good digital scale, so I'll drag out my Ohaus triple beam scale.
Don
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 28, 2014 9:41:52 GMT -5
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 4, 2014 22:26:35 GMT -5
Few more new minerals today. This first mineral has a slight pastel green tinge. Almost impossible to show in a pic.    This is the third time I've bought this type of pseudomorph, and this is by far the best of all of them. The replacement of the intergrown pyrite cubes is near perfect. Even the striations in the original pyrite are clearly visible.   That's it for this week folks. Hopefully the bidding gods will be good to me, and I'll have more to post next Saturday. |
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Post by gingerkid on Oct 8, 2014 10:03:00 GMT -5
Thank you for the links for the display goodies, Don. Enjoyed seeing your latest TN's! The limonite/pyrite psuedomorph is sweet! Forgot to add that I thought the thomsonite may have come from johnlikesrocks on the Lapidary Community forum. Really neat idea to cab the material and leave it on its matrix. Gorgeous display of the specimen! |
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 8, 2014 10:31:45 GMT -5
I need to try to get a better pic of the limonite/pyrite. It's really a beautiful little cluster of inter grown cubes. The original pyrite details are really well preserved.
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Have them bookmarked in favorites. 
Those are superb specimens, 
